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Default Oysters alive when you eat them?


"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> notbob wrote:
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>> On 2007-07-21, Zippy P > wrote:
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>>>Hi, just wondering if oysters are still alive when you eat them. Raw
>>>oysters I'm talking about.

>>
>>
>> Since it's not a good idea to eat raw oysters if they are dead, yeah,
>> they're pretty much alive. Of course, you have to remember that since
>> you just ripped them, body and soul, from their shell, their lifelong
>> home, in an agonizingly painful manner, they are most likely in their
>> death throes just as you are popping them into your mouth to crush out
>> the last remaining life they have on this Earth. Enjoy!
>>
>> nb

> I love raw oysters with a dab of hot sauce but hate the screams you hear
> when you crush them. YMMV
>

I thought the screams were the best part.



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