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In this newsletter, I will share a memory of my first oyster roast in Beaufort and my most requested oyster recipes.
The Lowcountry teaches you that some of life’s best meals aren’t served on fine china. They’re pried open with an oyster knife, eaten while shivering in the cold night air, elbow to elbow, huddled beside a blazing fire. You can bet they will be washed down with plenty of laughter that carries far across the river.
The raw, damp chill of the ocean is everywhere, piercing the night with a reminder of what it must have been like in the pre-Civil War South when it sent residents scurrying back home to snuggle around eighteenth-century fireplaces along Bay Street and the Old Point.
I love to share time-honored oyster recipes because they’re too delicious to keep a secret. Why should anything so delightful be hidden? Sharing talents from those I’ve met along the way is my greatest gift to you.
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