Just across the Columbia River in Washington state the Willapa Bay has extensive oyster beds and these are really very large oysters - the "small" size can be 6 to 8" in length and well beyond anything I'm used to! Applied one of my favorite recipes by roasting the oysters on the propane grill, letting them open, remove the top half of the shell and discard, and douse them with a generous helping of pre prepped butter-shallot-parsley-prosciutto sauce (Vermouth or Anise optional taste zingers!) and letting the heat shrivel the oysters in the concoction. Takes about 30 minutes and the oysters in the half shell are then served individually as they reach optimum roast using pliers from the toolbox!
