How to Store & Shuck Oysters

Among the tips are:

an oyster’s taste fades as it ages
oysters should be refrigerated out of water
oysters must be eaten alive, or cooked alive
the shells of live oysters are normally tightly closed or snap shut given a slight tap
if an oyster’s shell is open, the oyster is dead and cannot be eaten safely
cooking oysters in the shell kills them and causes the shells to open
oysters that don’t open after being cooked should be discarded