Recipe - Taco Pasta Casserole

Rock salt
36 Raw oysters on the half
Shell
15 ounce Can of tomato sauce
3 tablespoon Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Sugar
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Ground black pepper
One half teaspoon Tabasco
18 Slices of bacon, cut into
4 pieces, partially fried
1 cup Finely grated, extra old
Cheddar cheese

At the bottom of a shallow ovenproof dish, sprinkle some rock salt. Place
the oyster halves on top of the salt, in the dish. In a medium bowl,
combine the tomato sauce, lemon juice, sugar, salt, pepper and tabasco
sauce. Place an equal amount of this mixture over each of the oysters. Put
2 pieces of the partially fried bacon on top of the sauce on each oyster.
Sprinkle the grated cheese over top. Cook this dish in a preheated 450F
oven for about 8 minutes, or until they are done.

Source: Adapted by Deborah Kuhnen from '100 Mexican Dishes', edited by
Grace Teed Kent.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #138 by "Deborah Kühnen" DEBKUHNEN@msn.com
on May 18, 97