I remember as a boy going with my dad to the dock and getting a bushel of oysters straight off the boat for $12.00. I could shuck oysters before I was ten. I've loved them ever since.
Try an oyster shooter.
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)