Halifax Oyster Festival Fri Oct 4, Sat Oct 5 1521 Lower Water Street oysterfest.ca D avid Burns is the founder of Maisy’s Pearl, an oyster-focussed catering company in Hamilton, Ontario that focuses on education as much as consumption at its pop-ups, parties and private events. (And, cutely enough, is named after his two daughters, Maisy […]
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The merroir the merrier
If anybody knows oysters, it’s Patrick McMurray. A two-time world-champion oyster-shucker, McMurray holds the Guinness World Record for the most oysters shucked in one minute—38 oysters—he set in 2010, breaking the old 2002 record of 33 oysters held by, well, Patrick McMurray. His quick hands also helped lead a Canada shucking team to a Guinness […]
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For shuck’s sake
1. The first step is the easiest one, but maybe the most important. “Keep your eyes on the oyster,” McMurray says. You need to pay attention to what you’re doing. “And use an oyster knife; don’t try a steak knife or a butter knife or anything like that. They don’t have to be as fancy […]