Boone Hall Plantation Oyster Festival

So, around here in Charleston, oysters are a BIG hit. Everyone loves them here, and people are always having "oyster roasts". Basically, people have these big steam pots that you steam the oysters in, you dump them out on a table, and then you have oyster knives to shuck(open) your oysters and eat then however you like. Good thing Scott and I like oysters!! hee hee.

Fran and John(the people we stayed with before our house was ready) have hosted a couple of oyster roasts that we've gone to already and then we did our own at Christmas time when our family was here. The one we did was definitely a learning experience, but we enjoyed it none the less.

Well, about a week ago we went to our first Oyster Festival. One of the historic visitor places here hosts a festival every year, so we went and checked it out. It was our first family oyster festival :) hee hee. We figured we better go ahead and get in on these traditions. I have never seen so many oysters in my life!!!! This thing was huge! There are different food stands set up with other food you can buy, live entertainment, and many, many oyster tables for people to stand around and get dirty with their oysters. People also bring lounge chairs and blankets.

We didn't know how we would like it, but we had a blast. It was a cold day, but iwth all the people around, it wasn't too bad.