Oysters and Wild Rice Casserole

• 3 cups wild rice hot
• 1/2 cup onions chopped
• 2 cups celery chopped
• 1/2 stick butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sage
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 18 teaspoon black pepper
• 16 ounces oysters
• 1 stick butter melted

1. While rice is cooking according to package directions, brown onions and celery in butter.
2. Remove from heat and add milk, flour, salt, sage, thyme, and black pepper.
3. Add well-drained rice to mixture.
4. Pour into 2-quart casserole.
5. Drain oysters and let soak in lukewarm, melted butter over rice mixture and spread the oysters evenly.
6. Top with Ritz cracker crumbs.
7. Bake at 350 Degrees F. for 45 minutes or until oysters curl.

wild rice, onions, celery, butter, milk, flour, salt, sage, thyme, black pepper, oysters, butter

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/oysters-wild-rice-casserole-42674 (may not work)