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Oysters are purchased shucked by the gallon or in the shell by the dozen
or by the bushel. The oyster, like the clam and mussel, must be alive when
purchased in the shell. They should be tightly closed at time of purchase
until time of shucking.
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Oysters |
Market Form |
Weight
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Cooking Method
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Eastern |
Frozen, fresh, live
in shell, shucked, frozen |
80 per bushel
150-200 per gallon |
Steamed, eaten raw,
broiled |
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Pacific |
live in shell,
shucked, |
80 per sack
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Baked |
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Olympia |
live in shell,
shucked, canned,
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120 per sack,
2200-2400 per gallon |
Steamed, chowder,
smoked |
   
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