Oysters in a can, alas

February 28, 2008 5:18 PM

Know any good ways to prepare canned oysters?

They're good for health and convenient to keep on hand, so I want to eat them sometimes. Only question is how to make them delicious, if possible.

posted by Listener to food & drink (9 comments total)

Are they smoked? I really like smoked oysters mixed with cream cheese on sandwiches, crackers or toasts, and tossed with spinach, carmelized onions, parmesan cheese and olive oil over pasta.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:23 PM on February 28, 2008 [2 favorites]

Oyster stuffing
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 5:29 PM on February 28, 2008

Ambrosia Voyeur -- do you sauté that delicious-sounding pasta topping?
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:43 PM on February 28, 2008

Some people (not me) really, really like smoked oysters mixed in with scrambled eggs.
posted by Enroute at 5:58 PM on February 28, 2008

If they're smoked, mmmm..straight out of the can.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 5:59 PM on February 28, 2008

Beef and oyster pie - a traditional English dish from the times when oysters where a 'poor mans' food and used as a filler.
posted by oliverst at 5:59 PM on February 28, 2008

Mix with cream cheese, minced onion, and Worcestershire sauce. Spread on crackers.
posted by Addlepated at 7:38 PM on February 28, 2008

My dad used to make oyster stew with them. Some low-fat milk, a little butter, and the oysters all heating quite happily on the stove until the milk steamed.

I never actually ate the oysters, though.
posted by tigerjade at 4:56 AM on February 29, 2008

I like 'em in an omelet with whichever soft cheese I've got sitting around and some capers.
posted by The GoBotSodomizer at 11:31 AM on February 29, 2008