OYSTERS!...eat 'em alive!

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   qwarkposted 14 years ago

   I love oysters on the 'half" shell. Do you?
   What do you like with them?...lemon juice? crackers? horse radish and catsup?..eh?
   Where have you gotten the best ones? They must be freshly shucked, cold and alive to be the best.
   How many can ya eat at 1 sitting?

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      Pani Midnyte Odinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I tried an oyster one time. It was disgusting

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      Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      http://whatscookingamerica.net/Beverage … hooter.htm
      
      
      personally, they make me want to vomit...
      but thus recipe might be good for anyone who likes 'em?

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         qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Hahahaha...vomit eh?
         I can eat about 4 -5 doz. before the main course.
         Ya don't wanna sit at the same table with me when I'm "slurpin'"..lol I need a rubber apron!
         Naw, I'm just kiddin'...about the apron.   :-)

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      prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      yeah baked with little soy sauce plus green "citrus" for sauce, can eat full bucket hehe

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         qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Pretty:
         I even like 'em that way...ya got good taste!

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      emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      To those who don't like oysters, better not read this.
      
      Love oysters. We clean up their shells then pour hot (not boiling) water on them and leave them for a while. Then we crack them open, get the meat and dip it on vinegar with onions. It's our local version of sashimi (yum!).
      
      Also like them baked (like Maita).

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         qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I'm with you! I like oysters anyway I can get 'em.
         But, I like em best raw and alive...yummm

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            emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            LOL. If I eat them raw, I'll make my relatives sick. They can't even stand eating sashimi! Putting in the hot water is a compromise so that all of us will get to eat them. Technically, however, they're still raw .

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      michifusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Love them - The most I have had raw is 6. It is an acquired taste though!
      
      They are great on a BBQ  - put the half shell on, a squeeze of lemon or lime juice, a touch of chilli - Yum.

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         qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Michi:
         I don't know about the chile....but i've left 'em in the 1/2 shell on the barbie....and yep with a squirt of lemon...delish!

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      gmrfishposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Best steamed in their own juices! Don't care for raw though.

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   TLMinutposted 14 years ago

   When I was a child, my family and another often went to the beach together. Chesapeake Bay, guess it wasn't as polluted then and still safe. The adult friends 'caught' the oysters and ate them like that; I asked to see one but it looked horrible! I've never tried them but at the Jazz Festival every year, another friend of mine gorges on them, she loves them.
   
   What ever made you look at an oyster and think it was food?

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hahaha   Good question!
      Years ago I was with friends In Shreveport, LA,...we were having a few drinks and my friends ordered oysters on he 1/2 shell..
      argghhhh...lol.. but after a few slurps and a couple more daqueris (spelling), I was talked into trying one...I LOVED IT!
      I've been eatin' 'em "alive," ever since...
      Don't knock it if ya ain't tried it....:-)

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         StormRyderposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Oh I tried it!! Then puked!!

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            qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            hahaha...I hope there were seagulls there to savor the bits...lol

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   Arthur Fontesposted 14 years ago

   I do not care for oysters.  I do enjoy little necks on the half shell.
   
   Little necks are a New England term for small quahogs.
   
   Lemon juice or cocktail sauce.

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Arthur:
      ...delicious!
      I love 'em to!
      If it comes outa the ocean and is in a shell, I'll eat it...:-)

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         Arthur Fontesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Scallops..   My favorite food, though I need them cooked.
         
         I have seen others eat them raw.

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            qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Arthur:
            I used to commercial dive for "rock scallops" in S Calif.
            They and "abalone" are my absolute favorites!
            Rock scallops are "sessile," easy to gather and the "meat" is butter colored and about twice the size of scallops ya get at restaurants.....deeeelicious!!

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      Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      awwwww..I know this is off tpoic but ever since you said this, Ive been tryign to remeber... what aer the ohter gross molllusk thingys with huge necks? I forgot tehe name of them, they were on Dirty Jobs...

