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Oysters, Sushi and Sashimi
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Atreyu on February 16, 2008, 05:47:46 pm ---Raw oysters are good Amanda. I'm not a big fan of chewing them though. I put some hot sauce on them and let them slide down my throat. :)
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I think chewing them is against the rules. Sliding is the operative word and preferred technique... ;)
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on February 16, 2008, 06:19:45 pm ---I've never had a raw clam one way or another. But oysters and sushi ... well, I've eaten them sauceless, but to me that's kind of like eating popcorn without salt or a baked potato without butter and/or sour cream.
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Yes. Exactly...
All this clam talk has made me think of FRIED CLAMS and I am reminded that someday summer will be here and it will be fried clam season. Here in New England there are huge debates about fried clams in batter vs. crumbs. I am a crumb girl, 100%. With homemade tartar sauce. Lots and lots of it. Now there is a situation where I won't eat the food without the sauce. I also think it is easier to get a "bad" fried clam than it is a raw one (or oyster). If they haven't been cleaned properly they can be all gritty and sandy. Yuck. I am very picky about where I will eat fried clams and really only have 2 places here in Maine that I trust.
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southendmd:
OK, raw oysters are NOT vehicles for sauce. Sacrilege in my book.
I think all that tabasco, horseradish etc. nonsense was to "hide" the taste of poorly refrigerated oysters in the old days. "Months with Rs" is also a throwback to the days before good refrigeration. Up here in Cape Cod, summer oysters are just fine. They actually taste better in the winter, though.
I had several TONIGHT, Wellfleets at their best, sweet, a little briney, and all I use is one little drop of lemon juice. None of that sauce nonsense. I want to taste the poor little mollusk that gave its life!
Plus, with the right tool and a little experience, it's real easy to open an oyster.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Atreyu on February 16, 2008, 05:47:46 pm ---Raw oysters are good Amanda. I'm not a big fan of chewing them though. I put some hot sauce on them and let them slide down my throat.
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A great many people do this. Another piece of evidence that people don't actually like the taste. I swallow pills so I don't have to taste them.
Since some people on this board may be immuno-suppressed for whatever reason, just a reminder of why they put warnings on the bottom of seafood restaurant menus that warn against raw seafood and shellfish:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3663.htm
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 16, 2008, 11:28:08 pm ---A great many people do this. Another piece of evidence that people don't actually like the taste. I swallow pills so I don't have to taste them.
Since some people on this board may be immuno-suppressed for whatever reason, just a reminder of why they put warnings on the bottom of seafood restaurant menus that warn against raw seafood and shellfish:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3663.htm
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I remember watching my parents eating raw oysters when I was a kid. My maternal grandfather (is that the right way to say it? My mom's dad) was from Louisiana and I have many relatives down there. We'd travel to the New Orleans area a couple of times each year when I was a child. And all that time, I never thought to equate raw oysters with sushi! I guess it is, sort of. Oysters are a water animal, but they really aren't fish. They are a shell animal. But if they serve them in sushi restaurants, I guess maybe they are.
Del, I think it would very difficult to chew a raw oyster. I've never tried to do it, but they are very slippery and squishy. It would be like trying to chew a semi firm egg yolk. Or something like that. Maybe I'm wrong, but I've never tried to do it. Around the teeth and past the gums, look out stomach here it comes! :D
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