Just living on the Outer Banks, I know I am blessed. Add Oysters and October to the equation and I am blissed. That has been my weekend.

We picked up a half bushel of oysters late Saturday afternoon. By early evening, we were feasting on our first batch of saltybrinytreats. Bob from Carawan's promised them to be salty and they did not disappoint. He failed to mention that they were small - my preference, not my sweetie's - and oh, so juicy - a bonus for both of us! In heaven, we ate them straig… Continue

I bought fresh, sweet head-on shrimp today and tried Lynne Foster's recipe for steaming shrimp in a dry pan. ummmmm.... hellooooooo! Where have I been?! This is the best way to cook shrimp ever. I didn't have celery seeds for her recipe, but we were not eating this shrimp peel and eat, but chilling for tomorrow, so that was ok. I just plain loved the technique!

What a reminder to read the simplest details in a recipe, we learn so much! Thank you Lynne.

So, with this new found technique-in-pot,… Continue

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