8:43 am Daily Log
First of all, call me and order you bushels of oysters in advance. Then find or buy a cooker (same thing you use to fry a turkey) or build a fire pit surrounded by bricks or cinder blocks so you can rest a piece of metal above the fire to cook the oysters. Then you’ll need two saw horses and a sheet of plywood; most people cut a round hole in the middle of the plywood and put a trash can FOR SHELLS ONLY under the hole. Make sure you have access to a hose so that you can wet the oysters as you roast them over a fire or so that you can replenish the steamer as the water boils off. You won’t need the hose to rinse the oysters that I deliver because I use a high powered hose to wash them very clean…the last thing you want is your party guests getting all muddy when they’re dressed up.
Cook the oysters until about half of them are just opening then dump them on the table and eat. When using a cooker/steamer you will notice that the oysters are ready as soon as the steam starts to escape the lid covering the pot…this means that the oysters are starting to open and the water inside them is being steamed off. When cooking them over a fire you will have to just continue to lift up the burlap sack (or beach towel) to visually check to see if they’re opening.
Save your shells and place them in one of the many SCDNR recycling bins throughout the county.