When I think of oyster sauce, I think of the Chinese sauce, which is made out of oyster mushrooms, not oysters.
I don't know the story in the US, but over here, oyster sauce includes oysters as an ingredient.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
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billytea - Jul 26, 2012 4:58:58 pm PDT #17846 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Aims - Jul 26, 2012 5:04:54 pm PDT #17847 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Watching Project Runway with Emeline is so hilarious that I'm totally letting her stay up an extra half hour to watch the end of it.
"That is nice, but it needs more color. A fire ruby right in the middle would splash it!"
"Oooh! I like that one, but it's too big in the waist."
"That one needs to be fixed - you can almost see her boobs."
I swear I want to start a blog with her.
Steph L. - Jul 26, 2012 5:06:12 pm PDT #17848 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A fire ruby right in the middle would splash it!
I need Em's help with my fall wardrobe.
Burrell - Jul 26, 2012 5:09:51 pm PDT #17849 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I would so go to the Cheese Outlet!
I don't know the story in the US, but over here, oyster sauce includes oysters as an ingredient.
Does it? I believe you, although I know I've been told the opposite. But somehow anything animal-related that bt says I will always believe.
Hil R. - Jul 26, 2012 5:12:03 pm PDT #17850 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Does it? I believe you, although I know I've been told the opposite. But somehow anything animal-related that bt says I will always believe.
Oyster sauce in the US pretty much always has "oyster extract" or something similar in the ingredients, unless it's specifically labeled vegetarian.
Zenkitty - Jul 26, 2012 5:15:07 pm PDT #17851 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I thought oyster sauce was "a sauce for oysters" not "a sauce made of oysters". In the microsecond that I thought about it.
billytea - Jul 26, 2012 5:16:52 pm PDT #17852 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Does it? I believe you, although I know I've been told the opposite. But somehow anything animal-related that bt says I will always believe.
Looking on Wikipedia, oyster sauce was first mass produced by Lee Kum Kee (which is the brand I'm most familiar with), and was made from oysters. There is a vegetarian variant, which uses oyster mushrooms (or shiitakes), but the shellfish version is the original recipe, so to speak.
billytea - Jul 26, 2012 5:18:52 pm PDT #17853 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
A couple of other comments:
There's a rather good, and disturbing, novel set in the Australian outback called Oyster: [link]
"Oyster" now looks weird to me. Oyster oyster oyster oyster. Freaky.
Zenkitty - Jul 26, 2012 5:19:57 pm PDT #17854 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Why is a bus pass in the UK called an Oyster card? I've been meaning to ask that for ages.
Dana - Jul 26, 2012 5:20:25 pm PDT #17855 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Anything called "oyster" should be fried. Possibly on a po-boy. Or broiled, with some butter and parmesan cheese.