Oyster Cocktail
Ingredient: Tabasco
Also Known As: hot sauce What it is: AdditiveTabasco sauce is a mass-produced brand of hot sauce made from tabasco peppers (Capsicum frutescens var. tabasco), vinegar, and salt, and aged in white oak barrels for three years. It has a hot, spicy flavor and is popular in many parts of the world.
Ingredient: vinegar
What it is: AdditiveAcidic liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol (in wine, beer, cider, etc.) in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid. Natural vinegars also contain small amounts of tartaric acid, citric acid, and other acids. The word "vinegar" derives from the Old French vin aigre, meaning "sour wine".
Ingredient: tomato catchup
Also Known As: ketchup, tomato sauce, What it is: AdditiveKetchup (also spelled catsup), also known as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Tommy K, or dead horse, is a condiment, usually made from tomatoes. The ingredients in a typical modern ketchup are tomato concentrate, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, spice and herb extracts (including celery), spice and garlic powder. Ketchup started out as a general term for sauce, typically made of mushrooms or fish brine with herbs and spices.
Ingredient: oyster
What it is: AdditiveCommon name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. Evidence of oyster consumption goes back into prehistory, evidenced by oyster middens found worldwide.
A few dashes lemon-juice in a tumbler, add a dash of Tobasco sauce, a teaspoonful of vinegar, a few dashes tomato catchup, six Blue Point oysters, with all their liquor; season to taste with pepper and salt. Mix and serve with spoon in the glass.