We picked up some oysters at the popular fish throwing stand. I was unfamiliar with the Penn Cove oyster, so one of the workers shucked it for me to try on the spot. You can’t beat that! Turns out that Penn Cove is also well-known for mussels. The Penn Cove oyster was really good, with the typical oceany taste, and not too sweet. The Penn Cove oysters were only $8.99 a dozen, so we picked up 24 Penn Cove, and 12 Kumumoto oysters. Caitlin also got a dungenous crab, as she doesn’t really eat oysters.
We also picked up all sorts of fresh produce at the market place: local and wax-free apples, beets, carrots, radishes, lettuce, and parsley. Caitlin also got a huge, stunning bouquet for only $5. The real treasure, however, was the locally foraged chantrelle mushrooms. In the bay area, these babies go for a lot more, but at the market, they were only $7 a lb! Of course we got a bunch! Our game-day feast was getting big, but we kept getting inspired by the food. Clint and I really didn’t want to head east without first having some seafood, and Seattle is certainly the town for that. At this point, we really weren’t sure if we would be staying another night, so we had a lot of food to fit in. We’ve kind of been letting the weather dictate our travels, and squeezing in seafood was really a must.
I started to get hungry after all of this shopping, so we headed to the Crumpet Shop. I had visited the Crumpet Shop on my last visit to Seattle, after hearing about it from a Seattle-SF transplant. It’s just around the corner, and is the perfect spot for a quick and casual snack. They make the crumpets there, in the traditional English fashion. I got a crumpet with pesto, tomato, and parmesan. Clint had his with delicious blackberry preserves.
After our little break, we bussed back to Caitlin and Justin’s to unload our goodies. We figured we needed some local Seattle beer to enjoy with our meal, as well as the game, so we piled into Clint’s car to get a growler. We headed to Fremont Brewing, which is guess where? The Fremont district. We settled on the Abominable, their dark holiday blend. I learned that a growler is 64 ounces of beer, which is actually a great deal for a local beer drinker. For $15 we picked up our first growler; a growler refill is only $8! After picking up beer, we stopped by the infamous troll, under the bridge.
After picking up our beer, we headed to the new (it’s moved) Archie McPhee! Yay! I encourage all of you kids to check this site out, especially if you love oddities, treasures, and toys. We picked up a few trinkets and then were back on the road.
Justin got home shortly after we did, and I started food prep while the Giant’s started to play. Before long, the Giant’s had the lead and everyone was in the kitchen chopping and shucking and mixing. The four of us put out an awesome spread: winter salad, fresh bread with butter, chantrelle linguini, oysters with hogwash, and fresh cracked crab. Oh! And champagne and beer! It was so good. Luckily, I’m still full so I don’t have too much food envy while I type away.
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