[rollei_list] Re: Completetly Off-Topic: Food
- From: Jon stanton <Jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:18:27 -0800
Right on Allan.....Oly rules!!
Olympia, WA
On Dec 14, 2012, at 14:00, "Allan Derickson" <alland435@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As a proud Far Lefty I will concede crabs but not oysters to the Wacko
> Righty coast. Yes, Chesapeake blue crabs are better than Dungeness but as to
> anything better than our native Olympia oysters: you're crazy.
>
> Allan in Olympia, Washington State, USA
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-
>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc James Small
>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:45 AM
>> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; pati Timmermann; ian Small;
>> winterlude1@xxxxxxxxxxx; fcg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [rollei_list] Completetly Off-Topic: Food
>>
>> I just finished off a half-dozen (well, eight, if the truth be told)
>> Chincateague oysters. These guys are Atlantic Ocean oysters and are
>> saltier and more pungent than are the Chesapeake Bay oysters. You
>> folks on the Far Left Coast just die from the horror of realizing that
>> you have nothing decent out there to eat other than artichokes, which
>> we can grow locally. Atlantic oysters are small and really ugly and
>> are hard to open -- I always end up cutting myself with my oyster knife
>> at least once -- but they are so tasty that the effort is certainly
>> worth the result. Gulf of Mexico oysters are turgid and muddy, and
>> Blue Points are rather pallid in taste. These Chincateague oysters
>> simply make a fine lunch for a hungry fellow. Of course, my wife, the
>> gormand Pamela, walks away in disgust as I start cracking the shells
>> open. I've only had European oysters once and they were quite tasty
>> but, in the end, give me a bucket of Atlantic oysters and I will spend
>> the afternoon making a wreck of my hands and then feeling so happy that
>> I will crawl into the nearest closet with a Mag-Lite flashlight and
>> will flip that around to keep myself amused until I fall asleep.
>>
>> Damn. I do love those Chincateague oysters. Grand eating, they are.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
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