It’s National Oyster Day Today

Well this was from this past Saturday, so we were a few days early. But we went to Island Creek Oyster Farm and got these straight off the boat with a couple bottles of white wine. This was round one of two.

This is every Tuesday for me in baton rouge....parrians seafood resturant and the chimes both have half priced raw oyster...

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how can it be national oyster day during a month that does not end with the letter "R"?

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This is the correct question.

Just had 18 Navy Cove’s. Excellent

I questioned it on LDWF's Facebook and was told that only applied before refrigeration.

[quote] My experience is oysters in the deep south tend to be milky and not near as fat as fall/winter/early spring oysters.


Generally, this is my experience, too. BUT, not so with "farmed" oysters from the Gulf that are grown in floating cages. They can be excellent year 'round.

And surprisingly, a buddy said he had oysters last weekend at Superior Seafood in Nola and they were very, very good...plump, salty , and not milky.

Who the frick picked August for oyster day? Some friggen millennial that’s who! Friggen August doesn’t have an R in it! Everyone old enough to know what an ice box is knows that you don’t eat milky August oysters.

Happy National Oyster Day! The R is myth and True! Refrigerator and farm raised oysters have allowed us to enjoy oysters year round. Wild Gulf oysters spawn in the summer and produce flaccid, milky and chalky meats. Farm raised oysters do not reproduce. Thanks Otis2! I’m spoiled on these bad boys.