On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:12:09 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 12/29/2020 2:39 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:58:33 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
>>>>> Raw oysters
>>>>
>>>> I much prefer them cooked, since no one actually chews raw oysters. Give me
>>>> oyster stew or oyster poboys any day.
>>>
>>> For me: oyster stew and even better, battered and fried whole oysters. yum
>>
>> Can't you do that with mussels? Oysters are fine as they are. Any
>> tampering is a shame.
>
>Mussels are an inferior clam substitute, imo. They don't impress me.

I thought it was exactly the other way around. Which is why Europeans
are into mussels and Americans are into clams.

>As for oysters, if you eat plenty, it's fun to try the many different
>recipes for them. I've tried them many ways.
>
>Same with blue crabs here. People that rarely get live crabs, tend to
>eat them steamed in restaurants. They are good that way.
>
>Eat crabs often though and then you can experiment with the many other
>dishes and discover equally good eats.

Aren't crabs too expensive for you, since you're tighter than a nun's
body part?

>Old story: One crab season (May - early September) I had found a "honey
>hole" always full of crabs. With 3-4 lines out, baited with chicken, and
>using a crab net, I easily caught 4 dozen in less than an hour.
>
>I brought them home and steamed them. Then we picked them. Each day, we
>ate our fill of steamed crabs and saved the rest - frozen in 1/2 pound
>bags. With a brand new baby, we stayed home more that summer, so this
>was a good thing to do.
>
>As soon as we picked them all, I'd go and catch another 4 dozen (or
>more). On and on.
>
>Anyway, at end of season, we had eaten our fill all summer plus had 28
>pounds of crab meat in the freezer to last until the next spring. This
>is when we started trying the many crab recipes....crab cakes, crabbies,
>crab imperial and many others. All are so good.
>
>Moral of this story...
>You said, "Oysters are fine as they are. Any tampering is a shame."
>That's just not true. It's a very limited view.

If you want to put melted cheese or bacon on things, don't do it to
oysters. Do it to a piece of bread or something. There's nothing to
gain by tampering with perfection.