“O, Oysters, come and walk with us!”

“A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said,
“Is what we chiefly need:

Pepper and vinegar besides

Are very good indeed—

Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,

We can begin to feed.”

The Walrus and the Carpenter, Alice in Wonderland

We are spending a few days at Brinnon out on Hood Canal with my grandma gorging ourselves on fresh seafood.  Yesterday at low tide we bundled up in rain gear and braved the pouring down rain to gather oysters.  The beach is covered in them.  

Filling up four buckets we had more than the five of us could possibly eat in a day.  We set up on the dock with our overflowing buckets to shuck the oysters (remove them from there shells).  

My dad went up to get the oyster knifes and bowls for this task, and he also brought down Tabasco sauce so Tom and I could enjoy a few raw as we worked.

As a starter that night we went through two rounds of barbecued oysters.  Covered in butter and Tabasco before they are cooked, these oysters were definitely a hard earned treat!

Love