Gulf Creamed Oyster and Corn Chowder

As anyone knows who’s ever bellied up to the Acme Oyster House in New Orleans’ French Quarter and uttered to one of the expert shuckers, “Half dozen to start,” Gulf oysters are the fattest, most succulent oysters on earth. Bay Adams, Four Bayous, Baptistes, Choctawhatchees—the names go on and on, from Panama City, Florida, to Biloxi, Mississippi, to Lafayette, Louisiana. Locals love them mostly on the half shell with cocktail sauce, but they also roast them, sauté them, fry them, and incorp