Add other ingredients and boil for an hour or so. This soup may be served over a spoonful of rice placed in a soup bowl, and is a meal in itself. In a separate bowl, combine onions, celery, bread, eggs, salt and oysters. To moisten dressinf use part oyster juice and part milk. Add all other ingredients, bringing mixture to a boil.
Red rice is delicious with shrimp or fried chicken.
Some cooks add a pinch or two of powdered seafood seasoning to the recipe, either during cooking or afterwards as a garnish. Also, you may wish to add just a little more rice before cooking for a drier quality that some Lowcountry residents prefer in their red rice. Put this meat into a stew-pan, with a little white wine, some pepper and salt and a little nutmeg. Send it up hot. Cook potatoes until done in boiling water.