Oysters

[RevDahlia]

I am a fairly recent raw-oyster convert. I found the mere idea disgusting for a long time, but a couple years ago my oldest friend forced me to consume a half-dozen Pacific Kumamotos, and lo, mah eyes were opened!

I just got back from New Orleans, where I had the chance to eat almost enough oysters. But I'm not fooling myself; there are never really enough oysters.

Are there any other oyster enthusiasts in the house? Shall we start a flame war over whether Chincoteagues or Gulf blue points are better? What, if anything, do you like on/with your oysters?

Oysters be good. That is all.

[livius drusus]

I've actually only eaten oysters once. Some kind of slightly effervescent champagney dressing was involved and they were delicious. I could pretend I knew which kind they were and duke it out with you, if you'd like.

[lisarea]

I once ate, like, $50 worth of oysters at a sitting. I was having dinner with some friends, and I started eating oysters at the bar, and decided I didn't want anything else because I was cranky and the oysters were making me feel better. This is worse: It was happy hour, so they were two for one or something. That was probably about enough oysters.

Anyway, yeah. I always like oysters, but I think that was the day I liked them the most.

I don't know what else to say about them, though.

[HighOnHotSauce]

I've never tried them when I was sober, but I suppose I would. Hmmm, they're probably good with hot sauce.

[JoeP]

Hmmm, they're probably good with hot sauce.That's for sure. I would say Tabasco is traditional ... maybe we could start a flame (:faint: pun not intentional) war over this too.

[RevDahlia]

Hmmm, they're probably good with hot sauce.That's for sure. I would say Tabasco is traditional ... maybe we could start a flame (:faint: pun not intentional) war over this too.
I don't think Tabasco does anything for oysters. I like a really horseradish-intensive cocktail sauce, myself.

[PinkRose]

Gross, thats like swallowing someones clam. hawker. no thanks.

[MooseIBe]

I've never tried them and always thought they must be revolting. What do they taste like?

[PinkRose]

exotic food, an ugly clam with a slimy interior of guts. i'd take snails over oysters.

[RevDahlia]

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love oysters, and those who are too chicken to try them.
What do they taste like?
Not fishy at all. Briny, but not salty; they taste kind of like the ocean smells. Also they are slippery, not slimy. Gulf oysters are very slightly bitter, Pacific oysters tend to have a sharper, more metallic flavor and firmer flesh, Atlantic oysters taste the most "ocean-y" (at least in my experience.)

They are delicious, and you can eat a whole lot of them without getting full. Also they are very good for you.

[MooseIBe]

Aren't you supposed to swallow them without chewing? :)

[RevDahlia]

Aren't you supposed to swallow them without chewing? :)
Only if you're oyster-phobic and eating them to prove how tough you are. I always chew; they're too good not to savor.

[HighOnHotSauce]

Aren't you supposed to swallow them without chewing? :)
Only if you're oyster-phobic and eating them to prove how tough you are. I always chew; they're too good not to savor.
Now as far as chewing them, I'd have to be highly intoxicated......

[MooseIBe]

Isn't it a bit like eating a large pleghm sample though? ;)

[HighOnHotSauce]

Isn't it a bit like eating a large pleghm sample though? ;)
Yummy! :P

[Boro Nut]

Never tried oysters, but love shellfish in general (cockles, mussels, winkles etc), being brought up in a Yorkshire fishing village - (Staithes - Google it, you'll probably see our old house). But Whelks are disgusting. And rollmops. I'll definitely try oysters one day though.

Boro Nut

[HighOnHotSauce]

Never tried oysters, but love shellfish in general (cockles, mussels, winkles etc), being brought up in a Yorkshire fishing village - (Staithes - Google it, you'll probably see our old house). But Whelks are disgusting. And rollmops. I'll definitely try oysters one day though.

Boro Nut

To be honest I had to Google “Whelks” to find out what they are. No, sir, not for me…….I’ll stick to shrimp, crabs and lobster thank you.

[livius drusus]

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[viscousmemories]

That's adorable, liv.

I've eaten oysters, but found them rubbery, slimy slippery and flavorless. But I'm willing to try again.

[MooseIBe]

Man I hate shellfish .. mussels, cockles, winkles ... yuck yuck. I can understand people having eaten these things when protein was scarce and they were a good source of it, but not now ...

Incidentally, oysters used to be very much a poor person's food.