On Dec 15, 2:09*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Dec 15, 3:58*pm, merryb > wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > > Yeah right....I don't think so. *Homey don't play that.
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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
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> > > 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.
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> > 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!
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> 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! ;-)
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> John Kuthe...

TMI!!! BTW, I was shopping at Cost Plus World Market with my son
earlier today. We went to the food dept, and the kid pointed out the
chocolate bar with bacon- LOL!! Did you see my thought on a maple
truffle garnished with bacon bits? I thought it was brilliant if you
gotta use bacon!