Can I reuse oyster shells?

I have a friend who washes them and sticks them in the dishwasher to sterilize. He used the mostly for oysters Rockefeller and Beinville.

That was a common practice for restaurants for a long time before it was banned many years ago.

Yes you can. They will go through a dishwaher very well. The result is a sterlized shell ready for re-use.

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That was a common practice for restaurants for a long time before it was banned many years ago.

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I worked for a place in the Crowne Plaza that was doing this still in 2008. Sad.

I do hate the shucking part, I shucked two boxes of Oysters yesterday. So 200 oysters. But they were big and pretty. Made perfect chargrilled oysters.

I would re-use the shells for Oysters La Louisianne though... (fried oysters served in a oystershell)

Boil them in a crawfish pot. Remove them a few at a time as this will assist in them drying quicker. Then bag them up in zip locks and freeze. I freeze them so there is no chance of bacteria growing but know people that put them in small plastic totes until they use them.