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Default Oysters alive when you eat them?

Zippy P wrote:
>
> > 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!

>
> thas some sick shit man. I don't want to eat alive things that's just
> wrong. biting down into their assorted glands and shit. No more oysters
> for me!



Lots of people get a bit of a lift from eating raw oysters. I find them to
be like a tonic that gives and instant invigoration. BTW.... don't chew.
Just sprinkle a little lemon juice and/or Tabasco and slip it down your
gullet.