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INGREDIENTS
2 cups frozen corn kernels
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup flour or cornmeal
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS
Put the frozen corn in a colander. Rinse it until the ice crystals melt.
Pour the corn into a bowl.
Stir in the milk, flour or corn meal, salt, and pepper.
Lay paper towels on top of a plate and set it aside.
Set a skillet over medium-high heat on the stove.
Heat the butter and oil [...]
The original recipe for oysters Rockefeller, created at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine’s in 1899, remains a secret to this day. The appetizer, oysters topped with a mixture of finely chopped greens and copious amounts of butter and then baked in their shells, was considered so rich that it had to be named after the [...]
INGREDIENTS
1/4 lb bacon
30 large oysters, shucked
6 slices toast
skewers (if using bamboo skewers, soak for an hour before using)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Cut bacon into pieces about 1 to 1 1/2 inches square.
String oysters and bacon squares alternately on six skewers, being careful to run skewers through the firmer part of the shellfish.
Place skewers across a narrow deep baking pan so that the oysters [...]
INGREDIENTS
24oysters, on the half shell
coarse salt
Sauce
4 slices bacon
1 cup spinach , cooked
4 teaspoons parsley , minced
3 celery hearts
1scallion, green part only
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
1/8 teaspoon paprika
4 tablespoons butter , melted
3 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
2 tablespoons cracker crumbs
DIRECTIONS
Place about 1 inch of salt in baking pan, heat and arrange the oysters on the half shell firmly in the salt.
Broil at moderate heat until edges start to curl.
Chop the first five sauce ingredients very fine.
Add remaining ingredients [...]
Serves 3-6 as an hors d’oeuvre.
INGREDIENTS
6 oysters on the half shell
1/2 cup heavy sour cream
1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
salt, black pepper
1 bag raw spinach
2 tablespoons pernod or kirschwasser
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
browned bread crumbs
DIRECTIONS
Remove oysters from shell and [...]