Around 1970 I ordered fried oysters from a restaurant in Ft. Walton Bch., FL. It was a great meal. Around 20 years later I ate at the same restaurant which had moved to another location. The fried oysters were just barely edible.
Fried Osters? If they aren’t on the half shell, they are not editable. :)
Probably overcooked, which ruins them.
My favorite way to eat them is raw, but since being diagnosed with an auto immune disease, I order them steamed or Rockefeller. They are still my favorite food in any manner served.