Yesterday afternoon we went to hear Ira Glass tell stories. He started the presentation with the lights off and just talked. If you’ve listened to This American Life before that’s exactly the best way to start the presentation. The lights eventually came up and we spent the next two hours delightfully entertained.
As we were walking back to the car, I told the better-half that I had a weird moment where it seemed like his voice was bigger than he was and I wasn’t quite sure if he was actually there-like he didn’t seem real. I guess that’s the power of only ever hearing someone and then suddenly seeing them.
We stopped at The Fresh Market on the way home and we weren’t sure what we wanted from the combination meat/seafood counter but the better-half’s number was at least 20 customers away. I wasn’t that interested in hanging around that long, even though the people behind the counter hustle. We decided to give fried oysters a try. We love oysters but had never actually fried them before.
We used this recipe as a basis for our own concoction. The better-half added cayenne pepper to the corn meal.
We used the wok for frying. It helped contain the molten peanut oil:
Fresh from the fry:
We balanced out the dinner with brussels sprouts. I chopped up a clove of garlic and a shallot and sauteed them in a combination of our own habanero chili oil and olive oil.
We made a couple of dipping sauces. The chipotle mayo recipe is in the link with the oyster recipe. The horseradish sour cream was a way to use up the last bit of horseradish and sour cream. I also dumped in a little hot sauce.
