oysters

[kisfish]

Whats your favorite way to cook oysters? I love them fried but lately it's been on a hot grill, let them cook till they pop open, brush with some butter and garlic, top with Parmesan cheese and let it melt until it gets a crust or browns the cheese a little. Yummy

[wildmanoutdoors]

Put a dab of franks sauce on and you got it.

[pianoman9701]

Uncooked mostly, but fried with Panko bread crumbs if so.

[h20hunter]

Grilled on the half shell.

Also...shucked, dunked, seasoned, and fried with an ice cold beer.

Also also....take some grapefruit juice, a litte vodka, some mint....mash it up and freeze it like slush. Add a dob about the size of an M&M and add it to the top of a raw slider...shoot that baby and it is briney goodness!

[PolarBear]

Can't stand them!  I've have my own commercial beaches for years and still can't eat them.  When I fix them for friends and relatives it is usually cook them on the bbq until they pop then a dash of Tabasco and or Worcestershire.   

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Wrapped with bacon and grilled.

[Woodchuck]

Smoked

[Buckmark]

Straight up while standing on the beach, none fresher......oh you said cooked, well if ya need to tequila oysters are the best.
Lots of variations, but basically do this:
Shuck, keep the oyster in the deep side of the shell, poor some good to really good tequila (dont use cheap stuff) in with the oyster, leave a little room and then if needed add some Bbq sauce, or hot sauce, or lime juice etc, rack them or use a seafood rack (the cookie sheet looking thing with all the holes in it) if using the flat sheet some crumpled foil can be used to hold them in place and not spill the fluids.... place over hot coals or hot grill and cook untill desired doneness, they will boil and bubble. add cheese if needed......

[Austrian Hunter]

On the good old BBQ, and than lime, tapatio and a cold drink 

[kisfish]

Some great ideas. I am getting hungry now.

[NRA4LIFE]

Stopped at Lytles last Saturday on the way back from digging clams and picked up a 1/2 gallon of the cuts.  Smoked them up on Sunday and they were perfect.   Yum. 

Roasted on an open fire is good too.  Some butter and fresh garlic to finish them after they pop.  Delicious.

[elk247]

Lemon and tapitio.

[deadwoodbuck]

straight up in a shot glass with a shot of ginger vodka and a teaspoon of cocktail sauce   

[Dhoey07]

BBQ on the halfshell with bleu cheese crumbles, a little butter and bacon bits.  Hot sauce if ya like

[kisfish]

BBQ on the halfshell with bleu cheese crumbles, a little butter and bacon bits.  Hot sauce if ya like

I will try this next time. My wife loves the blue cheese. I had to wipe the drool off the computer screen

[pianoman9701]

BBQ on the halfshell with bleu cheese crumbles, a little butter and bacon bits.  Hot sauce if ya like

Sounds good but can you still taste the oysters?

[lokidog]

Stopped at Lytles last Saturday on the way back from digging clams and picked up a 1/2 gallon of the cuts.  Smoked them up on Sunday and they were perfect.   Yum. 

Roasted on an open fire is good too.  Some butter and fresh garlic to finish them after they pop.  Delicious.

How do you smoke them?  In the shell?

[HighCountryHunter88]

A little beer lemon and seracha (sp)

[270Flat]

Any way!! That are sooooo delicious!

[KFhunter]

Any way!! That are sooooo delicious!

all fresh ones, but the ones you gotta peel a key off the bottom of the tin and roll open the lid no thanks!

[ribka]

Whats your favorite way to cook oysters? I love them fried but lately it's been on a hot grill, let them cook till they pop open, brush with some butter and garlic, top with Parmesan cheese and let it melt until it gets a crust or browns the cheese a little. Yummy

Love oysters.

I used to eat with Tabasco , lemon, saltines and  a bit of horse radish for years.

Grilled on the half shell ; That is a great way to eat them. In New Orleans last year for work and tried them the same way. Excellent!

[singleshot12]

Smoked

I had smoked oysters once(not the canned kind) Large ones smoked and vaccum sealed, they were delish!  Always wondered how they were brined and smoked? Anyone have any suggestions?

