Oysters on the Beach Fire
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- Posted on: July 25th, 2010
If you like oysters, clams, boating and exploring you’d have loved the afternoon adventures of yesterday!
5 of us plus 2 dogs left the dock about 11 am in my 20 foot boat, ready for whatever came our way. We wanted to dig some clams and pick oysters and planned to build a fire on the beach to cook our lunch. It took a while to find the perfect place for oysters in Dark Bay but we enjoyed going slowly along the shoreline, watching for bears and deer.
I beached the boat and Harv and Graeme climbed out and helped us girls and the 2 dogs out. We were on a rising tide so we didn’t have to worry that the boat would go aground but we did have to watch that it didn’t float away. It didn’t take long to get our limit of 15 oysters each and we were on our way to explore more coastline. We didn’t see any wildlife – not even an eagle.
We slowly crossed Jervis Inlet on our way to Gravel Bay (the ‘local’ name for Killam Bay) and beached the boat again, then dug our limit of clams – 75 per person (with a licence of course). Graeme and Harv built a small fire on the beach, well above the incoming tide, and put oysters on the grate we’d brought along. The oysters steamed in their own juices in the shells then the guys used the oyster shucker and gloves to open them. They put barbecue sauce on the oysters and cooked them a few more minutes. We had lemon juice and hot sauce to top it off.
At that point I put a weiner and a bun on the grill and enjoyed my hot dog while they all ate their fill of oysters. I know – I’m crazy, but I just don’t like oysters or clams. Graeme opened a can of beans and heated them over the fire – to me that was perfection! Coleslaw and crackers topped off our meal.
Hugo and Zoe enjoyed the cooked oysters too, of course. There’s a nice little stream of fresh water that runs down the middle of the beach so the doggies had plenty of water whenever they were thirsty from exploring the beach and woods. We sat in our lawn chairs and enjoyed the afternoon sun. The tide was rising rapidly so we had to watch the boat and pull it up higher on the beach every 20 minutes or so, and we moved our buckets of clams regularly as the water edged up.
As we finished our lunch, the tide was lapping at the fire so we removed the grate, gathered all our belongings and hopped back in the boat for a short trip home.
This was the kind of afternoon you tell your kids and grandchildren about! We made some awesome memories and thoroughly enjoyed and discussed the fact that none of us had a schedule or anything else we’d rather be doing!
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ReplyWhat am I going to do with you? All that fresh seafood and you won’t eat it! Glad you had an option of something you liked to eat. Looks like the perfect day for being with friends either way.
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Sounds like a wonderful day – and such beautiful scenery! And yeah, I totally would’ve been eating hot dogs with you!! LOL!
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