Thank you, MB! Poached oysters comes from a memorable Alka Seltzer commercial where the late Alice Playten played a newlywed wife who tried to impress her husband with her unique concoctions, only to send him straight for relief from it with Alka Seltzer. The husband was played by Terry Kiser, who achieved immortality as Bernie in Weekend at Bernie's. He was also Lara Parker's pimp on NYPD, which may predate her appearance on DS.
