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Sunday mornings are always fresh
lumpia trip to Bacoor and one of these Sundays (of this month) while I was at the peak of nibbling a piece of rolls,I stumbled upon a vendor who sold real fresh oysters which personally harvested by her husband. The vendor was referred to me by the
lumpia vendor, but I was having second thoughts about buying or not.
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I have never prepared/cooked oyster at home. The few times that I remember eating oysters were at the parties and oyster bars/restaurants.I took a minute asking instructions from the vendor on how to clean and prepare the oysters:
- wash and clean the oyster's shell (I didn't just washed it,I intricately brushed each!)
- boil water
- pour over the shelled oysters
- remove the water
- the oysters are now ready to be opened
For recipes, I had one or two ideas, digging up from my recollections of oyster concoctions I had tasted from the past.
I went home excited with one huge can of oysters.
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At home, I whisked each shell to prettiness. As instructed, I soaked them in hot water and witnessed the death of these species.
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The water bubbled,as if the oysters were fighting for their last breaths (
soft melancholy music please..:<)
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My brother opened one and we were satisfied to the freshness of the meat.
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I was willing to try opening the shells myself, but my kind brother took the task as he thought it wouldn't be easy for me. He used a bread knife and watching him doing it seemed easier as it actually was , that was according to the one doing it
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I did
vinaigrette dip (
see recipe on the next post) to garnish the oyster.
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We gulped one after another and had to remind my partner in crime to slowdown because I wanted to try some baked oysters.
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I prepared the oysters for baking.I arranged them on top of salt bed the way I saw them presented in a cooking show I recently watched on television.
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After less than 20 minutes_tadahh!!_
Baked oyster (
see recipe on the next post),
sooo delicious! We finished them all on the spot and I headed on my 3rd recipe.
Kilawin na oyster. (
see recipe on the next post). This one was my brother's pick among the three.
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Empty shells.