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How To Shuck Oysters
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How To Shuck Oysters

This will be super helpful if you ever
find yourself with a bag of 100 oysters. Start by giving your oysters a
quick rinse under cold water. You can even give them a
little scrub if you want. And then you’ll want to roll up a kitchen
towel and then put your thumb underneath the towel to wrap and protect it while
we start to try to open our oyster. And using an oyster knife, place it into the hinge and wiggle
back and forth until you feel some give and once you can wedge it in there, twist your knife and then wipe it off so
you don’t get any shell in the oyster. Then go back in and scrape along
the top to detach the top shell, making sure to clean off any extra bits
of shell that you might find there. And then find the muscle it’s this little white piece right here and scrape that off and you’re left
with a perfectly shucked oyster, which you should
definitely serve over ice.

24 Comments

  2. @davemustaki134

    My old greek neighbour used to spread them out on a plate in a microwave for a few quick spins and they would slightly pop open I'm not sure if that's the best way to eat them but that's what he used to do…

  8. @NotThotHunter

    Hey Nick remember the lobster video you made? When you caught the V notched lobster cooked and ate it? I remember.

  14. @NoamJudahh

    My friend’s in-law died last year from eating raw oysters. They contain a kind of deadly bacteria.

  18. @salty1891

    I worked at a very fancy seafood restaurant at the oyster bar and shucked tens of thousands of oysters in my time. This is exactly how I first learned but eventually got really fast.