This recipe certainly brings back memories of growing up in the West of Ireland, a region well known for it's seafood and especially it's oysters. Oysters are a symbol these days of luxury, though it wasn't the case in the past, as they were cheap and easily available. I have memories of my father bringing back a car bootful of oysters after work. He was a cash a carry manager and often local hoteliers or restaurant owners would give him local oysters that they had excess of from local fishermen. I've got into grilling my oysters on the BBQ and like to add flavoured butters or herbs, just enough so they don't detract from the wonderful oysters themselves. It's also a great lazy way of "shucking" them, sometimes I put them on the grill on a lowish heat and they open up quite nicely.