Damn it!!!

It's not hard to comprehend.  It's two different flavors which combine in an almost gastronomically artistic way.  
But like when that is attempted in actual works of art,  it is very important to get the right ratio of shellfish flavor to tartar sauce flavor.
You can't drown the oysters or shrimp it.  But if you don't have enough on a bite of it that really doesn't give you the combination.
It's a goldilocks scenario with the ratio.  Too much,  too little, or just right.
But of course that comes after having the tartar sauce itself be made right.
And I should add,  that I have tried to make it at home a dozen different ways.  And I cannot duplicate what some commercial restaurants can do.
And neither can anybody producing that packaged tartar sauce in the supermarket.  That all sucks.

Okay I've got it. It's like this. The tartar sauce compliments the flavor of the fried shellfish. The cocktail sauce overwhelms it.
If you like cocktail sauce then you oughta just pour out a bowl of it and eat it with a spoon and forget the shrimp or oyster flavor because you've just thrown that under the bus anyway.

Wait a minute. It just occurred to me that I like cocktail sauce on boiled shrimp as much as I like tartar on fried shrimp.
I guess I musta been talkin outta my ass. lol

Bob wrote:Okay I've got it.  It's like this.  The tartar sauce compliments the flavor of the fried shellfish.  The cocktail sauce overwhelms it.
If you like cocktail sauce then you oughta just pour out a bowl of it and eat it with a spoon and forget the shrimp or oyster flavor because you've just thrown that under the bus anyway.

No no no......the shrimp or oyster is just used to scoop the cocktail sauce....they become mobile vessels to get the sauce to your mouth.

Joanimaroni wrote:

Bob wrote:Okay I've got it.  It's like this.  The tartar sauce compliments the flavor of the fried shellfish.  The cocktail sauce overwhelms it.
If you like cocktail sauce then you oughta just pour out a bowl of it and eat it with a spoon and forget the shrimp or oyster flavor because you've just thrown that under the bus anyway.

No no no......the shrimp or oyster is just used to scoop the cocktail sauce....they become mobile vessels to get the sauce to your mouth.

In other words they're giving us the entree (the cocktail sauce) for free.
And they're charging us high prices for the lousy spoons (the shrimp and oysters).
I like it. That's my take on the tartar sauce too. lol