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November 11, 2005
The oysters are back, baby
NOLA.com says the first post-Katrina oyster harvests started on October 24, and New Orleans restaurants which are open are starting to serve them: Bourbon House, Desire, Cooter Brown's and the Metairie location of Acme Oyster House.
A new Felix's just opened on Prytania and will serve oysters starting Tuesday. (Guess where I'm having lunch before we get on the road?) Drago's and Redfish Grill will also have oysters starting this week.
First disappointment of this trip (and we haven't even left yet): The original locations of Felix's and Acme in the French Quarter are still closed due to hurricane damage.
On a related note, last week I stopped in at Quality Seafood in Austin to pick up a family pack of fish & chips, and the hottie working at their brand new oyster bar charmed me into getting a dozen while I waited. I don't know if it has something to do with Katrina or if it was just the usual excellent product you get at Quality, but these were the biggest, juiciest, briniest Texas oysters I've ever had. Definitely check out Quality Seafood if you haven't been there in a while. Austin has never really had a decent place to get beer and raw oysters (you could never get both quality product and a shucker that knew was she was doing), but it sure as hell does now.
Posted by ray at November 11, 2005 6:53 PM | Permalink
Categories: [austin | food | katrina | new orleans ]
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a shucker that knew was she was doing
Stop it you're turning me on. What with all the adjectives like biggest, juiciest, briniest...
Posted by: Elvis at November 11, 2005 7:19 PM
I'm responsible for the deaths of a least 10,000 oysters. You MUST cut the muscle away from the tender (yucky) flesh. And do it well.
Oysters, can't do them - - snot in a rock. But I'm an excellent fucker, er, shucker. Not good at the jiver, though.
Posted by: whirlbrain at November 11, 2005 8:36 PM
BTW, I never bought Pacific oysters. Gulf all the way!
Posted by: whirlbrain at November 11, 2005 8:37 PM
I dunno Whirly. You seem like you're all about the jive, baby.
Posted by: Karl Elvis at November 11, 2005 9:04 PM
You've never heard the word 'briny' used in the correct context, have you? You're not reading the right erotica. B^)
Posted by: Karl Elvis at November 12, 2005 9:58 AM
I have been informed that referring to the oyster shucker who is young enough to be my daughter as a "girl" is sexist and demeaning, so I've edited the post above to clarify.
Posted by: Ray at November 13, 2005 7:50 AM
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