![]() ![]() "The person who sleeps behind is nearer the water and is in more danger of being drowned or suffocated than is his bed-fellow, but he is likewise less liable to fall out on the cabin floor as he would surely do if he tried to turn over in his sleep.” They are about as high as an ‘unabridged dictionary,’ but, luckily, they are two-deep. Wilson wrote a description of the oyster boats on the Delaware Bay for Scribner’s Magazine.Īccording to Wilson, the living quarters aboard these boats were Spartan: “In the hold there is more room for bilge-water than there is for berths… It was like edging into a bookshelf to occupy one of them. ![]() More: Dessert charcuterie boards come to Delaware, just in time for the holidaysīy the middle of the 19th century, the trade in oysters was so extensive that when the weather turned cold, the waters off Sussex County were covered with a sea of white sails as the oyster fleets set sail on Delaware Bay. More: 'Real culture' of Eastern Shore watermen explored in short film He has engaged Oysters from Rehoboth Bay once a month, until they are out of season.” Shortly after the American Revolution, a Frederica, Delaware, establishment advertised, “NOTICE: The subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has opened an OYSTER HOUSE…where gentlemen and ladies will meet with good entertainment. The colonists eagerly harvested, cooked and ate oysters from the Delaware, Rehoboth and Indian River bays. In 1709, William Byrd of Virginia noted in his diary that he had a breakfast of “pickled oysters and chocolate.” The settlers fried, stewed, and served oysters in ways that would startle modern taste buds. ![]() As more European colonists arrived on the Delaware coast, they quickly developed a taste for local oysters. ![]()
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