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Shucking school shows you the right way to open an oyster
Chris Sherman, bottom center, demonstrates how to shuck an oyster during a class Thursday night at The Shop on Washington Avenue in Portland. Staff photos by Ben McCanna
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Chris Sherman, bottom center, demonstrates how to shuck an oyster during a class Thursday night at The Shop on Washington Avenue in Portland.
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Food writer Meredith Goad cuts an oyster's adductor muscle to free it from its shell. Staff photo by Ben McCanna
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Erik Joncas, center, slurps an oyster during shucking class. Students also got protective gloves, a guide and an oyster knife.
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Joncas looks on as his wife, Jamie Joncas, pries open one of her oysters. Staff photo by Ben McCanna
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Goad treats herself to a fresh oyster during shucking class. Staff photo by Ben McCanna
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Sherman, center, discusses the finer points of oysters during shucking class. Sherman is the president of Island Creek Oysters, the Duxbury, Mass., company that built The Shop.