Best Of The Bay Recipesoyster Fritters Food

BEST OF THE BAY RECIPES...OYSTER FRITTERS

Steps:

• Using a whisk, beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the milk and whisk until a bit frothy. In a second, larger bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Add in the egg mixture and mix until you have a smooth batter. Fold in the oysters and their liquor until they are evenly coated.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet until very hot. Ladle out 3 or 4 oysters and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 4 - 6 minutes. Remove and drain. Serve with tartar sauce or lemon slices and enjoy the first oyster harvest of the fall.

OYSTER FRITTERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oil.
• Stir together the eggs, milk, flour and seasonings to make the batter and stir in the oysters.
• If using for an appetizer, drop by teaspoonfuls into the hot grease and fry until golden.
• If using for an entree, drop by heaping tablespoonfuls.
• Drain on paper towels & serve with cocktail sauce.

OYSTER FRITTERS

Steps:

• Beat together the egg, salt, pepper, baking powder, and pancake mix.
• Add half and half; beat until smooth.
• Add the oysters and liquor.
• Stir until the oysters are mixed well.
• In an iron (or heavy) skillet, melt Crisco (about ½ inch deep).
• Drop the oysters in hot oil.
• They will spread out like a flat fritter.
• Fry until cooked through.
• Serve hot, with pickled relish or cocktail sauce.

CHESAPEAKE BAY BURGERS

Steps:

• Put meat in a large bowl, preferrably metal, glass, or ceramic. Plastic holds odors and sometimes bacteria.
• Mince onions (now would be a good time to use that expensive food processor that's collecting dust somewhere in your house!).
• Add onions, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, tomato paste and Old Bay Seasoning to meat in the bowl and mix VERY thoroughly.
• Mash it all together and firmly pat out your hamburgers using 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound of meat per person.
• Spray grill rack with Pam or similar spray and put burgers on grill. Flip every 3 minutes until desired doneness is reached (if you're using ground poultry cook THOROUGHLY! Until juices run clear, allowing for the coloring of the seasonings). If you want to pan fry your burgers spray a frying pan with Pam and cook as described above.
• If you want cheeseburgers put desired amount of cheese on burgers about 1 minute before removing burgers from heat. Allow cheese to melt thoroughly.
• Remove burgers from heat and put on buns. Have lettuce, tomato, onion, relish or other pickles, mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup, etc. available for people to make their masterpiece. ENJOY!