Yummie

This was my dad's favorite thing.

You can inject this right into your arteries if you wish.  You'll miss the taste but the results will be the same.


Scalloped Oysters
Ingredients
  • Pint of oysters (or two) - 1 pint per person is a rule of thumb
  • cup of half and half
  • butter (1 stick melted)
  • saltines
Preheat the oven to  400.  In an oven safe Pyrex loaf pan or small pie pan or for that matter some aluminum disposable - if you use a ramekin then butter the sides.

Crumble up enough saltines to put a layer 1/4" deep across the bottom of the pan.  Dampen these a bit with some melted butter (don't make them soggy).  Spread half your oysters (drained and reserve the liquid (liquor its called) over the top.
Cover with saltines like you did on the bottom.

Add another layer of oysters and cover those with a thin layer of saltines  Mix the oyster liquid (liquor) and the half and half  and pour over the entire layers - it should be 1/3 to 1/2 full of liquid but there is never too much.  Pour the remaining butter over the top.

There is salt on the saltines (duh) so if you like some pepper you can add that either layer by layer or into the liquid or over the top...up to you...and to your taste.

Bake in a 400 degree oven until the top layer turns light brown or the mixture boils or both. Don't over cook..poached is the operative word not baked to death.

Recipe may feed 1 person but it is highly unlikely.

Comments

  1. soooo simple. amazingly good. i just tried it!!!!

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  2. I went to the store and bought the ingredients..a little expensive..but my husband loved it. That was worth it and he said 'thank you'. OMG

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  3. I know that recipe ... it is great. Thanks for the reminder.

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  4. Grandpa would be happy to know his oysters still live on... :-)

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  5. We tried a small amount of this last night for a light dinner before we risked it all today.
    OMG it is delicious and sooooo simple. Thanks for posting it. Trying a big dish of it today.

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  6. This took me 10 minutes to make and we ate them for breakfast. My husband got a spoonful. It IS Thanksgiving after all. SOOOO good.

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  7. Sorry for the Sooooooo like the previous poster.

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  8. Tried the big dish today for a leftover party...tried melting button in a pan and sprinkling the broken up saltines into that to get an evener coating. We also added a bit of worchester sauce to the 1/2 and 1/2 and liquid from the oysters.

    A quart of oysters disappeared in about 2 seconds. Raves.

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