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Check carefully when ordering or buying your new oyster knife. I broke an old one a few years ago. Dad went and picked up another one in a pinch. Made in China of course. When I read the fine print on the package it said, "product contains lead, not safe for human consumption". How does something like this even make it to market? Lead in kids toys is bad enough, but an oyster knife? Chicoms feeding us lead one oyster at a time.
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Since you're still learning new tricks get the book The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. It's more than a little interesting and will make you the smartest oyster guy in the room at your next oyster party.
I can hear Pops now, " You gonna stand there spouting oyster facts or $*"'&#@ shuck em?"
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If it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!
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If it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sick, I can hock up lung butter than looks more apitizing. Go lick the ole lady’s hoo ha if you need something fatty and salty
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Sorry, can't help you. The only oyster shucking I've done is on mountain oysters. And for that, you want a sharp knife.
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Sick, I can hock up lung butter than looks more apitizing. Go lick the ole lady’s hoo ha if you need something fatty and salty Stupid AND classy.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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It is easy to do with a proper oyster knife. I watched a guy do one once . he handed me the knife and I was doing it easily after opening 2 or 3.
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Sorry, can't help you. The only oyster shucking I've done is on mountain oysters. And for that, you want a sharp knife.
G23 Our gang has had that get together also. We had a ball.
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When my brother told me, I laughed until I saw it done (and ate). Simply boil the oysters in water for a few minutes. They open themselves for the most part and the water gets them unbelievably clean. I figured it would ruin the taste, but doesn't at all.
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They grow Big and Fat in Pamlico Sound. Not quite as salty as the Cat tongue oysters right near the coastal beaches.
If it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!
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Know the difference between a epileptic oyster opener and a whore with diarrhea ?
The oyster opener shucks between fits.
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The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
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Gunzo: I shucked Oysters for pleasure going on 50 years - the best advice I can give is buy the most expensive Oyster Knife you can find! I actually prefer and eat most of the Oysters I consume after being baked in an oven or over a big bed of coals! They indeed do open themselves when prepared thusly. But on some shores the Oysters must be shucked on the beach and the shells put back about where they came from - here is where the best (most expensive usually!) Oyster Knife you can find will serve you WELL. Enjoy. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Looking at the various links I've been provided with to the knives. Then it hit me, a big fan of Victorinox for my use & knowing that a lot of professional meat cutters use use the brand also. Could they know a thing about oysters? Well,,,,,, they make 3 different knives for such.
I trust the brand, & for 9 bucks I'll try a few.
The best? I'm not afraid to spend a buck on a good knife, lay it on me.
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Secure the proper tool and do a brief study of anatomy.
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grind down an old butter knife to a inch and a haft to two inch long you don't need to buy one
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It is easy to do with a proper oyster knife. I watched a guy do one once . he handed me the knife and I was doing it easily after opening 2 or 3. I learned how to shuck oysters when I was stationed in Virginia. My deputy Provost Marshal taught a group of us. He also taught us how to eat them with nothing but hot sauce and beer. Order a roaster at Hooter's and they bring a shucking knife and bar towel to grab them with.
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