Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/4  cup           celery -- chopped
   2      tablespoons   parsley -- chopped
     1/8  teaspoon      thyme
   2      tablespoons   tomato -- chopped
   2      tablespoons   butter or margarine
   6                    bread -- slices, soaked in
                        -- water
     1/8  teaspoon      sage
   1      large         red snapper -- cleaned (6lb)
                        -----red snapper sauce-----
     3/4  cup           salad oil
   2      tablespoons   lemon juice
   3      tablespoons   Worcestershire sauce
   3      tablespoons   butter or margarine -- melted
   1      teaspoon      salt
   3      drops         Tabasco sauce

Preparation:

1. Sauté celery in butter until soft. 2. Add remaining ingredients except fish and sauce; blend well, then stuff into cavity of fish. 3. Sew cavity closed or secure with toothpicks. 4. Bake uncovered in buttered ovenproof serving dish in preheated 350F oven (allow 10 minutes per pound), basting with sauce. *** RED SNAPPER SAUCE *** Combine all ingredients. NOTE: Sauce can be made in advance.