Fruits de Mer - Normandy Style

Late last month a RYC expedition to harbours we once visited in our Iroquois catamaran landed us in Carteret on the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy where lo and behold a dozen local oysters beckoned tasting. The taste of the ocean oyster along with lemon and a vinegar mignonette was a Proust moment, "Rememberance of Things Past", a life lived some 30 years ago sailing and touring along the rocky shores of Normandy and Brittany. One big difference: tidal range of 2 ft in the Bay, 40 ft at springs in the Baie de Mont St. Michel.