Alabama oysters

26 09, 2022

Recycle Your Oysters

By |2022-08-17T15:42:50+00:00September 26th, 2022|Blog|0 Comments

If you walk into a seafood restaurant in Coastal Alabama, it’s almost guaranteed that you will see oysters on the menu. It would be a shame if all those shells ended up being wasted, right? Luckily, that is not the case thanks to the Alabama Coastal Foundation.   The Alabama Coastal Foundation has created an Oyster Shell Recycling Program with participating restaurants along the beach. The shells are collected and then placed outside for six months to cure. The advisory committee [...]

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22 04, 2021

It’s okay to eat oysters in the summer

By |2021-03-24T18:17:07+00:00April 22nd, 2021|Blog|0 Comments

There’s no “R” in May, so can we eat raw oysters? Yes, you can eat raw oysters in the summer. The adage of “R” months can be traced all the way back to 1599. According to a New York Times article, an English cookbook warned people not to eat oysters in the summer months. That was probably a really good idea a few hundred years ago. In modern times, though, as long as the oysters are grown in healthy waters [...]

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11 10, 2017

What makes our waters great for oysters

By |2017-10-11T14:07:46+00:00October 11th, 2017|Blog|0 Comments

Don’t you just love oysters? Baked, grilled, steamed or raw, you can’t beat the flavor of a dozen fresh Gulf oysters. It’s crucial for the industry that we keep our local waters clean. You help in that effort when you pick up your trash and use environmentally-friendly boating practices. The warm, brackish waters of Mobile Bay, Navy Cove, Portersville Bay and other places make a perfect growing spot for oyster farms. When cultivated well, our waters produce plump and briny [...]

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