The Melting Teapot

The Melting Teapot blog came into being at the start of the new year, in part because I was so darn excited about an upcoming food adventure -– Walrus & the Carpenter Low Tide Picnic on Taylor Oyster Beds.  It is coined as the “ultimate oyster experience,” and that is as true a marketing statement as I’ve ever seen.

You can read about my experience in these posts from last January:

O Frabjous Day! , in which I begin my blog adventure

Tomorrow is Oyster Day, during which I shop for boots with barely-concealed glee

I Am the Walrus, a full accounting of the glorious evening of all things oyster

Now it's your turn! Experience your own oyster adventure.  $75 for “Lantern light, freezing weather, plump, sweet oysters just rousted from their beds and opened on the spot, award-winning "oyster wines" drunk out of Reidel stemware, a bonfire…just the right mix of magic and madness. When the tide starts coming in, it is time for a cup ot Xinh Dwelley's hot oyster stew before getting back on the bus.”

Purchase tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/134254

The price has gone up a bit more than my own adventure, but trust me, if you’re an oyster lover this is worth it!  You will discover the truth behind the words of Ernest Hemingway:

"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans."  (from A Moveable Feast)