Always a risk in eating raw oysters.
I have been told by seafood connoisseur friends of mine to avoid oysters from the Gulf.
I’ve eaten them are mostly to be able to say I’ve done so. They are much better when grilled.
Good info. Daughter and I are going to New Orleans in October, plan to eat Oysters Rockefeller at Antoine’s. They are cooked, but might be tempted by other oyster dishes elsewhere.
Or going into the Gulf’s coastal waters with even a minor open wound. A friend of mine suffered a severe, life altering infection from the same bacteria when he went fishing in the surf on the Gulf coast in north Florida with a minor scrape on his leg. That led to a month in the ICU and lasting impairment to his health.
“Always a risk in eating raw oysters.”
In my youth I ate them and loved them. They are delicious. After taking courses in bacteriology I no longer ate them raw but still enjoy them cooked.
If one wants to enjoy the best cooked oyster ever I recommend “Oysters Drago” at the restaurant of the same name, in New Orleans at the foot of Canal Street and the river.
Attached below is a recipe and as it is charbroiled there is no danger of bacterial disease. It is wonderful.
If in New Orleans do not miss the mom and pop restaurants in neighborhoods. They are often a small retail grocery store. Their menus are limited but they cook the very best. Their customers are their neighbors and they do not want to hear them say, “Boudreaux, this is not as good as before.” Those mom and pop places are of reasonable prices. They always have a red checked plastic table cloth. Food is good in New Orleans.
Oysters Drago recipe https://www.thespruceeats.com/official-dragos-charbroiled-oysters-recipe-1135643