In order to smoke oysters you need to season them and put them in a glass or ceramic baking dish on the grill or in a smoker. Use fruit wood like apple, cherry or even the alder wood chips are nice and not to strong. A good 30 to 45 minute smoke at 200 F, higher they will become tough. You need to check on them, and when they are done there is no give. You can pack them in a lot of light olive oil.
Yes, smoked oysters are indeed cooked through a smoking process. A cooked oyster will be firm to the touch which means it is safe to eat.
No, the value will always be higher in fresh than in smoked.
Yes. But should they?
No that would be stupid and really gross!
Smoked oysters are not good for cats. Oysters contain enzymes that may be harmful to a cats digestive system if ingested.
Flax Seed oil has a healthy mixture of different fats, mono and poly unsaturated and the oysters themselves have omega-3. All of these fats are essential to a healthy diet. The oysters are also protein rich and can be considered a good source of whole protein and Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) On a downside the canned smoked oysters are probably heavy on the sodium.
A can of oysters do expire. Expiration dates or best used by dates are marked on packages to ensure freshness before those dates.
The difference between oysters and cherry stone clams are that oysters can be eaten raw and cherry stone clams can not. Cherry stone clams have a hard shell. The East Coast clam is of medium size , about 2 to 3 inches across. Oysters can be batter fried, shucked into soups and can be found canned, frozen and smoked.
Smoked hams are typically placed in a smokehouse to be cooked for several hours at a time. In some cases, smoked hams may be smoked for days. Unsmoked ham does not go through this process.
Short smoked salmon is salmon that is smoked at a relatively high temperature for a shorter time than what we ordinarily think of as smoked salmon. The process, which is not unlike barbecue, cooks the meat, rather than curing it. The meat is imparted with a smokey flavor, but not nearly as smokey as traditional "cold-smoked" salmon, which is smoked much longer at lower temperatures.
Its not that its unsafe, but smoked or cured meats are not as healthy as they are naturaly.
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