| How To Shuck Your Oysters
Please Note: This is to be used as a guide only
How to open your
Oysters?
If you have purchased
unopened oysters with the intent of opening them yourself, here are
a few helpful hints.
Preparation: Have a large bowl of fresh water and
either a lead block or a solid piece of wood so you can shuck your
oysters on.
Do not attempt to open oysters on your standard
kitchen bench, it will scratch and dent your bench
top.
1 Always wear thick
rubber kitchen gloves.
This enables you to get a good hold of the
oyster.
2 Make sure your knife is sharp.
More accidents are caused with blunt knives than with sharp
ones.
3 Always
point the knife downwards, not towards your
hand.
4 Be very careful, don’t rush. Place the knife on
the rounded part of the oyster with the flat shell facing up.
5 Pierce or crack an
opening into the top of the oyster shell, tilt the knife down and
wiggle the knife towards the left
6 As you wiggle the knife
to the left cut/slice the where the oyster is attached to the
shell
7 Once the
oyster has been cut from the bottom shell then pull apart the two
shells
8 Place the
flat shell which still has the attached oyster in the palm of your
hand
9 Slide the
knife underneath the oyster and cut the oyster by moving the knife
towards the right of the shell – towards you. (be careful with this process,
so you don’t cut into your fingers)
10 Once you have cut
the oyster from the flat shell dunk the oyster in your water to
remove any excess grit and shell.
11 Then rinse your deep
shell and place the oyster in it with the creamy color meat facing
up.
12 Check to see
there are no shell bits and maybe even dunk the whole shell and
oyster into the water and then drain by tilting back with your thumb
holding the meat.
 
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