this morning my friend nick picked up two bushels of oysters for our eating enjoyment. if you're wondering a bushel is 10 dozen, and if you do the math you'll see that yes, that is 20 dozen oysters. there were 8 of us total, so it wasn't an outrageous ordeal, but it was gluttonous. nick and i were there for the big haul, everyone else said they'd do a dozen or two. julie (who was pulled into lifefulfillment oyster edition late in the game) signed up for two, but is pretty sure she ate three.
so why did we do this? well (1) we are gluttons (2) it is pretty economical when you buy them in bulk and (3) -- this is the main reason -- a long while back nick said he'd teach me how to shuck. i've been pretty terrified because of the sharp knife close to your hands and special glove recommended thing (we used dish towels).
but, once i got started, i loved it. i picked it up pretty quickly and it turned out to be a lot of fun. shuck shuck shuck! and best part was, no injuries! julie and jeff both had tiny scrapes, but i walked away unscathed. and i must say i probably shucked at least 4 dozen, possibly 5. i didn't eat quite that many, but i'm sure it was close.
