Oysters.. who loves 'em?

[elproducto]

Searched but can't find any threads on oysters. Who loves 'em.. how do you eat them.

Myself.. I love grabbing a dozen from the market, and shucking them, and eating them with no sauces or anything, save a little lemon juice or hot sauce. Goes great with homebrew!

 

[ChshreCat]

I like to get 'em fresh off the beach, but where I live you can get fresh Hood Canal oysters anywhere. I like 'em with a little lemon juice and/or garlic butter. I also like 'em breaded, fried and served with a little homemade tarter sauce.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I love oysters! I really prefer the west coast variates but had some really good one from Texas a few months ago. I don't eat them often (Wisconsin isn't exact a big oyster producer), but I love them when I can get them.

i prefer half shell, with hot sauce on a couple. I'm not big on the lemon.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

I thought they were just OK because for the longest time I got them steamed. Then many moons ago I was at Mardi Gras and was talked into trying them raw (hooray beer) and discovered that for me, they're way better raw. Milder, better flavor imo (which is the opposite of what I expected).

But I still eat 'em like a noob, on a cracker with cocktail sauce (extra horseradish preferred but Tabasco will do).

Apparently, oysters were way more popular a long time ago in this country (and way more prevalent). Like, hugely popular. I guess people loved them so much they ate 'em all.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Yeah, when most kids will choose a hot dog over a medium rare ribeye, things like oysters fall in popularity just a bit

Damn, I want some NOW. Look what you have done.

 

[rebeltruce]

I love em any way I can get em......

My first choice is raw with a drop of Tabasco and a bit of horse radish...second choice would be freshly shucked, rolled in cracker crumbs and then flash fried.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

On the halfshell (and by the bucketful) with a touch of lemon & plenty of great beer!

 

[ChshreCat]

If you're going to have them cooked in the shell, nothing beats the barbeque.

 

[hamiltont]

Oysters. Did I hear Oysters! Love those little buggers any way and every way. Cheers!!!

 

[HexKrak]

Pacific Northwest Oysters for sure! I love them raw with just a few drops of lemon, or the way my local sushi joint serves them up really nice with some light soy and a few other little bits of goodness.

 

[itsme6582]

+1 My favorite is Oysters Rockefeller but I'll take em any way I can get em

I'm a big fan of bearded clams too

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Raw on ice with Tobasco and Horseraddish. I can do a dozen before I want to puke.

 

[16one94]

I like them raw with a bit of malt vinegar, which you can almost never get them in a restaurant that way so with lemon or lime works for me too.

 

[elproducto]

Man, I shouldn't have started this thread. Now I'm craving them! Maybe I'll pick up a box of malpeques on my way home.

 

[bigdug]

In NC we tend to have smaller but saltier oysters. Steamed or roasted just enough to open up with a dab of pure grated horseradish.
Damn I need to get some before the season closes

 

[Yooper]

We just got home from South Texas last night, and one of my favorite things was oysters! I think I ate my weight in oysters.

I like them best plain on the half shell with maybe a dash of hot sauce. The oysters were great this year- very briny. The cool thing is we harvested many of them ourselves.

I used many in a marinara sauce over pasta. I fried a few in super hot coconut/peanut oil with a light coating. On the grill is good (cook 'em until they open).

Last weekend was OysterFest where we were staying this winter. Here's a picture of a portion of my dinner last Saturday night:

 

[Yooper]

Raw on ice with Tobasco and Horseraddish. I can do a dozen before I want to puke.

Only a dozen? I ate dozens at a time, seriously. Sometimes with lemon and horseradish, sometimes plain, sometimes with tabasco. Bob just shook his head- he'd eat a couple and say it's enough. I'd grab another dozen or so.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Agreed, the best way to eat shellfish of any kind is to eat them till you're about to pop!
Regards, GF.

 

[boss429]

oysters on half shell the best, its fun to bring them home, shuck them to death and eat them. What varieties are there here in west coast that are good? I got some fanny bay a few weeks back and it felt like I was drinking super salty water they sucked...

ohh and yooper you even got to harvest them I dont know how that goes I'm from the city haha

 

[elproducto]

Super jealous Yooper.. that's awesome.

Friend of mine is moving to Savanah and is starting an oyster farm. He smuggled some back to Canada for me, and I traded some homebrew.

 

[bernerbrau]

I had tried them twice in the past and thought I hated them. Once on a buffet in Honolulu, and once out of a can. Got sick both times.

Then I went to a cajun restaurant this past December where I had them raw and fresh with a dash of Cholula. Holy crap. I couldn't stop eating them.

Now, if only my wife weren't allergic to shellfish.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Fresh and raw is great.....

DREAM COME TRUE

I worked at a 4 star fancy dining room (Seelbach oak room if anyone cares) as a busser for a few years while in school at U of L.

One year around derby, No servers wanted to work a raw bar outside the oak room (first time they did it) because no one thought that the huge room would be so busy that people would have to wait out there.

they were right. SO I got a few tips, and crammed myself with 4 kinds of raw oysters and cocktail shrimp the size of small miniature dogs.

I didn't get sick, but I had funny dreams and nearly allowed myself to be seduced by our not too attractive (female) roommate......

My favorite is still a dash of tobasco in the shell.

a close second (not offered on the raw bar) is pan fried in corn meal seasoned with essence, and swished through a 50%tobasco 50% lemonjuice sauce.

 

[Acoma]

I love them but I have to have hot sauce and lemon. Sometimes I even throw a sliced jalapeño on it.

 

[hamiltont]

Sometimes I even throw a sliced jalapeño on it.

Now THAT I have to try! Cheers!!!

 

[elproducto]

Arise!

I have 2 dozen oysters from a friends oyster farm in Georgia coming my way today. Yum.

 

[shuckit]

I couldn't pass up this thread. The act of opening oysters is the basis of my username. My favorite way to eat oysters depends on the size, type and time of the year. When they are small and at their best I like nothing more then a little lemon in the brine. If they are spawning or larger I like them pan fried in panko or if they are really big, grilled on the bbq.

Next month I'm helping organize an oyster tasting event to raise awareness about the Olympia oyster. These little beauties that are native to the west coast of North America and almost went extinct but now making a small come back. Ark of Taste : Olympia Native Oyster : Slow Food USA

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Searched but can't find any threads on oysters. Who loves 'em.. how do you eat them.

Myself.. I love grabbing a dozen from the market, and shucking them, and eating them with no sauces or anything, save a little lemon juice or hot sauce. Goes great with homebrew!

Never cooked.

A bit of wasabi or Horse Radish and some Tobasco/Louisiana chili sauce.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

These little beauties that are native to the west coast of North America and almost went extinct but now making a small come back. Ark of Taste : Olympia Native Oyster : Slow Food USA

Just over the crown of extinction and you are hosting a awareness tasting event?

Ha! Only in america folks.

"Hey, lets raise awareness regarding the extinction of a species by serving them up on a plate!"

 

[elproducto]

I'm going to try and make up a nice Mignonette sauce for this batch.

 

[peaktopview]

I am a fan of west coast over east coast by far (don't find them as salty, usually tobasco and lemon), but was down in NOLA not to long ago and had the pleasure of eating at Drago's. Love the raw oysters but fell in love with the charbroiled. Garlic butter, herbs, bread crumbs. Had to go back a few nights later for more.

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