NYE alone

[JimR (Coach)]

Beautiful, BG!

[Craig]

@HudsonHawk

I had a Cuban cigar that I saved for years, waiting for just the right occasion. I smoked it the night the Astros won the World Series. This is pretty much the same thing.

I don’t think the suppositories keep very well.

So you really don’t want to sit on them too long.

[MarkR (Buford T. Justice)]

@Craig

Yes, but only if you’ve already got a card from another state. And if you’re getting a visitor card, Oklahoma is a much better place to go.

Said nobody ever.

[chuck (Triple Super Secret Pope)]

I wouldn’t get too anal about it.

I have a small stash of Cuban cigars but I don’t smoke cigars. Maybe I’ll just take them out and look at them for a while.

The oyster fest is a genius idea. I’ll have to engage in that line of pursuit at the earliest possible opportunity.

Happy new year you goons. Maybe next year will be better than this last one.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

Happy New Years to everyone

[das (david shive)]

Happy new year to all! It was a fun day (hike in the snow up near Stowe) and a quiet night with Mrs. das with pizza from a local brick oven pizzeria with zero girls at the house.

No craft beer for me even though I am in the craft beer center if the universe here in Vermont. I’ve worked things well enough with my cardiologist so I am back to running 19 minute 5K’s but all cardiac hell breaks loose if I drink one beer (or any caffeine). I am in deep mourning…

[NavinRJohnson]

@Bench

I’m about to pick up a sack of oysters from Airline Seafood. Tonight we’ll be having oyster stew, oysters on the half shell, and grilled oysters. Accompanied by lots of champagne.

FYI. Since reading this I’ve been obsessed with buying oysters and shucking them. Wife and I love raw oysters and it had never even crossed my mind to buy them and shuck them myself.

There are lots of things I’ve been longing for since COVID, oysters were way up there. Can’t really DoorDash them.

Yesterday my wife hit up Airline and bought a couple dozen. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos on shucking, I was able to serve up two trays on the half shell.

Thanks for the inspiration, this definitely won’t be the last time we do that. It was great fun

[Lefty]

If anyone in the San Antonio area hasn’t been to Groomer’s, you have to go.

Quality Seafood in Austin is top notch, I also cannot recommend Dai Due enough, but that’s more meat-centric.

[Bench]

That’s awesome and those oysters look great! Batgirl has already demanded that we schedule another oyster night soon.

With a sturdy oyster knife shucking is pretty straightforward. If you grill the oysters you can just toss them on the grill whole for five minutes to steam in their own juices and the tops pop off super easy. Top them with melted butter, garlic, oregano and parmesan cheese and put them back on for another minute or so. It helps to have grill gloves.