How to Shuck Oysters for Grilling

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and lower in saturated fat.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Identify the joint of the oyster where it opens.

Hold the oyster in an oyster towel.

Insert the oyster knife into the edge of the oyster at the joint.

Rock the knife back and forth to open the oyster.

Remove the top shell of the oyster.

Loosen the muscle with the oyster knife to keep the liquor inside.

Place the opened oyster in an oyster roasting tray, keeping it level.

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