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Smoked Oysters - bad results
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Misippi Egger
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Well, i followed the old recipe I found in the archives. The pics look great, but they ended up overcooked. Operator error. THe recipe had large oysters. Mine were mixed, but only a few would be considered large. Therefore the 3 hour cook at 250*-300* resulted in dried up, overcooked oysters - flavor was good.
Recipe (from Gretl):
Pint of oysters (large), drained, but not washed. Place in bowl with 1/4 cup olive oil, add 2 heaping tsp. minced garlic and a hvy dash of hot sauce. Mix well. Place on a bed of rosemary on a rack. Place this over a drip pan filled with 1" white wine. Cook, indirect with alder (I used pecan) chips at 250-300*. She cooked hers for 3 hours. Too long for less than large oysters.
Other mistake I made was only about 1/2 inch of white wine which cooked away and charred. The egg smelled great while cooking (pecan smoke and rosemary).
Anyway - will definitely try again. Larger oysters, lower temp, more wine or dilute with water, and probably less time.
Here are the pics:
No pics of finished oysters as I had already downloaded the first ones.
Recipe (from Gretl):
Pint of oysters (large), drained, but not washed. Place in bowl with 1/4 cup olive oil, add 2 heaping tsp. minced garlic and a hvy dash of hot sauce. Mix well. Place on a bed of rosemary on a rack. Place this over a drip pan filled with 1" white wine. Cook, indirect with alder (I used pecan) chips at 250-300*. She cooked hers for 3 hours. Too long for less than large oysters.
Other mistake I made was only about 1/2 inch of white wine which cooked away and charred. The egg smelled great while cooking (pecan smoke and rosemary).
Anyway - will definitely try again. Larger oysters, lower temp, more wine or dilute with water, and probably less time.
Here are the pics:
No pics of finished oysters as I had already downloaded the first ones.
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I hate it when that happens!Oh well,you'll get em rite next time Clark.That is one reason I eat em and don't cook em.Fresh raw oysters are a rarity up here and scared to chance it. Besides as Ltl.S. says,I'm a GIRLY man!!!. :P Ltl S.
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The other bubba tim award.
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I noticed that Girly man comment and it made me a little nervous about going to a deer camp with you in the fall. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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WOW, what an honor ! :ohmy:
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You weren't sipping the wine too much were ya?aka marysvilleksegghead
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Well Clarck, A for effort!!!!
Better luck next time.Molly
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I love to do oysters casino(bread crumbs,parm,bacon and garlic-raised direct(20 minutes or so.
GOOD EATS AND GOOD FRIENDS
DALE -
Oh, think that might have made a difference??? :silly: :side: :ermm:
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Molly,
Put them in some EVOO, covered and into the frig. They might turn out like those canned smoked oysters in oil??? Maybe ? :ohmy: -
Casino is good, Dale. If fact I love oysters every way from raw to fried, stewed, in gumbo, grilled, and everything in between.
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Dang, oysters are ready to eat right out of the shell. This prep and cook sure sounds good.... like until they are are warmed through, or even hot. Three hours seems a little long.Happy Trails~thirdeye~Barbecue is not rocket surgery
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:woohoo: :ohmy: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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that's what the poster said - 3 hours (she actually admitted she forgot them and thought she had screwed up, but they turned out good. She had even repeated it the same way serving guests. i guess the thought was to dry them out, shrivel them up and absorb the smoke. Looks like I over-shriveled! :ohmy:
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3 hours for seafood? Yikes!
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I seem to recall that that was Gretl's recipe. They were great smoked in my Cookshack at low temps with the rosemary - after I, too, overcooked them on a BGE.
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A valiant effort tonight, Clark. I hope you have better luck next time.
Faith
TampaHappily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
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You're right. Gretl posted the recipe and definitely said to cook for 3 hours. Oh well, live and learn. :(
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Thanks for posting the recipe, it's now in my BGE recipe notebook. Gotta to do these as I like oysters any way they can be prepared.
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