Fresh Oysters?

I have eaten the San Quintin oysters a few times and found them pretty good. They are cultured there and are available most of the year. As with any oyster though, I'd not recommend eating them in the warmer months when they mey be milting. A good way to turn someone off to them!
Their size is very important to me. Typically, the smaller, the better imho.
I've tried many types from many places. I favor West Coast oysters as the water is generally colder and the nutrient level is greater than say the Gulf. Phooey on those.
They can be found right on the sides of the road headed south at the many seafood stands just north of the town. You can also drive out to the farm area and puchase them.
Check to see they are sealed or rather close upon handling. This will insure a live animal is inside.

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We have a winner

Another food snob. Winchester Bay (Umpqua) oysters are what we sell.

We have been serving Umpquas now for about 8 years. The only ones in Newport doing them for many years. Never had one complaint. Come by and I'll treat you to some, "Sharks" style.
. I like those oysters for a number of reasons. They are thin-bodied, grown on seeded lines in deeper colder water and they are sweet. Also they will sometimes only milt for a few days leaving them available for most the year. They still sell them but I don't do them when they are.
Yes, I am the sensitve(what chef isn't) type but also a bit grouchy(what chef isn't) with this weather. Look at my other posts.
We have had the coldest, wettest miserable winter I can remember in the last 18 or so yrs. Need mo Baja.
Yeah the crabbing has been good in the bay lately. If you can brave the chop every other day.

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Pics. oysters

Pics of Senior Reyes oyster farm. Like the previous replies I like the smalls, better than the large oyster. That's why I go to the farms, so I can be a picky Americano, but not a ugly one.

Oysters! Ever heard of Louisiana?

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Originally posted by Cypress Oysters! Ever heard of Louisiana?

Occasionally when I can't obtain the Umpquas I'll serve up Ekone oysters from Willapa Bay Wa. These are excellent oysters but tend to have a longer milting cycle depending on bay temps. Another choice that I can get are called "Triplets". These are a very clean lab cultured species engineered to stay sexless tho they have been know to go off.
The funny thang about the milting stage is that once one goes it's like a domino effect and triggers the rest to go.
I've had many folks exclaim their preference for NW oysters once they've tried them. Now that doesn't mean they are all suited for eating raw. In fact a local shallow water farm here discourages the practice and imho a good idea.

I'd like to hear more about Baja oysters.

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They have fresh oysters at a store along the highway in San Lucas, not all the time, but every now and then. Pompano, Most folks lose their taste for oysters if they have to shuck 'em. Not an easy chore. FDA law requires opened oysters to be washed and placed in fresh water, this reduces the flavor and causes the oysters to absorb the fresh water, one of those osmosis things. Will probably get over in the MS-LA coastal area sometimes next winter to open a sack or two.

CaboRon, No. This San Lucas is a small community, a little south of Santa Rosalia. There are two small stores on the west side of the hwy., it's the first store you see when heading south.

Cypress, I know that little tienda at Ejido San Lucas well. It has the standard red Tecate sign out front.

We stop there frequently to buy some chichirones for fishing trips out of Camacho's landing at San Lucas Cove. While there we always check for the oysters sold in the 1 pint to 1 quart jars. I first noticed them about 5-6 years ago, plus we also have a door-to-door vendor who brings them to Mulege and into the Bay. They are quite good...if fresh!

I dearly love making oyster soups and stew...stuffed oysters...Oysters Rockefeller (thanks again, New Orleans)..and shucking and eating raw on the spot. Hood Canal many years ago in Seattle was a favorite spot to use our oyster knives and bottle of sauce for Washington's original native Olympia oysters...yum. Also, we RV down to Newport, Oregon annually to attend the July 4th campground-mania with our Oregon amigos, fish offshore, and buy many oysters from the local farms. Great fun watching the oyster-shucking contests, eating oysters, and having tail-gate cookouts in the marina campground. Salmon on a cedar plank and Oysters Rockefeller...what could be better!

Locally in Conception Bay we used to eat lots of the tiny mangrove types that were found in clumps along the many mangale swamps next to the shores. We would hold the clumps over campfire coals and use toothpicks to pluck them out..tiny, but tasty and fun to do.

There was once a La Paz university scallop and oyster research project in the south end of the Bay..but the results were not conclusive as to whether this type of farming would be possible in the Bay. One can always hope.

Me too.

Fresh Oysters! Can open 'em by the sack and eat 'em by the gallon.

You are officially outed! Oggie eating at Kings! Indeed. See if I ever go to one of your restaurants again!

Just go down to village Popotla and buy them fresh and direct from the fisherman by their boats. They have fresh clams, oysters, sometimes abalone and sometimes king crab (monstros). Had a buddy bring a case of local oysters over a couple months back- all "doubles." I iced them down overnight and we had a feast. You open and eat one side, then flip it over and open the other one grown onto it.


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[Edited on 10-29-2010 by Woooosh]

San Lucas, in the back of the store on HWY 1 , in the cooler, you might find a quart jar or two of small, very tasty oysters. But, the best oysters in the world are found in the coastal waters of MS and LA.

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd Quote: Originally posted by Oggie I have eaten the San Quintin oysters at Kings Fish House in Carlsbad, CA. They are called "Bahia Falsa" oysters. I only see them in the cooler months. You are officially outed! Oggie eating at Kings! Indeed. See if I ever go to one of your restaurants again!