Results tagged “oyster festival” from York Town Square

Five-year-old Sarah Eline gets ready to feel her first raw oyster slither down her throat at the 2008 Oyster Festival in York, Pa.. The York County Heritage Trust's 35th Annual Oyster Festival runs from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in York. "Oysters aren't afraid of water, and neither is the York County Heritage Trust," a news release stated. So the festival has been moved this year to the trust's Agricultural & Industrial Museum, 217 W. Princess St. because of inclement weather forecasts. Also of interest: Mix 'You know you're a Yorker, if' with oysters. You get... and 'The oysters have been very, very popular' and Oysters: 'Economical ... not bones or waste ...'.

How many oysters does it take to fill hundreds of stomachs at York County Heritage Trust's annual oyster festival?

That question was asked and answered by some folks at the trust:

Carolyn Miller, right, and Eleanor Lawyer coat oysters with cracker meal Thursday night in preparation for a November 2006, hogmaw and oyster supper at Dover Township's Mount Royal United Methodist Church in Dover Township. Background post and hogmaw recipe: How about a little hog maw with your oyster stew?

A lot of fun and wonderful comments are floating around the blogs and The Exchange about oysters, that longtime favorite of York countians.

Take Yorker Nancy Shue's letter, "You know you're a Yorker, if ...", for example:

Henry's Seafood celebrated its 20th year of business by serving up an oyster feast for more than 1,000 people on Sunday.

That event was another moment in York countians' love affair with the very edible mollusk.

Among other things, Henry's supplied the oyster treats for the York County Heritage Trust's annual Oyster Festival.

So, that raised the question. What was the recipe for, say, the oyster stew in such demand on that October afternoon?

We posed that question to Susan Hosier from the York County-based Henry's, and she readily delivered the following recipe (no secrets here):

Frank Shaffer works at the annual York County Heritage Trust oyster festival, a moment that places the spotlight on that seafood delicacy. A local church serves oysters regularly, but in combo with hog maw. Background post: Search Joan Concilio's Only in York blog for "hog maw."

Oysters are a York County delicacy, but some people think you have more of a good thing when served in combination with hog maw?

Two iconic county delicacies served side by side.

And add to that meat loaf.

That's what's on the table at regular Mount Royal United Methodist Church fund-raising dinners.

"Hog maw, oysters and meat loaf are the specialty meals and are prepared by cooks with years of experience," a history of the Dover Township church states. "The dinners constitute a unique Mt. Royal church dining experience topped off with homemade pies and cakes and a refreshing drink."

What is hog maw?