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How y'all get the grit out of oysters?

Posted on 4/13/13 at 1:02 am
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 1:02 am
I clean them the beat I can but there is always leftover diet in the shell

Help me out if u don't mind
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78438 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 1:03 am to
Windex
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 3:08 am to
Hey oaul
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
7525 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 4:45 am to
Once you get it popped and cut, shake it a little bit and all the trash will end up on the sides. Then you just take your thumbs and pull it out. Might have to do it a couple times, but it doesn't take long.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10206 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 6:30 am to
I can only use my thumbs?
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
7525 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 7:40 am to
It's just the easiest. The thumb of your opposing hand bends at a good angle to get around and underneath the oyster to clear the debris.

But if you have super dirty oysters, it's almost impossible to get them truly clean, there is always going to be a little grit.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 8:19 am to
We had this problem chargrilling them. Ladies were complaining about grit. Me and the other guy shucking were doing the absolute best we could to no avail. Solution, we just held the raw oyster in the shell and ran it under the faucet for a second or two. I know, that's fricked up, and I agree for eating them raw but it worked for grilling them. We were heroes for solving the grit...probably lost a bit of flavor from the liquor, but our dining plan had to work better than it was.
This post was edited on 4/13/13 at 8:21 am
Posted by lilwineman
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
1053 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 8:26 am to
Get a small bucket or large bowl and make it cold salty water. Keeps a little salty flavor but not the true oyster liquor.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 8:34 am to
If the shucker in front of me washed my oyster I'd walk out.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52599 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 8:37 am to
Ditto.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 8:46 am to
Agreed, but we were counting on the chargrilling episode to wow the ladies...the problem had tone solved.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 4/13/13 at 4:49 pm to
Agreed, but I've shucked sacks that were so dirty it was embarrassing not to.
If I was serving them at a place I owned I'd be embarrassed to serve them and wouldn't.
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