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Title: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on March 04, 2023, 06:01:11 AM
Some shredded cheese some bread crumbs and some diced up bacon, plus 2 oysters per shell.

This was incredible. I left them in a few min too long but they never even made it to a plate.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Shellbelly on March 06, 2023, 05:34:54 PM
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on March 04, 2023, 06:01:11 AMthey never even made it to a plate.
They're equipped with a plate!  Yummy stuff! 

If you can buy them unopened, try putting them on the grill until they pop open a little.  You'll have to finish the opening process, which isn't hard, but the results are good.  There's probably a video for this somewhere.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on March 06, 2023, 05:38:21 PM
Thats exactly how I do it. The day I learned what the grill does to these was the day i stopped shucking the old fashioned way.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Shellbelly on March 06, 2023, 07:04:23 PM
Good Man!  Stabbing self by oyster knife isn't fun.  The little bit of grit inside is good for your gizzard too.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: handi2 on March 08, 2023, 02:01:15 AM
When i married the first time I lived in Midway, FL.

A coastal hick town between Ft. Walton Beach and Pensacola beach. That one lasted 2 years.

I quit plumbing for a year and leased a service station that had a walk in freezer.

In between rebuilding a car's engine or busting 18 wheeler's flat tires I sold groceries, staples, lots of BEER to go along with sacks of oysters. I believe that they were $35.00 a sack back then.

If they got over one week old I would take them home to put on the grill over a fire pit. Good stuff!!
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on March 09, 2025, 03:16:35 AM
I did it again. And also grilled a bunch. I've probably eaten over 100 oysters this weekend.

I added finely diced sauteed mushrooms to the Rockefeller this time too. Truly spectacular addition. I love food.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: jgp12000 on March 09, 2025, 02:22:26 PM
Typically Rockefeller has spinach in it,but if you don't like it bacon is good on everything ;D I like raw oysters also with moocho horseradish,LA hot sauce, & cocktail sauce with a :d  or 2. The only thing missing there Jason is me.

At my retirement party we had raw oysters on the half shell,some on the firepit grill til they opened up.Fried alligator tail that I got from my pond ::) & boiled shrimp.

We used to go to Destin every year,Apalachicola oysters are some of the best I ever had. You could buy prawns right off the boat fer cheap & grill them bad boys.I am hungry now !!!
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on March 09, 2025, 02:49:30 PM
Yeah we were all out of spinach but I didn't realize that til it was too late. I did add some chopped parsley though.

All those oysters have caught up with me. Or maybe it was all the butter and cocktail sauce that went with them. My "moderation is for monks" outlook has its limits.

Next time I'll save you some. But airfare is on you.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: jgp12000 on March 09, 2025, 03:33:36 PM
I can drive down...I only got one Fla. trip last year...used to go at least 3-5 times/year & I am past due a beach trip!

Part of the beach experience for me is eating at a private owned seafood restaurant not a chain joint, usually a hole-in-wall the locals eat at.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Gfish on March 09, 2025, 04:08:06 PM
Wow, a hunder't in a weekend, you gonna be "da man!" in da bedroom.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: OhReely on March 09, 2025, 04:47:07 PM
A pearl of wisdom from a man who should know. Right G?
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: oldmanjoe on March 09, 2025, 07:12:01 PM
You spelled bathroom wrong  >:D  :d
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Midway Tommy on March 10, 2025, 04:37:22 AM
Quote from: oldmanjoe on March 09, 2025, 07:12:01 PMYou spelled bathroom wrong  >:D  :d

 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  :d
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Squidder Bidder on March 11, 2025, 03:18:50 AM
I like to do a compound butter - take a potato masher and mash cooked spinach (cooled and squeeze the water out) and crumbled bacon into the butter. Then you can roll it into a log with parchment paper and then plastic wrap (it'll look like a hot dog). Then you can freeze it (I put the log into a freezer bag) and when you need it cut coins from the log and place one on each oyster.

Even better is to sweat some minced onion with thyme and a little chopped garlic, diced roasted red pepper and add to the above.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: steelfish on March 11, 2025, 05:28:11 PM
Quote from: oldmanjoe on March 09, 2025, 07:12:01 PMYou spelled bathroom wrong  >:D  :d

haha I almost spit my coffee  >:D  ^-^

Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Gfish on March 11, 2025, 05:34:55 PM
That was actually my original thought. That's a-lot of protein to digest easily. A younger guy is prolly better suited to it, though. I was a high volume meat eater in my formative years.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: JasonGotaProblem on March 11, 2025, 06:18:20 PM
Sunday was rough. Not gonna lie. Worth it though.
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Surfrat on March 11, 2025, 09:55:35 PM
 ;D  I love oysters...
Title: Re: Oysters Rockefeller - sort of.
Post by: Squidder Bidder on March 12, 2025, 12:23:09 AM
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on March 11, 2025, 06:18:20 PMSunday was rough. Not gonna lie. Worth it though.

If you drink enough you can't tell the difference.  >:D