Great start to a movie lol. Never heard of the lucky crabs? Hope the rest of the party went well.Best/worst deal on oysters.....
Best: Whole Foods in San Mateo used to offer (2008) a tray of 12 or 24 shucked Kumamoto oysters with all the trimmings, on ice, covered in plastic wrap for pickup in their seafood dept. for $12 or $20, depending on quantity. Fantastic deal.
Worst: Chicago Lincoln Park (2005) allegedly the best fish monger in the city, bought a bushel for Margaret's mom's 95th birthday party. I had sold a Faberge cigar lamp and used the money to lay out a spread, a tin of Beluga caviar, two cases of Dom Perignon 1996, and a bushel of fresh oysters which I planned to shuck the evening of the party, just before the guests arrived. Had a big ice sculpture of the number "95" delivered to the house with a large tray full of crushed ice ready for the oysters. Put out all the sterling dishes, water pitchers, goblets, flatware, etc., I mean we really pulled out all the stops.
As I was shucking the damned oysters (and folks were arriving and being served cocktails, I was getting more and pissed by the minute as about HALF of the damned things had some type of parasitic crab (pea crabs) in them. I know, I know, you can eat them, AND they are supposed to be a sign of good luck, but there ain't no Gottdamned way in hell I'm putting those out for guests and I was personally repulsed, good luck be damned.
The ice display was "sparse" in the oyster area and the fish monger closed, so there wasn't much I could about it.