Delores' Seafood Stew
Contributed by Delores Oliveira.
Ingredients
- 1/4 c. olive or salad oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 cans (1 lb.) stewed tomatoes
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 1/2 c. chopped parsley
- 2 inch strip orange rind
- 1 qt. water
- 1 Tbsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 can (6 1/2 oz.) tuna
- 1 can (7 1/2 oz.) crabmeat
- 4 minced Pismo Clams
- 1 can (4 1/2 oz.) shrimp
Method
- Heat oil in large pan. Add next 6 ingredients; simmer briskly 10 minutes.
- Add water, salt, sugar, then drain tuna and add.
- Drain and add shrimp, add crabs and clams with liquid.
- Bring to a boil. Serve. Serves 6.
Notes from the transcription
- Delicious served with buttered and garlic salt sprinkled French bread.
Original page from the cookbook
About this recipe
This recipe is transcribed verbatim from a spiral-bound community cookbook produced in Pismo Beach, California. The book was a fundraising publication of the type common to civic groups, church auxiliaries, and fishing communities on the California coast in the mid-twentieth century — recipes contributed by named cooks, illustrated with hand-drawn section dividers, and printed locally.
Spellings, measurements, and ingredient lists are preserved as they appeared in print, including typographic quirks and any inconsistencies. Where an ingredient is used in the method but was missing from the printed ingredient block, it has been added to the list here so the recipe is self-contained; every such addition is taken word-for-word from the printed method.
The full yesteryear collection preserves 123 recipes from this book. The modern collection is open to new contributions from today's Pismo clammers.