Looks like I'm stuck with oysters tonight. September being one of the "r" months I splurged today.
Lucky you. I wouldn't mind being stuck with oysters. We can get them in Phnom Penh but I don't completely trust the transportation is always at the right temperature if they're local oysters coming from the coast and the ones coming from France are so expensive I've only had them for Christmas 2006.
Don't blame you hw,. That's the way I feel about the aforementioned delicacy. You should put NOLA on your list of destinations when you come to The USA. Although,the East Coast also has great oysters ,but very expensive.
Are these for the North American Any Port Christmas bash? What a guy! I have ordered the shrimp and crawfish, and the Meyer Lemons will be in season for the limoncello.
Even our favorite marisquería in Pátzcuaro doesn't refrigerate its shellfish before opening them. I won't eat them, but a friend has, with no ill effects. He did say that some oysters on the 1/2 shell he'd had recently were very strongly flavored.
Once, I watched as he ate a plate of Patas de Mulas shellfish, with their ribbed shells and black liquor. Smelled strong to me. Not necessarily spoiled, just strong.
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Mussels are the only seafood that I've been so sick from eating twice in my life, so sick I wanted to die.
I had a bad case of shellfish poisoning from an oyster cocktail that I slurped down in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, 1980. (Other factors were mplicated as well.)
The effects, which lingered over two weeks, were the stuff of legends.
Wait until you see the picture of the seafood Mr. T & I had last Monday night at a little seafood place right around the corner from the apartment. Wow!!!! You have to wait because I don't want to download any thing right now.
When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best... And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life. Monty Python's Life of Brian
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Re: Oysters, Clams , Oh My!!!!! « Reply #86 on Oct 7, 2009, 10:35am »
No wonder you ate there so often That would satisfy me every day for awhile as well. And those prices,wow,what a bargain. When I reflect on the price of scallops in NY,well,let's see, I believe they were $15.00USD per pound,some places more. Restaurant prices for same,forget iy,and you only got a small handful. Where do the clams come from hw? Did you have them steamed in broth or eat them raw? The photo appears they were steamed open.
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Re: Oysters, Clams , Oh My!!!!! « Reply #88 on Oct 7, 2009, 11:25am »
That's the one I was eyeballing. Lemongrass,what a wonderful flavor to season clams with although, so common where you are. I have lemongrass growing in my garden,but sadly no clams to steam with.