How
to Shuck Oysters
Preliminaries:
Make sure all the oysters are alive. Clean under cold water and proceed.
By Renee Shelton
- Hold
a towel under the oyster in your hand with hinge toward the opposite
hand (with hinge facing you).
- Insert
oyster knife close to the hinge
between shells and twist to break shell hinge.
- Being
careful not to cut into oyster meat,
slide knife around to shell and cut the abductor muscle, which joins
the shell
and oyster together.
- Lift
off the top shell. Cut the lower end of oyster muscle from the bottom
shell
and carefully loosen.
Renee
Shelton is the owner of this site, runs the fishing chef blog, and is the Fishing Editor for the 2nd largest women's website on the internet, BellaOnline.com. Keep up with her at her blog Sand and Succotash. Her book Basic Fish Cooking Methods: A No Frills Guide for Preparing Fresh Fish is available on Amazon.
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