Oysters

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(01-17-2015 01:55 PM)BettyO Wrote:  

Quote:I read once, and cannot remember the source, that some oyster bars had a carry out service of a kind; purchase a bucket of oysters and a bucket of beer on the premises and take them where you will to enjoy. I suppose that there was a deposit for the buckets? It sounds real good to me.

I wonder if Wilkes and friends ever partook of this service?

I can just imagine it all.

Great subject! I can imagine it as well....perfect subject for a cartoon!

Thanks for a facinating topic - I decided to do some research "digging" and found these great websites regarding Oysters, and their use in the 19th Century; shipping; eating of them, etc...

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/26/...o-oyster26

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/nyregi...gewanted=2

http://www.oysters.us/18-19.html

http://nonabrooklyn.com/bear-meat-ice-ce...LqmrUfF-So

I love these articles, Betty, and they bring back great memories of my childhood when oysters were always around. Nearly every Saturday in the fall, we would go to a ham or fried chicken and oyster dinner at a church (remember the White Elephant Tables, grab bags, and bake sales at the same event?). My mother fried a mean oyster and made a great oyster stew. She also occasionally made scalloped oysters, but I didn't like them as much as the fried ones. Now, as for raw oysters -- I have tried them with every condiment known to man and still cannot get them into my mouth.

There is still one church within ten miles of me that has an oyster dinner every Saturday before Thanksgiving. My daughter brought me a carry-out dinner from there this year to keep me happy.