Oyster Festival @ Milford, CT

Prince Edward Island Oysters

Once again I have to give credit to my friend Brian for having great taste and a great resourcefulness in knowing about non-mainstream places to eat RGF. Although nowadays widely viewed as a delicacy and a luxury to be consumed by a privileged few, according to Rebecca Stott’s book Oyster, in Dickens’ days, these difficult-to-preserve molluscs were widely enjoyed by the urban poor in the open air. My deep enjoyment of Milford, CT’s annual Oyster Festival probably has a lot to do with the fact that the event made extremely high quality oysters accessible not only in terms of favorable pricing but also in terms of presentation. If we take these Prince Edward Island Oysters as a case study, we may postulate that RGF is just as likely to be served on a paper plate with a napkin  as it is on bone china with a snowy white tablecloth. I’ll concede that I was a little extravagent in my ordering and entirely avaricious in my consumption, from now until next year’s Festival I shall be on the look-out for more such down-to-earth discoveries!

Details: Shipyard Lane, Milford, CT