Cookbook giveaway – Oysters

32 Comments

• kgmom  on  February 9, 2016

  With my hubby! He loves them 😉

• sgump  on  February 9, 2016

  Rowan Jacobsen has an out-of-this world recipe in his <em>A Geography of Oysters</em>. (Can we do HTML markup in these comments? If so, his book is <a href="http://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/2310/a-geography-of-oysters-the">here</a&gt;.) The recipe is chestnut and oyster soup: a pureed chestnut base with shallots, chicken stock, and heavy cream–into which fresh oysters and their liquor are slipped until heated through. With a glass of champagne, this soup would definitely be the starter for my Last Meal (provided it's the right season). Utterly divine!

• Beckiemas  on  February 9, 2016

  I'm new to eating oysters – have been vegetarian for a long time but starting to enjoy oysters and mussels for the iron and vitamin b12 content – plus they're fairly sustainable options and as far as 'we' can tell, they don't suffer pain as much as other animals.

  Anyway, I have loved eating them fresh with a sprinkling of fingerlime. The fresh sea flavour and piquant citrus is just beautiful.

• hillsboroks  on  February 10, 2016

  Nothing beats freshly gathered oysters placed over the coals at the beachside campsite. Just a bit of butter and lemon when they open their shells.

• babyfork  on  February 10, 2016

  I love to eat them raw. Sitting at a beautiful bar with an excellent cocktail and some delicious raw oysters is the best. Bonus points for being in New Orleans while I eat them.

• matag  on  February 10, 2016

  Char broiled

• meggan  on  February 11, 2016

  Naked, of course!

• catmommy9  on  February 13, 2016

  Usually just raw on the half-shell.

• mfl  on  February 14, 2016

  with a spoon of a good mignonette or with a dash of hot sauce

• ladibyrd  on  February 14, 2016

  raw or baked with some parmesan and garlic

• Siegal  on  February 15, 2016

  I like mine raw!!

• sillyvy  on  February 17, 2016

  Raw all the way! Maybe deep fried too!

• lmurphy  on  February 19, 2016

  Freshly shucked on the half shell!

• ravensfan  on  February 19, 2016

  Fried, and in a po'boy.

• kate  on  February 19, 2016

  On the half shell, with mignonette sauce. though I wouldn't say no to oyster stew.

• wishuponadish  on  February 19, 2016

  New to oysters. Always thought I was a clam person until we went to the NW for 3 weeks and ate our weight in oysters. Would LOVE to win a copy!

• ballen  on  February 19, 2016

  deep fried and dipped in cocktail sauce

• RichBeaudet  on  February 20, 2016

  On the half shell, raw

• DJ0309  on  February 20, 2016

  I love oysters with hot sauce.

• GeekGirl  on  February 21, 2016

  On the half shell, with mignonette sauce is the best. However I wouldn't say no to oysters Rockefeller or to buttermilk fried oysters on salad or in a Po Boy. And no Thanksgiving dinnerwould be complete without oyster dressing.

• pgarcia  on  February 24, 2016

  Raw!

• sewintense  on  February 24, 2016

  My favorite is a simple soup with oysters, their liquor, milk, butter, salt and pepper. My mother called it oyster stew and it reminds me of childhood.

• Soap  on  February 25, 2016

  Oysters Rockefeller, of course!

• jrhmdtraum  on  February 25, 2016

  raw

• Larrupin  on  February 25, 2016

  Raw:)

• leannan  on  February 25, 2016

  Raw, out of Tomales Bay.

• djoh437938  on  February 25, 2016

  cold and raw with hoarshradish

• cambridgecook  on  February 25, 2016

  Chowder

• Marcia1206  on  February 25, 2016

  My favorite way is raw

• kbennall  on  February 27, 2016

  I've rarely (never?) met an oyster preparation I didn't like, but really I just like them raw with a squeeze of lemon. No hot sauce, no mignonette (although I loooove mignonette), no horseradish. Just lemon and oyster brine.

• Michelinemm  on  March 5, 2016

  My. Fav is rockefeller or in club sandwich new Orléans style

• contest718  on  March 8, 2016

  Raw with lemon and hot sauce! or Po Boy sandwich..