INGREDIENTS
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1/4 cup butter, plus 2 tbsp. melted
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1/2 cup minced celery
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1/3 cup minced shallot
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About 1 cup liquor from freshly shucked oysters or bottled clam juice
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3 cups whole milk
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3 cups heavy cream
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1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
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1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce
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1/4 tsp. salt
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About 30 oysters, freshly shucked, or 1 to 2 pints of pre-shucked oysters, depending on size
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1/2 cup finely chopped curly parsley
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Freshly ground black pepper