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Little Malice[_4_]

One time on Usenet, AtM said:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
> >
> (snip)
> >
> > I am going to do this with raw oysters some day...but as I said
> > before, give me plenty of wine before I do....
> >
> > Christine
>
> For the longest time, I never ate oysters, raw or otherwise, because of
> their rather intimidating appearance. Then I learned raw oysters are
> rather darn good <G>, except I prefer the smaller oysters instead of the
> larger ones. A wee bit of fresh lemon juice is good too, along with
> some optional (homemade) cocktail sauce. Heh, I think I did have a
> glass of two of wine before I gathered up the courage to try the first
> raw oyster, and WOW! I wanted a few more dozen after that initial taste
> I especially like steamed (on the half-shell) fresh oysters when
> dipped in drawn butter. But, I still won't eat fried oysters.

I'm the opposite -- I hate raw oysters and love them pan fried in
butter, yum...

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Jani in WA