# Charbroiled oysters (and other oysters) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372 "2013-08-16T00:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372/22 "2013-08-17T23:38:57Z")
Well, there’s a premium at Pike Place. And they were the only ones who had the size. I did manage to not buy their $40/pound smoked salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372/23 "2013-08-17T23:44:49Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Damn! The best I can do in Chicago is 50¢ apiece raw from the wholesaler. Yeah, but your oysters probably come with frequent flyer miles! 😉 **Johnny L.A.** , how big are talking for the large oyster? Size of the meat, not the shell. I’m curious as to how they compare with Apalachicola Bay oysters. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372/24 "2013-08-18T00:52:21Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Damn Atlanta stealing all our water… Your water. How’s it your water when it comes out of our lake? 'Course this year there’s plenty to go 'round. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372/25 "2013-08-18T00:55:41Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > **Johnny L.A.** , how big are talking for the large oyster? Size of the meat, not the shell. I’m curious as to how they compare with Apalachicola Bay oysters. Probably about 1-2 measuring tablespoons. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372/26 "2013-08-18T13:00:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Probably about 1-2 measuring tablespoons. Okay, so slightly larger than what we generally get down here. Although the nicer ones can top 1 tblsp. Definitely not gonna find those this time of year though. > [@Glazer](#): > > Your water. How’s it your water when it comes out of our lake? 'Course this year there’s plenty to go 'round. It’s a complete hijack, so let’s just drop it or move it to another thread. Suffice it to say that Atlanta’s use of water - thus reducing the flow in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin - has had a measurable effect on Apalachicola’s seafood industry which includes oysters. Here’s a NY Times article about it: > **[A Fight Over Water, and to Save a Way of Life (Published 2013)](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/us/thirst-for-fresh-water-threatens-apalachicola-bay-fisheries.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)** > > A decades-long war over river flow into Apalachicola Bay in Florida has contributed to the collapse of the oyster industry there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charbroiled-oysters-and-other-oysters/666372.md?page=1)