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You want me to choose?
I grew up on the Puget Sound, and my parents still live there. If I want a bucket of clams or some oysters, they have their own private beach with access to significant tidelands. Hell, oysters are easiest--they're just hanging out there at low tide, waiting to be shucked (you have to shuck the oysters BEFORE you leave the beach to guarantee that oyster spat have something to adhere to). There's really nothing like shucking your own oyster right on the beach and slurping it down.
When I was a kid we used to go pick up Dungeness crab out of the eelgrass beds at our community beach that were exposed at low tide. That was great fun. The eelgrass beds would only be exposed at very low tides, so it was definitely a special event. Dungeness is pretty expensive these days, and it makes me long for the days when my dad regularly went out crabbing with friends or else we could just get some off of the beach.
I really couldn't pick a favorite. I love seafood, and despite living relatively close to the coast, I don't get to eat it very often. Oh well.
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