brooklyn1 > wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:38:45 +0000 (UTC),
>>You want an oyster, buy one that has been living in its
>>native coastal environment, not in a tank. Generally
>>in my experience you want a Pacific Northwest oyster,
>>the further north the better, the closer to the source
>>the better, and you want it between November and March.
>>Oysters from California or the gulf can be okay but are
>>not as good, and it goes downhill from there.
>All west coast oysters are native to Japan.
Almost all; the exception is Olympia oysters.
>The best oysters are from
>the North Atlantic. There are plenty of same day harvested oysters
>available from Lung Guyland fish mongers.
I've had reasonably good north Atlantic oysters. I will not
rule out the possibility that the best examples of these
might be as good as the best oysters from B.C., or even better,
but I haven't personally had Atlantic oysters that good.
Steve