Mexican San Juan De Ulua Shrimp or Oyster Cocktail

(Coctel de Camorones u Ostiones, San Juan de Ulua)The author says, “In an effort to get a good mix, I sat at my favorite maestro’s booth by the old fort of San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz. I did a surreptitious time motion study of his sauce blending, and at the end of the two hours I had eaten four cocktails and had heisted the secret formula.”

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 8  shrimp, cooked and shelled or 8  oysters, raw
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lime juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  finely chopped onion
• 2  drops Tabasco sauce
• 2  tablespoons dry white wine
• 1⁄2 cup catsup (Some chefs use tomato juice, others use both)
• 3  tablespoons  shrimp  juice (for the shrimp cocktail only)
•  sliced lime

Directions

1. Put the shrimp or oysters in a tall glass, Mix the 7 ingredients, cover with the sauce and serve salt and pepper with heaps of sliced lime. This is one portion.
2. George Celsius Booth The Food and Drink Of Mexico.