This past week, a friend of mine cooked some sea clams "rare" and I tried them --- they were actually quite tasty, so I said that I'd be willing to give raw oysters a try.  He went to a seafood supplier he trusted and got a bunch of fresh oysters --- then he split 'em open, cut the muscle that holds the little bastards in their shell, and sprinkled 'em with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a touch of cocktail sauce.  I lifted one of those raw bivalves-on-the-half-shell up to my mouth, tilted it back, and gave what slid into my mouth a good chewing and tasting before swallowing ...

... AND I LOVED IT !!!  ;D

We got more the next day, and I quickly chewed-up & downed 10 fresh raw oysters (again, with a little lemon & cocktail sauce) ... man, those are TASTY !!!    ;D

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Thanks for sharing!

The description of that made me throw up in my mouth a little.

This past week, a friend of mine cooked some sea clams "rare" and I tried them --- they were actually quite tasty, so I said that I'd be willing to give raw oysters a try.  He went to a seafood supplier he trusted and got a bunch of fresh oysters --- then he split 'em open, cut the muscle that holds the little bastards in their shell, and sprinkled 'em with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a touch of cocktail sauce.  I lifted one of those raw bivalves-on-the-half-shell up to my mouth, tilted it back, and gave what slid into my mouth a good chewing and tasting before swallowing ...

... AND I LOVED IT !!!  ;D

We got more the next day, and I quickly chewed-up & downed 10 fresh raw oysters (again, with a little lemon & cocktail sauce) ... man, those are TASTY !!!    ;D


Were they still alive and wriggling about?  ;D

An acquired taste, oysters...

...but very nice washed down with a pint or several of Guinness...

Bleh!  I found them like drinking the sea.

This past week, a friend of mine cooked some sea clams "rare" and I tried them --- they were actually quite tasty, so I said that I'd be willing to give raw oysters a try.  He went to a seafood supplier he trusted and got a bunch of fresh oysters --- then he split 'em open, cut the muscle that holds the little bastards in their shell, and sprinkled 'em with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a touch of cocktail sauce.  I lifted one of those raw bivalves-on-the-half-shell up to my mouth, tilted it back, and gave what slid into my mouth a good chewing and tasting before swallowing ...

... AND I LOVED IT !!!  ;D

We got more the next day, and I quickly chewed-up & downed 10 fresh raw oysters (again, with a little lemon & cocktail sauce) ... man, those are TASTY !!!    ;D

Bravo.

I love Oysters, any which way you wanna eat 'em, they're lovely.

I love them...now i want some!!!
I went to a wedding Saturday and they had a big oyster and clam bar....I had tons of raw shellfish and was ahppy as , well, a clam!

YUMMMM

I love them...now i want some!!!
I went to a wedding Saturday and they had a big oyster and clam bar....I had tons of raw shellfish and was ahppy as , well, a clam!

YUMMMM


Lol, raw bivalves must give you alot of pleasure.

Can't 10 raw oysters, like, kill you or something?

Can't 10 raw oysters, like, kill you or something?


Yeah, once you've swallowed them and they're in your belly, they like to nibble their way out.

http://www.cornichon.org/archives/Oyster%20tasting%20at%20Les%20Halles.jpg  http://www.cornichon.org/archives/Oyster%20plateau%20Lyon.jpg
http://bayarea.typepad.com/bayarea/DSC01213.JPGhttp://www.galwayoysterfest.com/images/large/galway_oyster_festival_2.jpg
http://www.hotelconcourse.com.hk/html/eng/images/photos/fresh%20oyster.jpghttp://www.milfordoysterfestival.org/images/2005%20Milford%20Oyster%20Festival%20072.jpg

Were they still alive and wriggling about?  ;D


Just wondering, do live Oysters even 'wriggle about?' Do they even move or swim? I know muscles swim by opening and shutting their shells, but not too sure bout Oysters.