Every Christmas Eve, he made a vile concoction he called, without fanfare, oyster stew. He went to a special place to buy the oysters, if a tiny, run-down shack stinking of fish can be called special.

“The oyster stew is ready,”will echo through homes across the Midwest on Thursday night.That call will be met with varying degrees of delight and disgust by those who hear it.The simple stew ...

In 1978, the meal became a Christmas Eve family tradition for her family. Oyster stew is a once-a-year-tradition in the home of Peggy Perry Giglio. Provided photo by Shantell Gomez ...

This luscious oyster stew is one such dish: an easy, 30-minute dish made on the stovetop with only a few ingredients. While it’s often served on Christmas Eve, it’s humble enough to enjoy any time of ...

In CNN anchor Erin Burnett’s childhood home, her mother made oyster stew as a Christmas Eve tradition. Burnett has provided a close version of the recipe and advice for how you can make it for ...

Oyster stew—accompanied by little, round, oyster crackers—was the culinary pièce de résistance in our household on Christmas Eve. I used all my willpower to resist that dish.

Having oyster stew for Christmas Eve A Christmas meal in Ireland usually had a simple stew made from dried ling, milk, butter and pepper, according to History.

Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish share some of the responses to our listener call-out for Christmas food stories. You can submit your favorites here, just put "Christmas food" in the subject line.

For Kara McHugh Kalupson and her family, the Original Trenton Cracker from Trenton, N.J., was a treasured part of their Christmas Eve oyster stew tradition. The sturdy, Ping-Pong ball-size ...