In the 70's in cafe's they sold mock oyster pastries, which I loved. I haven't seen or tasted these for years.

westward1 - 2019-07-25 13:02:00

I do remember my mum having baking tray, that was used to make these. but dont think they were made of pastry.
Hoping someone would know

korbo - 2019-07-25 14:15:00

I dimly remember mock oyster vol au vents, they were an old fashioned thing even in the 70s. On Google this is the first recipe that comes up:

Mock Oyster Patties

1 Stick Butter.
1 Onion, minced.
3 stalks celery, minced.
1 cup mushrooms, chopped.
2 boxes frozen broccoli (cooked&pureed)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup.
2 sticks Kraft garlic cheese.
4-5 dozen miniature pattie shells.

Sounds vile!

davidt4 - 2019-07-25 14:39:00

davidt4 wrote:

I dimly remember mock oyster vol au vents, they were an old fashioned thing even in the 70s. On Google this is the first recipe that comes up:

Mock Oyster Patties

1 Stick Butter.
1 Onion, minced.
3 stalks celery, minced.
1 cup mushrooms, chopped.
2 boxes frozen broccoli (cooked&pureed)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup.
2 sticks Kraft garlic cheese.
4-5 dozen miniature pattie shells.

Sounds vile!

Vile yes, but a lot less vile than cooking oysters in a cream sauce and stuffing said sauce into vol-u-vents.

buzzy110 - 2019-07-25 15:02:00

The things we did.

seadubya - 2019-07-25 17:35:00

davidt4 wrote:

I dimly remember mock oyster vol au vents, they were an old fashioned thing even in the 70s. On Google this is the first recipe that comes up:

Mock Oyster Patties

1 Stick Butter.
1 Onion, minced.
3 stalks celery, minced.
1 cup mushrooms, chopped.
2 boxes frozen broccoli (cooked&pureed)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup.
2 sticks Kraft garlic cheese.
4-5 dozen miniature pattie shells.

Sounds vile!

That was very nice of you to post that recipe davidt4 true, it sounds bloooody awful, and I can't for the life of me think why those ingredients would taste like oysters. Oh how I detest raw oysters, but I sure liked the mock pastries, or maybe they were bread cases????????

westward1 - 2019-07-25 18:06:00

Mock Oyster - uses Brains!!
https://bebsrecipedrawer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/betty-k
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jan2242 - 2019-07-28 11:59:00

Thank you jan, I'm very partial to brains. I will give it a whirl, assuming I can find brains.

westward1 - 2019-07-28 12:13:00

Our mother used to make mock oyster patties using the salsify root, we loved them, and they did taste a bit like oysters

rainrain1 - 2019-07-28 13:24:00

Oh yes, salsify, I haven't had it for 50 years, it was known as the oyster plant. What a pity we can't get it anymore.

westward1 - 2019-07-28 15:19:00

westward1 wrote:

Oh yes, salsify, I haven't had it for 50 years, it was known as the oyster plant. What a pity we can't get it anymore.

You can get salsify still - look online at the Egmont seed catalogue. They have both the white and black. I have only tried the white so must get some black salsify seeds this year.

meetee - 2019-07-28 16:29:00