Oysters

[samb]

Blah!!

I love seafood. My family eats calamari (not fried), octopus, shrimp and cod for Christmas. Ive tried caviar (not my fav) and I love crab. I love sushi.

Something about letting a slimy, cold, and gooey thing slide down my throat and into my stomach just grosses me out. I dont mind the rawness, but the texture... And the innuendos in that! I dont do oysters on the half shell.

If someone wants to fry'em, now those I love!

[thechenman]

Raw oysters on the half shell are one of my favorites. Clams too. I always indulge in these when I am out and the are available as I am to lazy to shuck my own. However, I will only eat them in the fall and winter months. During these months the oysters/clams tend to be fuller, more plump, and sweeter in my opinion. Absoultely love them. Sometimes with Tabasco, or cocktail sauce and horseradish, or vinegar and garlic. Even plain...

[greenpimp]

Try grilling them. Adds a smokey flavor; they crack open a bit when done (doesn't take long.) We love them with a mix of butter and tabasco.

[Ken Gargett]

Blah!!

I love seafood. My family eats calamari (not fried), octopus, shrimp and cod for Christmas. Ive tried caviar (not my fav) and I love crab. I love sushi.

Something about letting a slimy, cold, and gooey thing slide down my throat and into my stomach just grosses me out. I dont mind the rawness, but the texture... And the innuendos in that! I dont do oysters on the half shell.

If someone wants to fry'em, now those I love!

doing anything to oysters other than a little lemon is sacrilege.

on the recent fraser trip, one of the guys had a seaffod contact so we got 10 dozen of he freshest. half way up the beach, the 6 of us stopped, opened a couple of bottles of fizz, and ate the lot.

heaven.

[dicko]

squeezeoflemon X2

or kilpatrick - worcestershire sauce+baconpieces (tobasco maybe)

[GoSteelers]

Blah!!

I love seafood. My family eats calamari (not fried), octopus, shrimp and cod for Christmas. Ive tried caviar (not my fav) and I love crab. I love sushi.

Something about letting a slimy, cold, and gooey thing slide down my throat and into my stomach just grosses me out. I dont mind the rawness, but the texture... And the innuendos in that! I dont do oysters on the half shell.

If someone wants to fry'em, now those I love!

Donn't let em slide down chew em up

[ChanceSchmerr]

I'm a seafood hound myself - and Oysters on the half shell are my absolute FAVORITE! Nothing like some plump, juicy Fanny Bay Oysters from Vancouver Island, or some briny Malpeques from Prince Edward Island on the East Coast.

If anyone ever heads up to Atlantic Canada, Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island has a fantastic oyster spot called "Flex Mussels" on the harbour - the oyster bar there, the shucker literally shucks them right in front of you, and they are heavenly to eat - definitly chew em, don't just slide 'em down the throat! They charge by the half dozen....and Bless 'em, they aren't that great at counting! .....

[Ken Gargett]

i remember a little restaurant in bordeaux that specialised and had an array of the oysters found around brittany and thereabouts. fabulous stuff. would do mixed stuff and the waiter was very keen to chat about them.

i always think of people who have never tried oysters as like those who have never heard springsteen or read tolkein or whatever - still one of life's great treats ahead.

[CigarmanTim]

doing anything to oysters other than a little lemon is sacrilege.

on the recent fraser trip, one of the guys had a seaffod contact so we got 10 dozen of he freshest. half way up the beach, the 6 of us stopped, opened a couple of bottles of fizz, and ate the lot.

heaven.

Ken. Seriously man. Do you really live this life we men just dream of? Or more than likely you are imagining this from your padded white room.

[Rogers72]

I love them anyway that you can serve them. Raw with Lemon juice and/or hot suace is my favorite but it's also tough to beat a good oyster roast with lots of friends and cigars!

[joeypots]

Wow, what a topic. I live in Wellfleet on Cape Cod,

a town has been famous for oysters for hundreds of years. Wellfleets, as they are called here, are some of the best North American oysters. Around here oysters are so common and inexpensive that one tires of them. They can be picked up off of the beach at low tide or if you have a pal in the business, as I do, dozens can be on your door step for the price of a phone call and a good cigar as a gratuity. I have to agree that while there are many excellent ways to prepare cooked oysters, a squeeze of lemon and a drop of hot sauce are the only acceptable accouterments to oysters on the half shell. Cocktail sauce is anathema.

The most recent world champion shucker hails from Wellfleet!

