Storing Oysters in a Cooler
11-25-2020, 05:56 AM
#1
Storing Oysters in a Cooler
Picking up some fresh oysters after work, and want to know the best way to store the oysters in a cooler, before eating on Thanksgiving and any left overs Friday. Does anyone have a good/safe method for storing in a cooler?
I've done a little research, and it looks like the audience is mixed and the main concern is not letting ice/fresh penetrate the oyster. So what does the THT say?
I've done a little research, and it looks like the audience is mixed and the main concern is not letting ice/fresh penetrate the oyster. So what does the THT say?
11-25-2020, 06:03 AM
#3
Originally Posted by 85okhai
I’ve always left them on ice with the plug open to let the water drain
11-25-2020, 06:14 AM
#5
Admirals Club 
Bagged oysters in a large cooler or a large rubber trash container with bagged ice on top with somewhere for the melt to drain. Will keep for two days easy. Park out of the sun.
11-25-2020, 06:23 AM
#6
In a cooler on top of the ice and let the water brain. You don’t want to let them sit in the water. They will be fine for days, they store them in a walk-in fridge like that at the commercial harvesters facility.
11-25-2020, 06:25 AM
#7
Senior Member
I use a couple bottles of frozen water or ice packs instead of ice as my shellfish coolers don’t have drains. Shellfish I pick easily lasts a week. Soft shell clams are the most delicate and hard shells go even longer. Don’t over think it. Very hardy if they are fresh.
11-25-2020, 07:38 AM
#10
Senior Member
Originally Posted by lhpfish185
Getting a large box, only 9 people... so anticipate having some left overs Friday/Saturday (NOT A BAD THING)!
11-25-2020, 07:42 AM
#11
Originally Posted by lhpfish185
I was thinking about putting two strips of wood in the bottom of the with some burlap at the bottom so the water drains through and the oysters don't end up in any water.
11-25-2020, 09:55 AM
#13
Admirals Club
Ice in bottom, newspaper or burlap on top of that then Oysters. They got to stay alive. They don't want to freeze and die. Doesn't take a lot of cold to keep them alive. Can keep them a week just cold. Do not let them into the ice.
11-25-2020, 09:57 AM
#14
Admirals Club
On top of a good amount of ice, drain to the cooler open, lid cracked.
11-26-2020, 04:48 PM
#19
[QUOTE=Logan311;14249936]keep em in the mud til the last min they will be the freshest - if you wash them they will start to die off[/QUOTE
knocked out about 5 dozen, have a few more doz left. Don’t have raging shits yet, so good sign!
box was five days past sell by, but I’m alive.
knocked out about 5 dozen, have a few more doz left. Don’t have raging shits yet, so good sign!
box was five days past sell by, but I’m alive.
11-26-2020, 06:45 PM
#20
Straight on ice for oysters. Gotta keep ice on them as they can give you worse than the shits. Clams you keep cold but not straight on ice, it will kill a clam in a short period of time.
