8 not your oyster Recipes

water chestnut, drained,and sliced, bamboo shoot, drained, fresh lemon juice, shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1-1/4 lb before cleaning), peanuts or canola oil (for frying), chopped pork (not pork sausage, buy a couple boneless pork chops, trim off excess fat, and finely chop the meat), salt , freshly ground black pepper,granulated garlic,onion powder,and seasoned to taste, coarsely chopped vegetables, of your choice (bell peppers , onions, baby corn, snow peas, napa cabbage, bean sprouts, whatever), black bean garlic sauce, oyster sauce, chicken broth, white wine, cornstarch , dissolved in, chicken broth, toasted oriental sesame oil, sliced green onion (to garnish ), light soy sauce (optional), hot chili paste or hot chili oil (optional), hot cooked rice , as accompaniment

rice (not quick-cooking ), water (may use chicken/vege broth), boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut to thin slices, garlic, minced, ginger, minced, oyster sauce, soy sauce, black pepper (according to your taste), shiitake mushrooms , julienned, scallions, chopped, sesame oil, black pepper or white pepper

raw oysters, chicken broth (if using broth, dissolve 1 chicken bouillon cube in broth or use two bouillon cubes dissolved in w), chicken bouillon cube, onion, finely chopped, butter or 4 tbsp margarine, flour (plain or self rising), black pepper

crispy rice cereal , squares, oyster crackers, cheese-filled sandwich crackers, fish shaped crackers, pretzels, peanuts (i use a little more), butter flavored popcorn oil, ranch dressing mix

oyster, celery, chopped, french dressing ( (not catalina style) or your own o & v recipe), leaf lettuce or 1 leaf mesclun, well washed and thoroughly dried, lemon, thinly sliced, parsley sprig, for garnish

peanut oil, flour, duck fat (or peanut oil), flour, onions, diced, green bell peppers, diced, celery ribs, finely diced, garlic cloves, minced, roma tomatoes, seeded and diced (if you like tomatoes in your gumbo), tomato paste, fresh okra, chopped, shrimp stock, seafood crab boil (zatarain s pro boil), dried thyme leaves, cayenne pepper, salt & freshly ground black pepper, shrimp, peeled and deveined (save heads and shells for stock), smoked andouille sausages or 2 lbs smoked sausage, sliced 1/4-inch thick, fresh live blue crabs, cleaned (optional), fresh lump crabmeat , picked over for shells and cartilage (not pasteurized), freshly shucked fresh oyster (not pasteurized ), cooked long-grain rice