Oyster Hunting

Now, when it comes to hunting oysters, there is one thing that I know... They don't run very fast or hide in the trees. In fact, they just sit there slurping on salt water and waiting on the tides (Yummy). How hard can it be to get these little creatures?

I have discovered that it is not hard getting them once you get TO them. That is the hard part. You have to take a boat out during low tide and hack these razor sharp shells off of the clusters, put them in buckets, and haul them back to your house where you then clean all of the mud off. The mud cleaning is the real price for Oystering... There is mud on everything! The boat is muddy, the oysters are muddy, the boots are muddy, the gloves are muddy, and of all things, there is mud in my ear!!

Once the mud is cleaned up, and the oysters are cleaned up, the harvest is presented to the guests for examination. They ask themselves, "is this one worth the effort to pry his shell open?" 
The Oysters on the other hand are still thinking "is it really still low tide?" When they start to bubble in their shell, they probably stop thinking about the tide... just a thought...

Sometimes, I want to have an oyster roast so bad that I am forced to go to real professional Oyster hunters... the fish market... These guys get oysters from all over the place, so I often have a choice, and sometimes even get a variety to take home to the hungry mob.

Either way, it is always a great time cooking up the oysters and slurping them down with good friends and strangers alike. Of course, even the strangers become friends after an oyster roast.

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