OYSTERS Tonight!

Now, I just loves me some oysters, and Daughter Hawthorne specifically asked me for oysters this weekend. So, Mr. H. and I took a trip up to SeaMark, (which is/was a locally owned supermarket, and sadly has been bought out by Harris Teeter and one of their stores in South Nags Head has already been closed and the one up in
Kitty Hawk is hanging on by the skin of its
chinny chin chin until its ultimate demise - so sad)
... where was I ? ...
Oh yeah, we bought a bushel of oysters at SeaMark.

Right here, Imonna make a Remoulade Sauce.

The beginnings of my mise en place.
I have celery, onion, garlic, white vinegar, and capers.

Coarse chop the onions, celery, and garlic.

Place celery, onions, and garlic into the Magic Bullet, with the vinegar and capers.

Process. Whoot!

OK, here are the rest of the ingredients.
I have the Magic Bullet of celery, onion, garlic, vinegar, and capers, then some mayonnaise, coarse mustard, salt and pepper,
and some cumin, coriander, and cayenne.

Mix the celery mixture with the mayo.

Mix the mayo/celery with the spices.

Yummy.

Oh crap. I don't have the finished pic of the Remoulade Sauce.
But you can imagine it and it was real good.

Maybe I'll fry some oysters tomorrow and use it.

Next up, my mixture to go on my grilled oysters.

Here it is. Parmesan cheese, paprika (I used Hungarian and smoked.), and sugar.
That's it.

Grate the Parmesan.

Add some sugar.

Next, add the paprika, or pappereeka, if you have it.
Really, what ever's in your pantry.
Smelly gym socks, WD-40, what ever you have.

And, Wallah!

This is the color it's supposed to be.

This goes on the grilled oysters.


Next up, Oysters Rockefeller.

My mise en place: spinach, onion, Parmesan cheese, bacon, garlic, and butter.

Chop the spinach, onion, and garlic.

Fry up chopped bacon bits.

Add spinach, onions, and garlic.

Pour in a wee bit of white wine.

Next, pour in some heavy cream, heat through, and turn off heat.

Here's the topping for the Oysters Rockefeller.

Next, spray off the oysters.

Rosie shucked 99.9999999% of the oysters.

I have two baking sheets of oysters.
The melted butter in middle front and the sheet on the right, with the Parmesan, paprika, and sugar, is for my grilled oysters.
The sheet on the left and the pan in the back with the spinach mixture is for my Oysters Rockefeller.

Top oysters with spinach, onion, garlic, wine, cream mixture.

Then top with Parmesan cheese.
Put under the broiler, 350 degrees about 7-10 minutes.
Watch carefully!

Here are my grilling oysters.

I just poured melted butter on the oysters.
I cooked the oysters about 2 minutes with the grill closed just until they started bubbling. Then I poured a bit of butter on top.

Butter! Flames!

Flare ups!
I am MASTER OF THE GRILL!
And it feels GOOOOOOD!!!!!
Stand BACK, Mr. Hawthorne!

Next, I added my Parmesan, Paprika, sugar combo at the very end.

These grilled oysters are freakin' beautiful.

Here are the Oysters Rockefeller, just outta the oven.

Close up of Rockefellers.

Close up of grilled ersters.

Rockefeller with a bit of hot sauce.
That was sooooo gooooood.

And I HOPE that's just a smudge on my lens.

I've noticed it in the last few pics, and I'm not happy.

Gotta be a smudge.