And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, February 16, 2025
When you go to the coast, it is tradition to feast on oysters
It had to be a pretty brave man or a complete idiot to look at an oyster and say I'm going to eat that thing that looks like snot. Cooked, OK! raw, No freaking way.
Born 500 miles from the nearest ocean, forced to eat nasty fish sticks and salmon patties, no thanks. Family raised beef and I like meat. Who was so hungry they thought a snotty thing inside a shell was tasty?
Oh Yeah, baby! Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA. Freshest, greatest variety of shellfish in the Great PNW! Ya just have to ignore or ridicule the commietards, cuz, well, you know, Seattle.....
Ok- was horrified by raw oys for decades. Then went to a place near me known for good, fresh oysters (RI & CT), tried them, and it changed me. Magical. I’ve since enjoyed cold (COLD) water oys, small (young) west coast/east coast/Normandy. Stay small/fresh/cold water& you’ll be converted, as I was. You’re missing out on a sublime, heathy food. The giant (palm of your hand size) favored in some areas of Europe are inedible IMO. If you need a knife, you need a different oy, or not at all FWIW MTC.
Here's how much I love seafood. Lived in Maryland, land of the blue crab, for nine years. Never had even one. And I don't feel as though I missed anything...
Enjoy a double portion, you can have mine.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people, it seems, are easily cowed by peer pressure into doing the most retarded of things, and pay big money for the opportunity to do so.
DeleteClose to $100 there. Where's the Texas Pete or Tabasco? White wine - yuk.
ReplyDeleteI will just sit back and watch you enjoy the wine and the (ugh!) seafood.
ReplyDeleteCold ball of phlegm. I'll pass.
ReplyDeleteI was gonna say snot. Also pass and I have tried them on a couple of occasions.
DeleteNemo
I'll have mine cooked, Rockefeller, thank you. Or deep fried, if the chef knows what he's doing.
ReplyDeleteIt had to be a pretty brave man or a complete idiot to look at an oyster and say I'm going to eat that thing that looks like snot. Cooked, OK! raw, No freaking way.
ReplyDeleteI don't eat raw oysters anymore especially from a restaurant. Been poisoned one to many times.
ReplyDeletePapa Joe’s Oysters, Apalachicola, Fl. Best Eastpoint oysters in the state. Steamed Parm oysters and cold beer and I’m a happy girl!
ReplyDeleteAgree! Best oysters in the country are in the panhandle. Shame Georgia takes nearly all water in the rivers that feed the brakish area
DeleteFried is my preference with FF, hush puppies and coleslaw - maybe a side of beans. On the shell is OK but more wasted potential than anything else.
ReplyDeleteBorn 500 miles from the nearest ocean, forced to eat nasty fish sticks and salmon patties, no thanks. Family raised beef and I like meat. Who was so hungry they thought a snotty thing inside a shell was tasty?
ReplyDeleteOh Yeah, baby! Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA. Freshest, greatest variety of shellfish in the Great PNW! Ya just have to ignore or ridicule the commietards, cuz, well, you know, Seattle.....
ReplyDeleteIt was a brave person who first ate an oyster.
ReplyDeleteOk- was horrified by raw oys for decades. Then went to a place near me known for good, fresh oysters (RI & CT), tried them, and it changed me. Magical. I’ve since enjoyed cold (COLD) water oys, small (young) west coast/east coast/Normandy. Stay small/fresh/cold water& you’ll be converted, as I was. You’re missing out on a sublime, heathy food. The giant (palm of your hand size) favored in some areas of Europe are inedible IMO. If you need a knife, you need a different oy, or not at all FWIW MTC.
ReplyDeleteHere's how much I love seafood. Lived in Maryland, land of the blue crab, for nine years. Never had even one. And I don't feel as though I missed anything...
ReplyDeleteIn the 80s, Bunky's Raw Bar was the place to go on Florida's east coast.
ReplyDeleteI see you are in Melbourne. And you're right.
DeleteI don’t mind little neck quohag clams, I paid my way thru college digging them but oysters are just too slimy.
ReplyDeleteThat's true only if you are a walrus or a carpenter.
ReplyDeleteHard pass for me.
Find me a nice lobster, and we can talk.