Posted on 07/18/2018 8:01:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Who would eat raw oysters? Ewwwww
Elephant boogers on a half shell.
You have to order them in a classy restaurant where they test the waters before harvesting. No need to give them up entirely.
And in other news, about a brazillion people ate raw oysters with no ill effects. Life is a gamble. I’ll take my odds with raw oysters.
I can’t help it. Please name the classy restaurant that tests waters before the oysters are harvested.
Per local reporting, yes...
I haven't had any for years. An acquaintance of mine became very ill after eating some and had to have a liver transplant. Besides, I prefer my oysters to be cooked. They have more flavor when they are cooked, and little flavor when raw (IMO).
I never got the allure of slurping raw oysters. I have had some in my day but I don't see any benefit from a culinary perspective. They slide down and are gone. No taste other than the Tabasco or lemon you put on them. I'd rather have some quickly sauteed shrimp or bay scallops with lemon.
Or even better... some freshly caught bay scallops right out of the water. Sweet, salty and warm. Yum!
And sea water is a heck of a cure for poison ivy rash.
More for me then! I can’t hardly get them in Mo at the moment, too hot.
In western PA where I grew up, it was common to find tiered ponds (one on a slope above the other) near old strip mine operations. The upper served as a filtration and the lower as a settling pond. The water in the upper pond typically had an orange cast and smelled of sulfur. I had a dog that loved to swing in there and it seemed to keep him pretty free of fleas and ticks.
Well I never really believed in just letting them slide down the throat either. What’s the point? Raw oysters do have a distinct flavor all their own, but I can only eat a few at a time before the craving is gone. At times, however, there’s nothing quite like them. I’ve never gotten up the nerve to eat squid raw, however. But fully cooked they’re probably my favorite seafood. As far as scallops, I prefer them with something else, typically. Like cod.
All the good ones do around here. Oyster Bar, for one. You’re crazy if you don’t, because pollution indices vary, and once you lose your reputation, it’s gone.
Oh, I wouldn’t say no ill effects...
https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution/attribution-1998-2008.html
About 80,000 people get vibriosis – and 100 people die from it – in the United States every year.
Per the CDC.
Anything pulled out of the water, fresh or salt is either infect with or home to some filthy organism that’ll kill you. I rarely eat fish and I never eat shellfish.
“No raw oysters in months without an “r”.
Good advice.
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Eh, I’ll take my chances. Been on the coast most of my life, eaten raw oysters forever, spent my teenage years working at my father’s seafood restaurant, never gotten sick or seen anyone get sick from them. I find it hard to believe the Oyster Bar tests the water from which their oysters are taken. A hundred people died out of 300,000,000? How many get sick eating a salad every year?
RISKIEST FOODS: Leafy greens are the biggest source of foodborne illness, while poultry causes more food-related deaths, gov’t study finds
That’s what they told me.
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