Oysters on the Half Shell

Recipe courtesy Chuck Hughes

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 12 oysters

Ingredients

• 12  oysters, in the shell
• 1  lemon
•  hot sauce (recommended -- Tabasco)

Directions

1. Place the tip of your oyster knife into the tip of the hinge on the oyster shell, and twist to open. It may take you a few tries to get the technique, but once you do, it is easy. Make sure to employ a towel over your hand.
2. Once open, scrape the bottom and top muscles separately to loosen the flesh from the shell. Leave the mussel meat in the bottom shell.
3. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and hot sauce if you wish, and slurp down, chewing if you want the full experience.