In article >, Olivers
> wrote:

> Oysters, amazingly, last longer than you might estimate (asnd were very
> popular in the US Midwest/Southwest far from the sea.
>
Indeed. I buy them often from Cuan, in Strangford Lough in Ireland.
They supply all the supermarkets in the UK and most of the main
restaurants throughout the far east. The interesting thing is that they
are not refrigerated. They will keep for about ten days without
refrigeration, because they stay alive. If an oyster's alive, it's
okay. If it's dead, it ain't. (This is partly why I said something rude
to someone on this ng about stewed oysters. I know they're okay if
they're in the shell, and not otherwise.)

Lazarus

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