r/GlobalTalk • u/TakeOffYourMask US • Aug 13 '21
[Question] How are oysters eaten in your country and with what condiments? Question
In the US they tend to be either breaded and deep fried (mmmm) or eaten raw on the half shell with lemon juice, grated horseradish, saltine crackers, and most importantly American cocktail sauce. American cocktail sauce is different from the British kind. It is ketchup with horseradish and often Worcestershire sauce added. No mayonnaise. Adding a drop or two of hot sauce is also common.
The breaded and deep fried variety is often served with French fries or on a big sandwich bun with lots of lettuce.
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u/spryfigure Germany Aug 13 '21
Usually eaten raw, with some lemon sprinkled on top. Accompanied by a glass of dry white wine.
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u/fruskydekke Aug 13 '21
Raw, with lemon. Anything else drowns out the flavour, which is what we're here for! :)
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u/wanna-eatapeach Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 13 '21
In Asia we steam it with lemongrass and serve it with a thick dipping sauce. or we'll grill it over embers and drizzle a mixture of cooking oil and scallions on top, or sometimes with cheese or chili salt
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u/apis_cerana Aug 13 '21
Cheese = you sound Korean. Am I right lol
In Japan you eat oysters grilled or steamed with minimal condiments. Usually they're salty enough from the ocean to be good on its own that way. It's great when you can bbq them on the shell in the beach!
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u/TakeOffYourMask US Aug 13 '21
Cheese? In Asia? Interesting.
What is that sauce? And what about raw?
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u/wanna-eatapeach Aug 13 '21
yeah the cheese will melt over the oyster. That sauce will depend on each person's taste, but typically a sweet and sour sauce is a combination of chili sauce, lemon juice, minced chili, minced lemon zest and minced garlic. They will give more sugar if they like sweets. if eaten raw we will clean it and separate the meat, put it in the fridge until it's cold evenly. Then drizzle lemon juice on top of the oyster and eat it with Korean mustard.
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u/TakeOffYourMask US Aug 13 '21
Oh dang I don’t get the fridge and no-shell thing. If I’m eating it raw then I want it to have been shucked within the last five minutes. 😁
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u/sgarbusisadick Aug 13 '21
Just so you don't think asia is one place with one cuisine - I assume this guy is from Korea. They treat oysters differently all over asia, I'm not sure why this guy wants to speak for billions of people and hundreds of different cultures :)
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u/allieggs Aug 13 '21
My family is from northern China and oysters are always a fun addition to hot pot, if you guys wanted to know.
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u/CheeseboardPatster Aug 13 '21
French here. Generally : raw, with a few drops of squeezed lemon juice, or some vinegar with marinated shallots. There are many cooked oyster recipes but they are less commonly eaten cooked than raw. At least in my circle of friends. Greetings from Cancale (where oysters are rather common).
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u/yugdab Aug 13 '21
Mignonettes are gaining ground here in the states as well thankfully because they fucking rock.
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u/pmmeillicitbreadpics Aug 13 '21
These questions are getting very specific
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u/leviathan3k Aug 13 '21
I'm sitting in a restaurant and just ordered some oysters right before seeing this in my feed.
vinegar and cocktail sauce, btw.
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u/theRuathan Aug 13 '21
Country?
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u/leviathan3k Aug 13 '21
US.
Also, they were raw.
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u/federleicht Aug 13 '21
Raw oysters are my jam. Do you chew or just swallow? I hated them until i started chewing a bit bc otherwise it felt like swallowing cold snot
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u/leviathan3k Aug 13 '21
Oh absolutely chew. I'm not sure I could enjoy it otherwise.
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u/federleicht Aug 14 '21
I spent YEARS just trting to take it like a shot and i’m a huge seafood fan so i was confused as to why they were such a big thing bc you can’t even taste it like that (also so why would people care about where it came from if you cant taste it) I finally got curious and had to RESEARCH how to eat oysters bc literally everyone had always told me “just swallow it”
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u/Cidermonk Aug 13 '21
I'm in the US and my dad's friend grilled some then put on lemon juice, pesto and grated parmesan. Additional hot sauce by preference. Knocked my socks off
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u/thinkadrian Sweden 🇸🇪 Aug 13 '21
Raw with perhaps a dash of salt and lemon. Or some vinaigrette. Have with white wine or even certain reds.
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u/ExcitedCoconut Aug 13 '21
‘Natural’ - as is, raw. Maybe served with fresh lemon. ‘Kilpatrick’ - broiled with bacon and Worcestershire sauce Fresh with a vinaigrette - like a light red wine vinaigrette with finely chopped shallot or a Champaign vinaigrette (Australia)
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u/captyes Change the text to your country Aug 13 '21
SE Louisiana; fried, raw, or char-grilled, on the half shell, with butter, garlic, Parmesan and bread crumbs.
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u/BurntTeeth Aug 13 '21
With a dash of lemon and salt. Or with cut up pieces of bacon, worcestershire sauce and salt.
With lots of champagne and/or pints.
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u/LeNoirDarling Aug 13 '21
Ive had them many ways all over the world but my favorite method was one I learned in Croatia-
Raw with a drizzle of fresh olive oil and few drops of lemon juice.
Just arrived in Portugal a few days ago- ordered raw oysters and asked for the azeite de oliva. Seriously perfection.
But my dads’ fried gulf coast oysters are hard to beat too..
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u/TakeOffYourMask US Aug 13 '21
Hmm oil, seems weird to me.
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u/LeNoirDarling Aug 14 '21
It should be a nice fragrant fresh olive oil- try it sometime.. I promise you’ll be surprised.
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u/yellowcandle Aug 14 '21
Well, oyster is the condiment in southern China and Southeast Asia.
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u/TakeOffYourMask US Aug 14 '21
I forgot about that, but it seems modern oyster sauce just uses oyster extract rather than being a reduction from oysters in broth.
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u/StinkieBritches Aug 13 '21
Southern US-Raw, little horseradish, little hot sauce, sometimes on a cracker, most of the time not.
Edit* Forgot lemon juice.
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u/yourbuddy_ Aug 14 '21
(US) They also have baked oysters sometimes, with like bacon and ketchup
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u/TakeOffYourMask US Aug 14 '21
Oh yeah I forgot to mention baked oyster dishes, with oysters Rockefeller being most common.
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u/sabrehero2 Aug 14 '21
In an omelette, with spring onions, sweet soy sauce and chili sauce. Fav street food ever
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u/salamander150 Change the text to your country Aug 14 '21
(S Korea) Eating them raw is preferred and one of my favorite method is the oyster kimchi! It has to be eaten relatively quickly but it's basically raw oysters mixed with kimchi for that salty ocean fermentedness mmmmm
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u/Honest_Coxy Aug 13 '21
Ireland - Raw, maybe with a bit of lemon or hot sauce, and often with a pint of Guinness.