Well, I know you have tried some of yorkie’s recipes and we are always discussing food! I used to cook a lot more than I do now. Its hard to cook for one like I used to cook for the family. But I did fry me some delicious oysters tonight...I do the old fashioned fried oysters like my Mama did. Breaded in cornmeal and fried in a skillet of oil and real butter. Yes, they are fattening but they will make you smack you grandma down!!! And of course, I don’t fry many foods at all!
And I don’t fix oysters too often.
My husband’s family had a Christmas tradition of Oysters for Christmas morning breakfast. A big skillet of fried oysters, another skillet of scrambled eggs, jams, jellies, or fried apples and hot biscuits. We did that for years and then when the family started spreading out and having their own families, the tradition slipped away! Too many families to visit and eat with, etc.etc. thats the way life is!
My great-grandma used to actually ‘drink’ the grease from bacon and sausage - every morning. I know it sounds SO gross (and I even thought so as a child!), but guess what? She lived to be 97.
I have a very good friend who gets mail from some holistic place, and reads every word, then lives by it. Her husband has been very ill for a long time - and when he was hospitalized a few months back, she was told that his tests showed that he had absolutely NO salt in his system - and she was told that was very dangerous.
He was released from the hospital shortly, and went back home. Three weeks later, he was so ill, she had to call 9-1-1, and he was rushed back to the hospital by ambulance.
Sure enough - they found absolutely NO SALT in his system. (She has read that salt is bad - and he gets absolutely NO salt in his ‘juice’.)
She has now decided that any meat or cheese or eggs are ‘bad’ and she is feeding him only organic fruit and vegetables - put in the juicer - for every meal.
He has become so thin and emaciated. I truly fear for his life.
My point? We only have one life. I believe we should enjoy it, with every aspect of our being. Why should we deprive ourselves? (I am not saying ‘do what my grandma did’), but enjoy a dessert once in awhile - or fried oysters. Savor the smell, the texture, the taste of food.
And add a little salt.