On May 23, 10:44 am, (Little Malice)
wrote:
One time on Usenet, merryb said:

On May 23, 10:25 am, (Little Malice)
wrote:
Yay, we're finally going on a long camping trip this weekend
with friends. We're staying at an RV park right on Hood Canal
where you can pick fresh oysters. Picking is easy, I've done
it tons of times as a kid. But the cooking method that my friends
plan to use is new to me. Rather than grilling in the shell
(which just begs for shell bits in your oyster, IMO), they
shuck 'em, put them in muffin tins with butter and seasonings,
then stuck them on the grill. Serve with Tabasco.

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Have fun- isn't it illegal to take the shells from the beach? I heard
you were suppossed to shuck them on the beach & leave the shells for
new oysters to grow in.

It's a private beach and I'm not 100% sure of their policies, but I
believe that is the case with most public beaches. You've got me
curious, so when I'm there, I'll ask...

--
Jani in WA

It would suck getting in trouble on your nice weekend! Are you the one
who recently bought a tent trailer?

One time on Usenet, merryb said:
On May 23, 10:44 am, (Little Malice)
wrote:
One time on Usenet, merryb said:

On May 23, 10:25 am, (Little Malice)
wrote:
Yay, we're finally going on a long camping trip this weekend
with friends. We're staying at an RV park right on Hood Canal
where you can pick fresh oysters. Picking is easy, I've done
it tons of times as a kid. But the cooking method that my friends
plan to use is new to me. Rather than grilling in the shell
(which just begs for shell bits in your oyster, IMO), they
shuck 'em, put them in muffin tins with butter and seasonings,
then stuck them on the grill. Serve with Tabasco.

snip

Have fun- isn't it illegal to take the shells from the beach? I heard
you were suppossed to shuck them on the beach & leave the shells for
new oysters to grow in.

It's a private beach and I'm not 100% sure of their policies, but I
believe that is the case with most public beaches. You've got me
curious, so when I'm there, I'll ask...

Unfortunately, I was still asleep when DH went to get the oysters,
so I didn't get to do any picking. But he shucked them right on the
beach so the shell thing was moot. I'm rather proud of him -- he's
a flatland Pennsylvanian who'd never shucked an oyster in his life,
and he didn't turn them into stew fodder. ;-)

It would suck getting in trouble on your nice weekend! Are you the one
who recently bought a tent trailer?

Yup, that's me! So far, due to baseball season, we'd only been out
in it twice. The first trip was to this same RV park (Rest-A-While,
north of Hoodsport on Hood Canal, for those familiar with the area).
I wan't able to go the first time. Our second outing was to take the
trailer to my folk's house in Sequim -- we slept in it so I could try
it out. I loved it! As I mentioned upthread though, I was rather ill
on this last trip, so I didn't eat any oysters. But we still had a
good time...

--
Jani in WA