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         qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         longnecks....I call 'em horsec*ck clams

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   Sorry qwark - they're vile. Like a snot-filled shell. Just the sight of them makes me come close to hoofing. I'm happy to hear you like them but for me? No ta

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Frog:
      "Snot?"
      Jeez! you swallow a mason jar'a "snot" everyday!
      Only dif with oyster "snot" is ya chew it b4 ya swallow it....lolol...:-)

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         frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         
         
         *throws up*

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            qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Awww Frog!
            Now ya gota clean yer keyboard....lol :-)

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               frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               
               
               *nods*
               
               Heyyyyy maybe we should drag the bible into this - like, wasn't there something somewhere that said something about oysters? Then we could all fight, fall out, go silent, sulk, come back and do it all over again
               
               *just peeked in the religious forum - as hot as hades as ever*

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                  Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  nope its against shrimp.. 
                  
                  http://godhatesshrimp.com/

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                     Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     oysters are safe, but yucky.

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                  qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  FRog:
                  Ya gotta get away from myth and fairytale every-once-in-a-while and chat about serious stuff like eating live oysters...eh?   :-)

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   aka-djposted 14 years ago

   The very first time I had one, at the age of 12, I didn't know you were not supposed to chew them. YUK. It was pretty disgusting.
   These days I love them( I know better now ).
   I don't have many at any one sitting, and like them any way I have had them.

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Aka:
      ..yer the man!    :-)

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   Rochelle Frankposted 14 years ago

   I tried one once. Couldn't get it down.  The only thing available to wash it down with was orange juice at the time-- that didn't work either.
   
   There is a reason they are served with plenty of lemon or chili or tobasco or daqueris.-- preferably with lemon chili tobasco daqueris

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      qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Rochelle:
      I like to give the "erster" a little body to the bite...so I eat 'em with a cracker after I soak 'em in lemon juice....mmm mmm good! :-)

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   @Justine - I think you might mean whelks. Equally vile. My dad use to give me one, sit me outside the market on Saturdays and say 'chew it then swallow doll. Don't move until you've chewed it up small enough to eat or you'll choke'. I'd be sat chewing rubber 'til he returned then get to spit it out. I never worked out what he was doing - I was so determined to chew one of them damn things up

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   Csjun89posted 14 years ago

   Defintely
   11 oysters at one go once!

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   habeeposted 14 years ago

   I love oysters roasted on the grill - especially ones from Apalachicola. Now I'm worried the oil spill will ruin them.

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    zzronposted 14 years ago

    I can't stand oysters not even fried.  My favorite seafood is fried shrimp with tartar sauce.

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    sagbeeposted 14 years ago

    I can't eat Oysters.. it taste disgusting.. Man How do you do that

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       michifusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       open mouth. tilt head back. pour down that salty goodness.

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    Anolindeposted 14 years ago

    I love them raw, too!  That's what years spent living in Japan did to me   I had bad food poisoning from them last time I had them, though, and haven't had them since (been years), lol.

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       qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Ano:
       When ya get a bad one, ya gotta wash yer mouth and stick another one back in....lol
       It's like riding a horse, if ya fall off ya gotte get right back on or yer done.....lol
       I've been eating 'em for many many years and (knock on wood) never gotten sick...hada few bad'ns, but it didnt stop me..I can down 4 -5 dozen at a sitting..
       Sagbee....yer a wus...lol...try 'em again! you'll love 'em..:-)

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    solar.powerposted 14 years ago

    Bring on the lemon juice!

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    I love them as well as roasted pig eyes.

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       michifusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       now that's just plain weird

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    CoffeeLoveposted 14 years ago

    i like them baked topped with cheese and some herbs.

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    Randy Godwinposted 14 years ago

    As an initiation process for a club in high school, a string would be tied to a raw oyster and after the boy to be initiated swallowed it, it was pulled back up.  This way it only took a few oysters!

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    ever been to a hog roast?

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       michifusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yep - but someone must have got to the eyes before me. Maybe it was you!

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    Maddie Ruudposted 14 years ago

    I hate them.  My partner's alcoholic (and very large) ex-roommate once cornered me drunkenly and poured one down my throat.  It was rather traumatizing.

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    waynetposted 14 years ago

    Oysters are bad news when they just look at you with their one shaped muscle mass....they give me nightmares!

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    qwarkposted 14 years ago

    The best oyster on the half shell I've eaten are from Louisiana and N.Fla.
    I was working in Shreveport LA and working out at the local YMCA.
    A bunch'a my workout buds and I used to go, every thursday, to a local eatery where raw oysters were served. We'd see who could down the most before ordering a meal...lol My best was 6 doz...then,...dinner.....:-)

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    Richieb799posted 14 years ago

    how about cockels? they smell nice but I think I only tried once!

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