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Oysterfest 2010

Jule, Katy, Kat, and Alex pose as geoduck harvesters

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending Oysterfest* in Shelton, WA. What is Oysterfest? In short, it's a county fair-like atmosphere where everything is focused on oysters (and other food from the sea). In addition to the amazing food booths, there was live music, cooking demonstrations, requisite jugglers*, and the west coast oyster shucking championship.

The list of food we consumed is pretty epic, and I just have to share.

Grilled oysters (with garlic butter)
Bacon-wrapped oysters
Oyster curry on rice
Clam linguini
Clam steamers
Shrimp/crab cocktail
Oysters shooters (free, as they were the results of the oyster shucking contest)
Tempura fried coconut shrimp
Clam chowder
Five-alarm chili
Rootbeer float
Elephant ear
Raspberry pie ala mode
Some other dessert that is just escaping me

Yes we really ate all that. Yum! There was much more that we didn't get around to trying. There's always next year, though. If any (or all) of this sounds appetizing, you might want to make your way to Oysterfest next year.

Wednesday October 6 2010

File under: food

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on Wed 06th Oct, 2010 09:39 pm PDT Mom said:
Oooo, how was your tummy after all that?
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on Wed 06th Oct, 2010 10:00 pm PDT Wren said:
Sated!
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on Sat 09th Oct, 2010 07:16 am PDT steve studer said:
there was no date on the oysterfest?
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on Sat 09th Oct, 2010 06:11 pm PDT Wren said:
@Steve: While I attended with a great bunch of people, I, alas, was dateless. Oooohhhh...you mean the calendar date. This year was Oct 2 and I'm sure it will be a similar date next year. You seem like a guy who could definitely appreciate Oysterfest!
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on Sun 10th Oct, 2010 08:38 pm PDT Dave said:
Jule! I saw your engraved plastic board at the new Storvik playground today!
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on Thu 14th Oct, 2010 09:59 pm PDT Jule said:
How did I get a plaque at storvik? I now live in infamy ( sp?). Also wren schooled some oysterfest jugglers and he hit a pen out of my mouth with a club.
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