In which trof becomes an oyster farmer.

[trof]

Just got this email:

"My name is PJ Waters, I am the aquaculture extension specialist for
southwest Alabama. We have a project you may be familiar with (oyster
gardening) which generates through volunteers oysters each year for use
in restoration projects. This year, and in years forward, we are
looking at different places to stock these oysters for restoration
purposes. Would Wolf Bay be interested in receiving some of these
oysters as a part of an ongoing or future restoration project? We would
have to work out the details, but I am currently trying to gauge the
interests of your group in incorporating some of these oysters grown for
restoration.

I look forward to hearing from you!"

This sounds really interesting.
I live on Wolf Bay.
As I understand it, they sink some kind of matrix and sow it with oyster spat. And then the oysters just grow.

I'm already looking forward to oyster gumbo.
:-)

(edited for the right 'sow'.)

[bicentennial_baby]

1. That's so cool!

Keep us posted!!

I've never had an oyster. Neato.

[trof]

3. They take some getting used to.

I don't think I know anybody who really liked their first.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. I've had them grilled a few feet from the beds in CA

Tomales Bay (Sonoma county.)

[trof]

6. Grilled in or out of the shell?

I've been to oyster roasts, in the shell.
Once they open you can make Rockefeller or Bienville, etc.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. In the shells

And topped with a mild barbecue sauce or made Rockefeller style, but either way served with some garlic bread to sop up the juices. Raw oysters are sold too naturally. At the best place in the hamlet of Marshall the tables are outside along the edge of the bay. Another place even lets you buy them raw and grill them yourself in their picnic area.

[BrotherBuzz]

8. Grilling them in the shell is lazy man's way to open them

;)

[trof]

12. Yeah. Saves the fingers.

[Mrs.Matcom]

2. Uh oh!

Don't let matcom know, he'll be snorkeling in the bay and eating them raw! :hi:

[trof]

4. Y'all will have to come down for the harvest.

In all serieality, I don't know if I'm allowed to keep any.
But heck, they'd never miss a few, would they?
:evilgrin:

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Sure, they SAY the oysters...

are volunteers, but how can you be sure? Do they sign a release form?

[trof]

11. You think they could be draftees? Conscripts?

Indentured servants?
SLAVES?
I'll definitely have to look into this.
NO SLAVE OYSTERS ON WOLF BAY!1!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Is oyster spat the past tense of oyster spit?

:D

:shrug:

!!Love oysters :9

[trof]

13. Past pluperfect. Spit, spot, had spat.

Sput is the subjunctive.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. No, silly

Oyster spats are what oysters wear to hold up their socks.

[trof]

18. Close, sorta, but no cigar.

You're thinking of garters.

Spats:

Spats are a type of shoe accessory worn in the late 19th and early 20th Century.

Spats were stiff fabric covers covering the top of the shoe and extending up the lower part of the leg. Spats, especially white ones on highly-polished black shoes, formed part of the stereotype dress of a wealthy young man of the era, along with a top hat and a cane. Other common colours were grey, tan, and black. Though often a fashion accessory, wool felt spats were also worn to keep the ankles warm.

Commonly worn as upper-class city dress prior to World War I, spats fell out of fashion during the late 1920s, although retained until the 1940s as formal daytime dress for men on occasions such as weddings and other social events. A short female version, usually in beige, was popular during the Edwardian era (1901-10).

Spats were an evolution of the 18th-Century "spatterdashes," a version of the similar (but strictly practical rather than decorative) articles known as gaiters that are still worn today. The 18th century spatterdash was a protective item of dress worn by soldiers, farmers and others whose occupation involved regular exposure to rain and mud. It reached above the knee and was kept in place by side-buttons and buckles.

See also "puttees".

[NMDemDist2]

15. yeah yeah, cool, whatever. the real question is....

what about Hooters?????

huh??

:evilgrin:


























seriously, the oyster thing sounds very very cool :hi:

[trof]

16. I will kick my report post, just for you.

[JanMichael]

17. how very odd

...
Out four young Oysters hurried up.
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat --
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more --
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore....

such exited young oysters....and yet, their fate:

'O Oysters,' said the Carpenter,
'You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none --
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.