From The Admirals Kitchen!
JC’s Oysters Rockefellers Recipe

INGREDIENTS

· 1 pound butter
· 1 rib celery, finely chopped
· 2 bunches green onions
· 1 bunch parsley
· 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
· 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
· 1/2 teaspoon Pernod, Anisette, or Herbsaint
· 1 1/4 cups seasoned bread crumbs
· 4 dozen oysters in their shells
· rock salt

PREPARATION

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet  or sauté pan  and add the celery, scallions and parsley. Saute for 5 minutes, then add the Worcestershire and Tabasco. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Add the Herbsaint or Pernod and bread crumbs; cook for 5 minutes more. Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the mixture to a bowl.

2. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour, until cold but not firmly set.

3. Shuck oysters. Discard the top shells; scrub and dry the bottom shells.

4. Drain the oysters. Arrange several oyster shells in baking pans lined with about 1 inch of rock salt.

5. Place 1 oyster in each shell. Heat oven to 375°.

6. Remove the chilled buttery crumb topping from the refrigerator and beat it with an electric mixer to evenly blend the butter and fluff it a bit; transfer the mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip.

7. Pipe a tablespoon of the mixture onto each oyster, then bake in a 375° oven for 5 to 8 minutes.

8. Allow about 6 oysters for each guest. If possible, bake these in batches of 6 or 8, so each person will have a hot serving.

JC’s Southern Baja Fried Oysters !!

This Southern Fried Oysters Recipe is a classic. In early 19th century America, oysters were cheap and plentiful and eaten mainly by the working class, even for breakfast. I ate them on cold autumn mornings on Long Island before a day of digging clams, or on a Sunday in winter before a day of football. Since then, oysters have become expensive, but now farmed oysters, which are actually good for the environment, are becoming more plentiful and this is bringing the price down — making a hearty breakfast of fried oysters in cornmeal, rashers of bacon and some hot coffee more than just a memory. The key to success here is to use good bacon, strong coffee — and small oysters.

INGREDIENTS

· 1/2 pound good bacon
· 1 cup medium-grind cornmeal
· 1 tablespoon cayenne (less if you’d like)
· 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
· 2 large eggs1 pound small oysters, in their liquor (their own juices)

PREPARATION

1. Fry the bacon over medium-low heat until crispy and let drain on paper towels.
2. Meanwhile, mix the cornmeal, cayenne and black pepper together in a bowl.
3. In another bowl, whisk the eggs and 2-3 tablespoons of the oyster liquor together.
4. Pick through the oysters to make sure no bits of shell are on them, then dip each one into the egg mixture and then into the cornmeal mixture.
5. Fry over medium heat until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes.
6. You will need to do this in batches so you don’t crowd the pan. Drain the oysters on paper towels with the bacon.
7. Serve at once with reserved bacon, hot black coffee, maybe some hash browns and an egg or two. Finish with a piece of fruit and you have yourself a breakfast that’ll carry you through to dinner!

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