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Rolled oyster is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Louisville. A baseball-sized seafood snack: three raw oysters dipped in egg-milk cornmeal batter called pastinga, rolled in cracker crumbs and deep-fried golden. Start with where to eat Rolled oyster in Louisville.
A baseball-sized seafood snack: three raw oysters dipped in egg-milk cornmeal batter called pastinga, rolled in cracker crumbs and deep-fried golden.
Phillip Mazzoni and his Italian-immigrant brothers from Genoa opened Mazzoni's tavern at Third and Market in 1884, where they first served rolled oysters as a free giveaway to saloon patrons with a purchased beer or whiskey. The recipe combined three oysters with a unique pastinga batter, rolled in cracker crumbs and fried into a baseball-sized ball. The Mazzoni family held the recipe secret for five generations and the dish became a Louisville-only specialty. The last Mazzoni-family restaurant closed in 2011, ending a 127-year run, and the rolled oyster has become a rare find on Louisville menus since.
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