Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
>
> I chew them myself, but I won't buy them already shucked.
>
> I urge you to learn to shuck them, or get your SO to do it. Even if
> you will cook them, they are better when just shucked. More so eaten
> raw.
>
> If you are leery of the oyster knife, you can break the shell with
> pliers at the end away from the hinge. Then you can cut the adductor
> muscle through the opening without risk of cutting your hand.
>
> If you are not serving on the half shell, there is really no harm
> doing it this way. It just doesn't look very elegant.
>
> Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

An old "church key" works well, too. Used on the hinge end. With the
bowl shaped shell half down, as it should be, insert the point into the
little opening in the hinge end, and open.

Boli