scalloped oyster

English

Etymology

Originally done in scallop shells.

Noun

scalloped oyster (plural scalloped oysters)

  1. (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.
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