hate to be an oyster snob but found in long island, blue points are considered some of the best in the world. at low tide you used to be able to walk down to the waterline and pick up all the oysters and mussels you could carry in a few minutes, and hard shell clams of the best quality with a little digging with a clam rake or your bare feet. meanwhile homeless are eating out of dumpsters. sorry no pics of the oyster knife/fork.
I love oysters and willl have some tonight actually. They're best straight off the boat in Apalachicola though.
I'll have to agree with you doghunter. I've been stationed all over the country and overseas and always on the coast...(Coast Guard) and have tried oysters everywhere I went. I grew up in the Panhandle and spent most of my summers at St. George Island or Mexico Beach. Apalachicola Bay oysters are the best I've ever eaten although Grays Harbor Oysters in Washington state run a close second :>)
I'm really only a good authority on N.Y. and Chesapeake bay oysters, the only ones I've had here are from Chinese buffets and they are awful. I think the cold water has a lot to do with quality. rocky mountain oysters are a whole nother story.
my BRO has a neat little hobby, he buys a bunch of cheap wood handled oyster knives, gets a bunch of metal coctail forks you see in resteraunts, drills out the knives handles, cuts the forks to app 2 " and glues the forks into the knifes handle and engraves the owners name into the handle, so you have the knife on one end to open it and the fork on the other to eat the oyster and it's engraved so the theif knows who he stole it from. sells them for 10$ or gives away as gifts.
What a neat idea, I'll bet it works like a charm, if I was closer to you I would take a look at one for sure. Got any pics?
Guess you don't have any pics? Too bad I would have liked to see what they look like.
