On Dec 15, 3:58*pm, merryb > wrote:
> On Dec 15, 10:00*am, Gary > wrote:
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> > Just looked at the grocery store ads for the week and my normal grocery
> > store is selling 16oz jars of shucked oysters for $11.99.
>
> > Yeah right....I don't think so. *Homey don't play that.
>
> > This is where living at the beach comes in handy. Oysters do sound good and
> > I haven't had any in a while. *Rather than grocery store, I'm going to drive
> > down to a nearby bay tomorrow (at low tide) and harvest about a dozen live
> > ones myself.
>
> > Commercial fishermen tong in the deep water beds, but the ones near shore
> > are available to anyone that's willing to go for them. *That's me! *:-D
>
> > I don't eat/swallow them raw. *That's a waste of good seafood, imo. *My
> > favorite way is to fry them whole in a tempura batter then add salty fries
> > and a good cole slaw on the side.
>
> > Gary
>
> Do you need to shuck them on the beach and leave the shells? We have
> to do that here, altho I won't eat them myself- they look too much
> like little aliens to me!

I have a theory about why oysters are considered an aphrodisiac. I
don't think they look liked little aliens, but they DO bear a striking
resemblance to a certain part of the human female anatomy! ;-)

John Kuthe...