▁not ▁common place , ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁g oss ip ▁column ist ▁L iz ▁Smith : ▁" S ometimes ▁the ▁o yst ers ▁were ▁raw , ▁sometimes ▁they ▁were ▁gr illed ▁and ▁wrapped ▁in ▁ba con . ▁Then ▁Mrs . ▁Bruce ▁called ▁them ▁Ang els ▁on ▁Hor se back ." ▁As ▁late ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁calling ▁the ▁d ish ▁" in tr igu ing ", ▁suggesting ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁yet ▁become ▁common place ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Publications ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁on wards ▁discuss ▁ang els ▁on ▁horse back ▁as ▁an ▁indul gence ▁or ▁a ▁del ic acy ▁with ▁frequency . ▁ 1 0 0 1 ▁Food s ▁to ▁Die ▁For ▁noted ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁indul gence ▁in ▁North ▁American ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁elev ation ▁of ▁o yst ers ▁to ▁a ▁del ic acy ▁status . ▁The ▁D iner ' s ▁Dictionary : ▁Word ▁Orig ins ▁of ▁Food ▁and ▁Dr ink ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁lux ury ▁of ▁o yst ers ▁results ▁in ▁co ck tail ▁sa us ages ▁replacing ▁the ▁o yst ers . ▁ ▁Pre par ation ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁classic ▁reci pe , ▁sh uck ed ▁o yst ers ▁are ▁wrapped ▁in ▁ba con ▁which ▁is ▁then ▁bro iled ▁in ▁the ▁o ven , ▁about ▁three ▁minutes ▁per ▁side . ▁An ▁early ▁reci pe , ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁suggests ▁f ry ing ▁the ▁ske