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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: PLUVIUSWAPITI on August 16, 2009, 09:38:09 PM

Title: smoked oysters
Post by: PLUVIUSWAPITI on August 16, 2009, 09:38:09 PM: living here on willapa bay with great tasting oysters, I was wondering if sombody has a reciepe for smoking these little critters.
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: NRA4LIFE on August 17, 2009, 11:50:31 AM: I give them a quick brine in salt water for maybe a half hour and then put them on my smoker racks. I put down a piece of parchment paper first with a fine coating of spray oil. Smoke at 165 or so and turn them over after an hour and a half. They are very tasty. I'll be smoking up a batch 2 Saturdays from now.
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: PLUVIUSWAPITI on August 18, 2009, 09:46:46 PM: Thanks NRA4LIFE, When I catch a couple of salmon on the willapa and smoke them I'll give this a try.
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: magnanimous_j on August 18, 2009, 10:13:11 PM: Sounds delicious. I've been on a big oyster kick lately and love shooting them raw with a splash of this:

* 3/4 cup red wine vinegar
* 6 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
* 2 teaspoons finley grated lemon zest
* 2 teaspoons freshly ground white pepper
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
just whisk together with a fork
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: bow4elk on August 18, 2009, 10:15:40 PM: you guys are making me hungry! I LOVE smoked oysters but have never done them myself. Might have to now. Shooters are great if htey are the little pacific oysters. Can't imagine chugging down one of those big rig oysters!
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 19, 2009, 06:13:11 AM: Comeon bow4elk, you sound like an eastsider! :chuckle: Them footlong oysters are what separate the men from the boys around here..... If you gotta chew em', they's an oyster!
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Post by: boneaddict on August 19, 2009, 06:14:46 AM: We are used to them Rocky Mountain style. Heck with those slimy pond filters.
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: Gobble on August 19, 2009, 06:31:47 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on August 19, 2009, 06:14:46 AM
We are used to them Rocky Mountain style. Heck with those slimy pond filters.

:chuckle:

Never tried them :o

Remember that Chevy Chase movie where he was in a "Lamb Fry" eating contest? I can't remember the movie though
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: Kent Hunter on August 21, 2009, 01:54:00 PM: They are hard to git lit. But once you get em goin, they burn okay!! :chuckle:
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on August 21, 2009, 01:56:41 PM: I dont do the foot long hood canal nasty things.. the rest are good though especially breaded and fried just like there rocky mt cousins :chuckle:
Title: Re: smoked oysters
Post by: NRA4LIFE on August 21, 2009, 02:01:11 PM: I love the Willapa Bays. I have a buddy in Raymond and I never go there without stopping at that little white fish place on the bay to buy oysters. Yummy That's where I got the last batch I smoked.
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Post by: big ed on August 22, 2009, 01:44:58 PM: Don't know about smoked oyster they never make it home eat them going down the road with shot of hot sauce.
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Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on August 26, 2009, 11:34:34 PM: You should go to the Testy Festy over in Clinton MT. Some oysters over there!
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 26, 2009, 11:46:52 PM: Thats sounds good! :EAT: I love oysters any way you can eat them, but my fav in on the bbq in the shell. :drool:
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on August 31, 2009, 12:04:15 PM: My buddy brought me up 8 lbs of Willapas on Saturday. I took a third of them and mixed in some Emeril seasoning and cayenne pepper and another third of them and mixed in some garlic powder. The rest I left plain. Smoked them for about 3 or 4 hours. They are really tasty.