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Fried Oysters

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Fried Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Drain the oysters and remove all bits of shell. Sprinkle with pepper and coarse sea salt, then set aside in a cool place for 10-15 minutes.

  2. If the oysters are small, mix them with the rolled crackers and their liquor. Let stand for 5 minutes, then add a little salt and pepper.

  3. Mold the mixture into small cakes with 2-3 oysters in each. Roll in dry crackers until well coated.

  4. Fry in hot lard and butter or beef drippings until golden brown. Serve hot in a covered dish.

  5. Alternatively, dip the oysters in beaten egg yolk seasoned well, then in cornmeal mixed with a little baking powder. Fry in hot lard like doughnuts.

  6. For a quick method, drain the oysters, place them in a hot frying pan, and turn to brown on both sides. Serve immediately with butter, pepper, and salt, or add a little cream before serving on toast.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Oyster + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Oyster + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,886 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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