To think nobody really likes oysters?

[buddylicious]

(Lighthearted)

We were just watching a tv programme where somebody was eating oysters.

A friend who was here said "I don't believe anyone really likes oysters. They only eat them because they are pretentious".

I've tried them a few times and I'm not a great fan.

Was my friend right? 😜

@saoirse31

Oysters r delicious. You don't like them op, fine. Spoiler alert: everyone is not the same as you.

I'm sure my original post said it was lighthearted. You obviously don't understand that!

YABVU

@AdaColeman ive just googled that, it made me feel queasy just reading it! Why would anyone choose to eat that?!!!

They're great eaten raw if you want to catch Norovirus. A really high percentage contain that and other nasties carried in sewerage.

Your friend was spot on. Oysters are salty globs of snotty horror.

No wouldn't eat.

Anonymous48 you'd be upset if your DH wouldn't try someone he didn't think he'd like? That's sad, not the fact that pp wouldn't try it.

Something not someone obviously 😳

Someone 😂

@MRSAHILL

Didn't Micheal Winner get really ill from eating a bad oyster, which he never really recovered from and eventually led to his failing health and death? I remember reading an interview with him and the journalist asked if he had any advice for their readers and Mr Winner replied "Yes, never eat oysters".

Yes, I believe he ate a bad batch in the Carribbean & lost 5st. Died within a year?

I grew up in Whitstable. But my Mother believed the only part of a fish that was edible was its fingers so we never ate seafood.
So, the first one I ate was en gratin in Mexico!

I like them. They are fresh, super healthy & very delicately flavoured.
But they MUST be local and fresh imo.

That's such a shame. I would be upset if my husband wouldn't even try one, because sharing a dozen oysters with your loved one is such a lovely experience. Fair enough if you try one and don't like it, but to not even try? Very sad.

If I don't like the look, smell, texture and overall idea (eg swallowing whole) then I'm likely to not want to try something. My DH is quite able to enjoy oysters himself, while I eat something of my own choice. (I like lots of other seafood)

Both times been violently ill, not keen on finding out a third time.

What?! You can die from oysters? Well that has sealed my decision.

Once in Thailand the day before a flight home. Thank god for immodium.

Second at Fish restaurant in London Bridge. Complained and they said thanks for letting us know.

I love them 🦪

@angieloumc

Anonymous48 you'd be upset if your DH wouldn't try someone he didn't think he'd like? That's sad, not the fact that pp wouldn't try it.

Yes, I would, if the only reason he wouldn't try it was because "he thinks he wouldn't like it" (rather than a dietary or sensory issue for example).

@Fizbosshoes

That's such a shame. I would be upset if my husband wouldn't even try one, because sharing a dozen oysters with your loved one is such a lovely experience. Fair enough if you try one and don't like it, but to not even try? Very sad.

If I don't like the look, smell, texture and overall idea (eg swallowing whole) then I'm likely to not want to try something. My DH is quite able to enjoy oysters himself, while I eat something of my own choice. (I like lots of other seafood)

Well first of all, you don't swallow them whole. That would be a waste. I don't understand not wanting to eat something because you don't like the way something looks. You might be missing out on something wonderful! I can understand not liking the texture of something, but how do you know until you try it?

Fair enough if the smell is enough to turn you off. (Although I would argue that if the smell of oysters is more than a subtle scent of the ocean there's probably something wrong with that oyster. They don't have much of a smell.)

@MRSAHILL
@52andblue

I never knew this ...

On 1 January 2007, Winner acquired the bacterial infection Vibrio vulnificuss^ from eating an oyster in Barbados. He almost had a leg amputated, and verged on the brink of death several times. Before recovering, Winner was infected with the 'hospital superbug' MRSA.[41] In September 2011, he was admitted to hospital with food poisoning after eating steak tartare, a raw meat dish, four days in a row. The dish is not recommended for those with a weak immune system, and in retrospect Winner regarded his decision to eat it as 'stupid'