scalloped oyster
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally done in scallop shells.
Noun
[edit]scalloped oyster (plural scalloped oysters)
- (cooking) An opened oyster baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 122:
- "Poor things! they needed it," said she one night to her husband, during the discussion of some scalloped oysters, over which their mutual confidences usually took place.