This Sunday at Boone Hall Plantation come say hello to many Dunes Properties agents, employees and even our President himself, Randy Walker. We’ll be volunteering on behalf of Hollings Cancer Center and serving up buckets of oysters at the 2010 Lowcountry Oyster Roast.
The Greater Charleston Restaurant Association sponsors the festival and they go through about 65,000 pounds of oysters. This event has been named in the “top 20 events in the southeast” by the Southeastern Tourism Society.
The festival offers many other food options from local restaurants as well entertainment, contests and activities for kids. Proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House, Hollings Cancer Center, Travel Council and Charleston County Science Materials Resource Center.
Here’s a few facts about oysters:
- There’s no way to tell males from females by their shells and they may change sexes a few times in their lifetime
- Oysters can be eaten 12 months a year (not just ones ending in “r”). The “r” myth probably came about when oysters needed to be shipped and there was inadequate refrigeration in the warmer months
- Oysters are nutritionally well balanced and recommended for low cholesterol diets
Bring your gloves, shucking knife, and appetite! We hope to see you there.