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I just ate my weight in oysters
October 26, 2019, 03:20 PM
MattWI just ate my weight in oysters
Good Lord I love this time of year. Fall is in the air, and you can’t throw a cat without hitting an oyster roast. $18, all you can eat - little place down the street from me was glad I finally got up and left. Don’t ask me to move off the couch the rest of the day.
October 26, 2019, 03:27 PM
SportshooterWhere is this low country you speak of?
October 26, 2019, 03:31 PM
LS1 GTOCharleston, SC?
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October 26, 2019, 03:40 PM
MattWquote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Charleston, SC?
Technically Mt. Pleasant, which is right across the bridge from Charleston. If you’re familiar with the area, I’m a 5-7 minute walk from Shem Creek here in Mt. P. It doesn’t get much better.
October 26, 2019, 03:54 PM
Todd HuffmanSounds great! Just don't believe that old story about oysters being good for your sex life. Ate three dozen one evening and only nine of them worked.
Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. October 26, 2019, 04:16 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
Good Lord I love this time of year. Fall is in the air, and you can’t throw a cat without hitting an oyster roast. $18, all you can eat - little place down the street from me was glad I finally got up and left. Don’t ask me to move off the couch the rest of the day.
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I envy you. The seafood industry in particular, the oyster crop, is non existent. Several restaurants have closed because they cannot get Gulf Oysters. The opening of the Bonne Carre Spillway diverted all the fresh water into the Mississippi Sound for months decimating the entire crop for this year. Our beaches just reopened because the fresh water promoted algae growth which kept people out of the water all summer.
I love oysters, just cannot get them fresh. Made me hungry just reading your post from the land of Pat Conroy.
October 26, 2019, 04:43 PM
Jimbo54Yummmm....oysters. I love them any way I can get them but I'm partial to them grilled in the shell. Add a little hot sauce and I'm in heaven.
Jim
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October 26, 2019, 05:05 PM
911BossWhy would you throw a cat???
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
October 26, 2019, 05:11 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by 911Boss:
Why would you throw a cat???
The traditional expression is "not enough room to swing a cat," meaning that you are in a small cramped space.
It really does not apply, the way that it was used in the original post.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 26, 2019, 05:33 PM
jimmy123xquote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
quote:
Good Lord I love this time of year. Fall is in the air, and you can’t throw a cat without hitting an oyster roast. $18, all you can eat - little place down the street from me was glad I finally got up and left. Don’t ask me to move off the couch the rest of the day.
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I envy you. The seafood industry in particular, the oyster crop, is non existent. Several restaurants have closed because they cannot get Gulf Oysters. The opening of the Bonne Carre Spillway diverted all the fresh water into the Mississippi Sound for months decimating the entire crop for this year. Our beaches just reopened because the fresh water promoted algae growth which kept people out of the water all summer.
I love oysters, just cannot get them fresh. Made me hungry just reading your post from the land of Pat Conroy.
That's really sad to hear. I've been wondering why I don't see any "Appalachacola Oysters" anywhere in South Florida as they're my favorite.
I love raw or fried oysters and can eat a ton of them. When I was in my late teens, early 20's my dad and I would buy a whole bushel of them, a large onion sack full of them for $38......we'd eat the hell out of them for 3 days like we were going to burst.....ohhhh the good old days...….
I feel for the OP, but wish I was him as that sounded like a royal feast.
October 26, 2019, 05:43 PM
NismoI was once into oysters. I had a bad experience in Vegas due to a bad shucker. Mouth full of grit and shells put me off.
October 26, 2019, 06:04 PM
pillboxesghostAs I understand it, the "low country" of SC is all the coastal counties (with the possible exclusion of Horry county). Beaufort and Jasper counties are definitely low country (think of the geography described in "The Prince of Tides"). Many adjacent counties just inland of the coast are included.
This is the region of SC which grew rice, indigo and cotton in the antebellum days.
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October 26, 2019, 06:19 PM
CQB60Shem creek bar & Grill or Reds Ice House ?
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October 26, 2019, 09:54 PM
VictimNoMoreGood to hear they are available now.
I am headed that way (Savannah) in the morning.
I needs me some oysters!
October 26, 2019, 10:49 PM
snwghstquote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
quote:
Good Lord I love this time of year. Fall is in the air, and you can’t throw a cat without hitting an oyster roast. $18, all you can eat - little place down the street from me was glad I finally got up and left. Don’t ask me to move off the couch the rest of the day.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I envy you. The seafood industry in particular, the oyster crop, is non existent. Several restaurants have closed because they cannot get Gulf Oysters. The opening of the Bonne Carre Spillway diverted all the fresh water into the Mississippi Sound for months decimating the entire crop for this year. Our beaches just reopened because the fresh water promoted algae growth which kept people out of the water all summer.
I love oysters, just cannot get them fresh. Made me hungry just reading your post from the land of Pat Conroy.
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October 27, 2019, 10:36 AM
joatmonvOysters are great, Hell any seafood this time of year is great if it's fresh.
Clambake today at 3pm at the local brewery before the Browns game. No, I'm not a Browns fan.
Looking forward to fresh seafood and good beer.
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October 27, 2019, 11:23 AM
BeanheadYears ago, we were in New Orleans. Went to an oyster bar and ordered a giant platter of oysters for 3 guys. Polished it off and returned home. Found out the other 2 guys gotten parasites. I still eat oysters but not like before.
October 27, 2019, 11:38 AM
Blume9mmYears ago saw a study that pointed out the three bad things you can get from eating raw oysters.... they had done a study and found out that if you drank hard liquor straight while eating the oysters you could not get two of those.... I always do a couple shots of tequila when I east them raw.
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October 27, 2019, 12:18 PM
V-TailI used to really like raw oysters, I probably still would, but I stopped eating them raw when my wife (who also liked them) pointed out the very real possibility of hepatitis.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 27, 2019, 06:41 PM
jimmy123xquote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
I used to really like raw oysters, I probably still would, but I stopped eating them raw when my wife (who also liked them) pointed out the very real possibility of hepatitis.
You have just as high a chance of getting hepatitis eating a salad or anything else uncooked from a restaurant...….