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For Those That Like Oyster Stew :)

ECBG — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 23:27:57 GMT

If you don't like oysters, fine. Many people do and may find this information helpful!

Last year Fresh Market had very nice 16 oz jars of fresh oysters. Our grocery store's oysters had gotten horrible! The oyster stew had to be thrown out!

Last year, I saw jars of beautiful fresh oysters at FM just before Thanksgiving.

I asked the FM meat manager if I could freeze oysters and he said yes, "just thaw in the refrigerator" which I did!

The oyster stew was wonderful with no change in texture or flavor!!!

I just got oysters today. Winter, here I come!!!

All I did was empty the jars of oysters in a freezer safe container.

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bmorechick — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 23:39:05 GMT

Crazy about oysters...raw, fried, frittered and or in stew and it's interesting you mention you got yours today. Well, I live near the chesapeake bay and got a call from a friend of mine whose brother tonges for oysters. She said come get them right off the boat. I told her I will wait a few hours until you guys shuck and jar them. Got three pints. Making my oyster stew tomorrow...love it too. I have never purchased oysters or crabmeat from a store and am grateful I can get it fresh caught that day. I sampled a raw one and oh my are they good...nice and tender, fresh flavor. Will make a delicious stew.

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tiny 2 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 23:59:55 GMT

@bmorechick wrote:
Crazy about oysters...raw, fried, frittered and or in stew and it's interesting you mention you got yours today. Well, I live near the chesapeake bay and got a call from a friend of mine whose brother tonges for oysters. She said come get them right off the boat. I told her I will wait a few hours until you guys shuck and jar them. Got three pints. Making my oyster stew tomorrow...love it too. I have never purchased oysters or crabmeat from a store and am grateful I can get it fresh caught that day. I sampled a raw one and oh my are they good...nice and tender, fresh flavor. Will make a delicious stew.

@bmorechick, Wow, You lucky thing!!!!

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bmorechick — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:15:50 GMT

Yeah @tiny 2 we think so! MD has some of the best seafood and ways to prepare it.

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software — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:38:34 GMT

So are you saying the oysters were fresh shucked by the store, or very close by?

Do you know the origin?

I live on the Gulf & all local fresh oysters can be purchased in the shell. I don't do shells. I'll have to check out fresh in a jar, thanks for the information.

@ECBG wrote:
If you don't like oysters, fine. Many people do and may find this information helpful!

Last year Fresh Market had very nice 16 oz jars of fresh oysters. Our grocery store's oysters had gotten horrible! The oyster stew had to be thrown out!

Last year, I saw jars of beautiful fresh oysters at FM just before Thanksgiving.
I asked the FM meat manager if I could freeze oysters and he said yes, "just thaw in the refrigerator" which I did!

The oyster stew was wonderful with no change in texture or flavor!!!

I just got oysters today. Winter, here I come!!!

All I did was empty the jars of oysters in a freezer safe container.

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ECBG — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 01:37:21 GMT

@software

They were caught and prepared at Chesapeake Bay and transported.

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Leeny — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 01:47:04 GMT

@bmorechick

You are so lucky, My family loves oyster stew on Christmas Eve. I could eat it more frequently, but it's expensive where I live. We hardly can find fresh oysters anymore. It makes me hungry for them just talking about it.

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Carmie — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:02:08 GMT

I love oysters....yummy.

I will try to get some at the farmers market this week.

@ECBG you made me hungry. I love them raw on ice with hot sauce too.

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ECBG — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:08:55 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
I love oysters....yummy.

I will try to get some at the farmers market this week.

@ECBG you made me hungry. I love them raw on ice with hot sauce too.

@Carmie

You are lucky! I can only get decent oysters here at Thanksgiving at Fresh Market. I'm in the Appalachian Mountains!

Where are you?

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Carmie — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:13:31 GMT

@ECBG Pennsylvania...close to Harrisburg for reference.

We have fresh fish and seafood markets all year around. We can only get oysters in the ' ber" months. October, November and December.

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ECBG — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:33:20 GMT

@Carmie

Quite nice location.

I live close to the Appalachian Trail.

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Tissyanne — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:40:10 GMT

Love fresh deep fried oysters rolled in cornmeal. Yummy. Our local grocery store sells delicious oysters from Galveston Bay.

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beach-mom — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 05:23:55 GMT

@bmorechick wrote:
Crazy about oysters...raw, fried, frittered and or in stew and it's interesting you mention you got yours today. Well, I live near the chesapeake bay and got a call from a friend of mine whose brother tonges for oysters. She said come get them right off the boat. I told her I will wait a few hours until you guys shuck and jar them. Got three pints. Making my oyster stew tomorrow...love it too. I have never purchased oysters or crabmeat from a store and am grateful I can get it fresh caught that day. I sampled a raw one and oh my are they good...nice and tender, fresh flavor. Will make a delicious stew.

@bmorechick - I'm crazy about them too! I grew up near the ocean (south) and then the Bay. My family would never dream of eating oysters before September and after April! Mom always made oyster stew on Christmas Eve too!

My parents and my brother ate them raw with Tabasco sauce, but I like them cooked! Now DS, who lives on the Gulf coast, likes them raw. We used to take fresh ones up to DH's family for Thanksgiving. His grandma and his mom loved them raw.

My kids think I'm crazy because I eat them only certain months. But I just can't ignore those family traditions!

Enjoy your stew!

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SoonerLater — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:27:51 GMT

@ECBG I LOVE oysters but here in Oklahoma it is problematic. Thanks for the tips @ECBG ! We do have a good import place in OKC. My husband is great at shucking oysters--when we can get them!

I love some of those smaller ones from the eastern shores, love the big Gulf ones too! We once sat at Felix's Oyster Bar in New Orleans and ordered the entire oyster appetizer menu one dish by one, talked to the guy making them, and had a grand time.

What I want most and can't get is fried soft shell crabs. THE best thing I ever ate!

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nomar — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:42:47 GMT

Being land locked we do not get the luxury of fresh sea food. You lucky, lucky people that can get it. My husband loves an oyster and cracker dish I got out of an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I did not make it this year. $8.00 for a pint and I was not certain how fresh they were due to the grocery store that had them does not do that much business. The woes of small town living. Was that price out of line for nowadays?