Check it out.

http://www.prlog.org/10124187-us-oyster-sh...in-ireland.html

[Ken Gargett]

Ken. Seriously man. Do you really live this life we men just dream of? Or more than likely you are imagining this from your padded white room.

the remains of the shells (rest buried). i can do photos of overweighyt blokes slurping them and the champers but not even i want to se that. -

[android]

doing anything to oysters other than a little lemon is sacrilege.

on the recent fraser trip, one of the guys had a seaffod contact so we got 10 dozen of he freshest. half way up the beach, the 6 of us stopped, opened a couple of bottles of fizz, and ate the lot.

heaven.

Nice Ken and I'm sure you had a nice smoke!

[samb]

the remains of the shells (rest buried). i can do photos of overweighyt blokes slurping them and the champers but not even i want to se that. -

Those do look pretty good. Good enough for me to maybe give these oysters on the h-shell another try. Why town has an oyster bar, but Im about 1000 miles from an ocean. Maybe on my upcoming vacation, we'll see.

[Buch0]

Anyone in Sydney.. Oyster bar in the CBD under Myer. Hard to beat

[Colt45]

the remains of the shells (rest buried).

I'm assuming these shells (and those buried below) are from you alone?

[Ken Gargett]

I'm assuming these shells (and those buried below) are from you alone?

be fair. ten dozen between 6 of us.

[OZCUBAN]

Oysters are brilliant love them any way Raw, Grilled, Killpatrick, Boston.

But there is one thing better than all of them it is called UNI which is Japanese for sea urchin in a word absolutely sublime (eaten raw by the way)mmmmmm

Cheers Oz

[PADDYWHACK121272]

add a pint of Guinness, some soda bread and butter and I think you have a nutritionally complete meal.....I think....agree with the lemon only position... Christ i'm hungry now...

[reigndrop]

Americans know what's up with Kumamotos. Plump, juicy, briny, delicious.

[laficion]

doing anything to oysters other than a little lemon is sacrilege.

I agree with that ken, all I put on my oysters is just a pinch of

pepper, never any lemon, never, it cooks the oyster, I never put any

lemon on any sea food.

There is however something that you should try with oysters and that is

to put "JUST A DROP" of pure malt on it before eating, it's simply divine.

I eat oysters every week that I get from the village market every Sunday.

they come hour fresh from the near by city of Sete on the Mediterranian.

[cigarros]

I agree with that ken, all I put on my oysters is just a pinch of

pepper, never any lemon, never, it cooks the oyster, I never put any

lemon on any sea food.

As plain as two and two make four

[bunburyist]

The lot of you are mad. I don't care what anyone says but oysters are rancid. In fact, if I was a moderator I'd consider closing this topic and suspending everyone for their own good. Oysters look rank, smell rank, feel rank and taste......rank. Whatever possessed the first cavebloke to pick one up, open it and go ''You know what , despite having the appearance and aroma of a large ball of snot that has been shagged by a squid, I'm going to eat that''. Must have been a hard day at the caveoffice.

Put an oyster in front of your dog or cat, see what they do.

Sod not getting into heaven because you've eaten pork or beef or human or whatever - oyster consumption is what'll get you a term in hell.

Outrageous. I feel dirty just for having been on this thread

[Shelby07]

Those do look pretty good. Good enough for me to maybe give these oysters on the h-shell another try. Why town has an oyster bar, but Im about 1000 miles from an ocean. Maybe on my upcoming vacation, we'll see.

Mmm.... YEAH! I didn't like them coming into this thread either, but those empty oyster shells laying in the sand sure do make my mouth water!

Seriously, your first impression was correct.

[samb]

The lot of you are mad. I don't care what anyone says but oysters are rancid. In fact, if I was a moderator I'd consider closing this topic and suspending everyone for their own good. Oysters look rank, smell rank, feel rank and taste......rank. Whatever possessed the first cavebloke to pick one up, open it and go ''You know what , despite having the appearance and aroma of a large ball of snot that has been shagged by a squid, I'm going to eat that''. Must have been a hard day at the caveoffice.

Put an oyster in front of your dog or cat, see what they do.

Sod not getting into heaven because you've eaten pork or beef or human or whatever - oyster consumption is what'll get you a term in hell.

Outrageous. I feel dirty just for having been on this thread

Lol, yep, thats pretty much how I feel about them too. That pick kinda makes 'em look a little ok for me to try again, but somehow I think no matter how hard I try, they will repulse me.