In article >, Dave Smith
> wrote:


> I have not had raw oyster in ages but I like them. Splash a little lemon
> and some hot sauce and pour them down your throat. They are like a tonic.

When I first encountered raw oysters at Fisherman's Wharf at the age of
twelve, my cool cousin swallowed one and smirked when I wouldn't
follow.
Since then, I've developed a taste for raw oysters. You chew and savor
them. You don't swallow them like a pill. I may have misunderstood what
you wrote.

leo