[NRA4LIFE]

No need for brining before smoking.  I buy the half gallon jugs all shucked (from either Bradys or Lytles out at the coast), the cuts from Lytles I like best.  I rinse and drain them and then Toss in a little (and be careful because they are already salty) Johnnys and mix.  I line my smoker racks with parchment paper (oiled a bit) and lay the oysters out on the paper.  Smoke for 1.5 hours, flip over, smoke for 1.5 hours and they're done.  Smoker temp around 160-170.  They will be too moist to vacuum seal with a Foodsaver type sealer.  I have a chamber sealer that does the trick.  Then freeze.

[Dhoey07]

No need for brining before smoking.  I buy the half gallon jugs all shucked (from either Bradys or Lytles out at the coast), the cuts from Lytles I like best.  I rinse and drain them and then Toss in a little (and be careful because they are already salty) Johnnys and mix.  I line my smoker racks with parchment paper (oiled a bit) and lay the oysters out on the paper.  Smoke for 1.5 hours, flip over, smoke for 1.5 hours and they're done.  Smoker temp around 160-170.  They will be too moist to vacuum seal with a Foodsaver type sealer.  I have a chamber sealer that does the trick.  Then freeze.

How much would one of those jugs cost a guy?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Heres pic of bacon wraped oysters.

[bigtex]

How do you guys cook them in the shell/half shell if you can't remove the shell from the beach? 

[h20hunter]

I would assume cook them there or shuck 'em and leave the shell.

[Buckmark]

How do you guys cook them in the shell/half shell if you can't remove the shell from the beach? 

They are buying them in the shell i would assume?

[Buckmark]

I will also add to the smoking of oysters, went over to dosewallips for a little road trip on saturday, got 80 clams and 36 oysters between the 2 of us (shucked on the beach).
Took the oysters and put them in a small bowl with some yoshidas and a little soy and a little worschester sauce, let sit over night in the fidge then smoked them for approx 1.25-1.5 hrs at 225 with apple chips the whole time....Gooooooodddddd!!!!!
Made homemade chowder with the clams also.....and a blackberry cobbler from berries i picked last sept....

[Becky]

This all looks delicious. We usually buy bushels from vendors on the coast when we go camping out there, then just throw the whole bushel on a grill until they open up. Eat them with some butter and sriracha hot sauce  makes me miss camping.

[dwashington]

If you don't have the shells to do a half shell, use a cup cake pan add butter in each, the oyster and anything else and put that on your grill.

[h20hunter]

That sounds great. May even work better than the half shell. I hate to lose the brine that is in the shell to spillage. One could easily recline in his favorite lawn chair with a cold beverage while preparing a pan of them for the grill.

[NRA4LIFE]

FCKFORD, Lytles has the cuts for $23 a half gallon.  There's about 4 dozen pieces in there.  The small and mediums are a little bit more expensive, about $32 per half gallon.  Don't remember what Brady's charges, it's been awhile since I have been there.  I'm guessing about the same.

[bow4elk]

This all looks delicious. We usually buy bushels from vendors on the coast when we go camping out there, then just throw the whole bushel on a grill until they open up. Eat them with some butter and sriracha hot sauce  makes me miss camping.

Sriracha hot sauce...I put that $hit on everything! 

[Becky]

This all looks delicious. We usually buy bushels from vendors on the coast when we go camping out there, then just throw the whole bushel on a grill until they open up. Eat them with some butter and sriracha hot sauce  makes me miss camping.

Sriracha hot sauce...I put that $hit on everything! 

Hahah , sad thing is I really do! 

I still haven't tried the actual Frank's Red Hot Sauce yet.

[kisfish]

How do you guys cook them in the shell/half shell if you can't remove the shell from the beach? 

That's the only way I know of for most folks. regs state they have to be shucked . I  pick tons for a friend that is an oysterman.

This all looks delicious. We usually buy bushels from vendors on the coast when we go camping out there, then just throw the whole bushel on a grill until they open up. Eat them with some butter and sriracha hot sauce  makes me miss camping.

Sriracha hot sauce...I put that $hit on everything! 

Hahah , sad thing is I really do! 

I still haven't tried the actual Frank's Red Hot Sauce yet.

Try franks with some mozzarella on oysters on the half shell, of course on the bbq.

[Blacklab]

If you don't have the shells to do a half shell, use a cup cake pan add butter in each, the oyster and anything else and put that on your grill.

That's a great idea