smoked oysters
Cured bivalve treat
Smoked oysters are oysters that have been cured and flavored by exposure to wood smoke, then typically preserved in oil and sold in small tins.
They're eaten as appetizers or added to dips and dishes: He opened a tin of smoked oysters for the party.
The smoking process gives them a rich, intensely briny flavor distinct from fresh oysters.
- brinyStrongly of salt
- cannedSealed for preservation
- tineaDermatological fungal infection
- sardinesSmall canned herring relatives
- anchoviesSmall, oily, cured fish
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- Oystersblue point, Kumamoto, Wellfleet, Galway, Colchester
- preserved seafooddried fish, salted fish, salt fish, fermented fish, salt cod
- tinned seafoodsardines, anchovies, mackerel, salmon fillets, pink salmon
- Seafood Snacksshrimp chips, dried squid, dried shrimp, fish jerky, prawn crackers