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Lara MOyster Shucking Picnic Fun
February 28th 2007 05:22
I arrived at work on Saturday feeling very down. I’d had a really bad day and I was all sulky. But when I was finished my boss cheered me right up, packing me into the car and taking me to Carriageworks, a brand new arts and performance space. Carriageworks earned its name from the building’s previous incarnation, a train repair station in Redfern.
Carriageworks had an industrial feel as the huge warehouse walls were still bare and rustic, and the steel rafters exposed. On Saturday the floor was covered in red tartan picnic blankets, each with two buckets on top. One was filled with oysters, salty water and lemon wedges, the other was for the shells. Thick, damp gloves and flat knives were also provided. If you weren’t too squeamish then you would put on the moist glove, crack open the oyster and suck out its raw juicy inards. Oh, and did I mention that there was also cold beer provided to wash it down?
It was great fun! I also learned that it is apparently simply amazing to slurp an oyster, do a shot of tequilla and then have a mouthful of beer. I’m not sure if I agree with this, but it certainly grows on you after the third shot or so. It was a really interesting and tasty end to the day!
This fabulous event was organised by one of the new Carriageworks residents, Performance Space. The oyster shells will be used to create an artwork referencing aboriginal middens. Keep an eye on the Performance Space and Carriageworks websites for more exciting upcoming events.
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Carriageworks had an industrial feel as the huge warehouse walls were still bare and rustic, and the steel rafters exposed. On Saturday the floor was covered in red tartan picnic blankets, each with two buckets on top. One was filled with oysters, salty water and lemon wedges, the other was for the shells. Thick, damp gloves and flat knives were also provided. If you weren’t too squeamish then you would put on the moist glove, crack open the oyster and suck out its raw juicy inards. Oh, and did I mention that there was also cold beer provided to wash it down?
http://www.performancespace.com.au/event_2.php
It was great fun! I also learned that it is apparently simply amazing to slurp an oyster, do a shot of tequilla and then have a mouthful of beer. I’m not sure if I agree with this, but it certainly grows on you after the third shot or so. It was a really interesting and tasty end to the day!
This fabulous event was organised by one of the new Carriageworks residents, Performance Space. The oyster shells will be used to create an artwork referencing aboriginal middens. Keep an eye on the Performance Space and Carriageworks websites for more exciting upcoming events.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images and text extracts in this context
• to illustrate the event in question,
• with the owners’ names either visible on the image itself or written in the image description below,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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