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8. I had raw oysters at home last night. I love them, and buy them often.

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Sun Dec 22, 2024, 08:08 AM

Dec 22

They are one of the great pleasures of living in Maine. My mother into her 90s would happily scarf a half dozen or more. It was her sovereign remedy for any disappointment, brightening any dull day.

In more than 40 years of eating oysters, they made me sick - very sick - twice, both times from very fancy restaurants, the second time on the west coast of Scotland.

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Oysters Sicken at Least 80 at Restaurant Event in Los Angeles, Officials Say [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 OP

Why I never eat them raw. RandySF Dec 22 #1

We eat them raw, during the winter months from New England waters. We probably shouldn't. dem4decades Dec 22 #2

here: Brainstormy Dec 22 #4

Thanks dem4decades Dec 22 #6

man, there's no sick like Brainstormy Dec 22 #3

Especially paying $350 for it, that would make me doubly sick. dem4decades Dec 22 #7

Remember the old adage: Fried oysters yum, Raw oysters yuck! wolfie001 Dec 22 #5

I had raw oysters at home last night. I love them, and buy them often. Easterncedar Dec 22 #8

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