Where my fellow cooks at???

[count2infinity]

Oyster Po Boy>steamed mussels>baked oysters>>>>>raw oysters

[Chefpatrick871]

Place I work at does bacon wrapped oysters topped with Jack cheese and a kiss of lemon olive oil. That being said, I still think that they are gross.

[columbia]

I don't get the baked oysters thing: fried, roasted or raw for me.

Mussels? Curried, please.

[count2infinity]

this may sound stupid, but what's the different between a baked oyster and a roasted one?

[columbia]

Think of a fire pit with a large piece of sheet metal on top: layer with oysters and cover with wet burlap sacks. So they're roasted, steamed and smoked all at once.

[columbia]

I guess you could approximate that by cooking them over coals in a covered grill (sans the burlap).

Now that I think about it, that's how the people who run my neighborhood association oyster roast do it. I'm sure the city wouldn't be kosher with them digging a fire pit in the parklet and filling it with coals.

[mac5155]

The Kiwanis club builds a fire pit in the middle of town out of cinder blocks one weekend a year, and roasts chickens. Theyre delicious

[tifosi77]

There's no real difference between baking and roasting. Both are dry heat methods with no liquid conduction of heat into the product. In practice, the terms are usually meant to be used with different type of items. Think structure: You roast things that are already, generally, the shape and form they will be after cooking. You bake things that only take their final shape through the cooking process.

That's a very broad brush stroke, and it's certainly not a rule, but 'baked' and 'oysters' are two words that don't make a lot of sense to me when used together.

[ville5]

When I refer to something that is baked, I'm usually talking about something that's in a casserole dish and covered. Roasting refers to something that is uncovered. Can be in any kind of cookware.

[count2infinity]

Okay...rather than baked oysters, oyster that are put on a tray and put in the oven, usually with some sort of topping. lol.

[columbia]

Do you like clams casino (which seems pretty nasty to me)?

One of the local drunks at my corner tavern in South Philly used to try and sell me on that clams casino idea. The place had excellent Murican eye-talian food, but I never could bring myself to order that dish.

[count2infinity]

I've never had. I prefer clams steamed.

[ville5]

Clams with stuffing and bacon, can't go wrong. Shoulda tried em.

[tifosi77]

Yeah, I don't really seeing a downside to clams casino.

In other news..... Top Chef has been entertaining.

Spoiler:

The two weakest links have finally been sent packing. But I was genuinely sad to see Adam dismissed last night. Honestly, he might be my all time favorite cheftestant. He seemed like a genuinely good dude, and occasionally put up some really good food.

So far, I am really reacting badly to the gaggle judging they're doing this year, with all the cheftestants at Judges Table together. But I got a kick out of watching the judges do the shopping, and hope that becomes a regular thing. Blaise - the only judge who has also been a cheftestant - really pwned everyone else by sprinting off to the proteins while everyone else dawdled about buying all the fennel.

[tifosi77]

Modernist cooking is fun, but sometimes a simple roasted chicken is what you crave.



And yes, I know I can't truss a bird.

[mac5155]

chuck roast is so good. But anyone ever get chuck steaks? Even better.

[blackjack68]

Modernist cooking is fun, but sometimes a simple roasted chicken is what you crave.



And yes, I know I can't truss a bird.

I'd eat that and roast veggies with rice or potatoes over 85% of the other stuff you post.

There's nothing wrong with your other stuff, I'm just a meat and potatoes man.

A good roast chicken is so pure and delicious.

EDIT: And yes, that poor damn wing flapping all about...

[tifosi77]

Gotta remember, I'm still just making pork chops ans turkey legs. Just presented in a different way.

[columbia]

Wait until you guys see my Soylent presentation techniques.

[jmh470]

In case anyone is unfamiliar with the technique, I'd like to put in a good word for baking things in rock salt.

Fish and steak are the best bets. The latter comes out so damn juicy I can't see why anyone would do it differently.

[columbia]

Sugar snap peas and peanuts sauteed in brown butter and red pepper flakes and drizzled with some sesame oil is a winner. As a bonus, I cooked the salmon absolutely perfectly (for perhaps the first time ever).

[count2infinity]

This may be one of the most useless videos on the net that was actually trying to be informative:

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[canaan]

Lol. At no point did he say anything that would lead to the point of the video. Outstanding find.

[blackjack68]

That had to be edited, right?

[tifosi77]

"A convection oven is twice as hot as a regular oven at the same temperature."