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Oyster Jokes and humour -

2007-11-22T20:58:22Z

We should share the celebration of Oysters in Humour:
For starters:

Music Hall:
"I heard oysters are an aphrodisiac - so I bought two dozen but three of them didn't work!"

Tongue twister:
A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!

POLITICALLY CORRECT WAY TO SAY SOMEONE IS STUPID:
The IQ of an Oyster

Simile:
"A man may as well open an oyster without a knife, as a lawyer's mouth without a fee."
Barton Holyday.

Morality Poem:
Lessons from an Oyster
By: Author Unknown

There once was an oyster
Whose story I tell,
Who found that some sand
Had got into his shell.

It was only a grain,
but it gave him great pain.
For oysters have feelings
Although they're so plain.

Now, did he berate
the harsh workings of fate
That had brought him
To such a deplorable state?

Did he curse at the government,
Cry for election,
And claim that the sea should
Have given him protection?

'No,' he said to himself
As he lay on a shell,
Since I cannot remove it,
I shall try to improve it.

Now the years have rolled around,
As the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate
Destiny stew.

And the small grain of sand
That had bothered him so
Was a beautiful pearl
All richly aglow.

Now the tale has a moral,
for isn't it grand
What an oyster can do
With a morsel of sand?

What couldn't we do
If we'd only begin
With some of the things
That get under our skin.

Do better? Of course you can!!! Post!
PS if you really want a good oyster try South Australian - from Coffin Bay!

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had the biggest oysters this weekend!

2007-08-14T03:08:23Z

at the olema roadhouse in pt. reyes. HUGE. like i had to divide them in two to be able to eat them! and TASTY - yum!

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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

2007-08-07T08:20:10Z

Who knew that New York City was once the oyster capital of the world, and that at one time it held half of the earth's supply, harvesting 700 million in 1880 alone? Or that oysters were not just a delicacy for aristocrats but also affordable, cheap even, sustenance for working folk.

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Oyster-History-Half-Shell/dp/0345476395/sr=8-2/qid=1169198479

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odd find, but really tasty...

2007-07-24T16:47:53Z

up in the north bay, the vallejo farmer's market on saturdays has a guy from Pt Reyes selling a huge variety of bolinas/reyes oysters. VERY tasty. and super cheap. you haveta shuck em yerself, but dang they're cheap. $7 a dozen for smalls and even though they're small the flavor and freshness can't be beat. we bbq some of em too. waaaay goood!

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Tasty oyster alert- Spenger's in Berkeley

2007-06-28T20:53:31Z

(crossposted from an email to PoolB)
I had some EXCELLENT oysters last night at Spenger's (4th street at University, right near the University overpass). I'd recommend going down there and trying them, while they still have some. They are called Effingham oysters, and they were MAGNIFICENT. Not too big, not too small, really really tasty, and either they were shucked really well and the foot was removed impeccably EVERY time, or they just are easy to get off the shell. Yum yum yum. They had a really juicy melt-in-your-mouth "why we love oysters" sort of taste.

<drool>

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Oysters in SF

2007-06-28T18:42:02Z

What are the favorite places for oysters in SF?

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Viagra oysters face stiff opposition

2007-06-04T00:57:56Z

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=270449

Marketing executive George May came up with the idea of feeding Viagra to oysters after he underwent surgery for prostate cancer.

A common side effect of prostate cancer surgery is impotence. Following the operation, his doctor prescribed a low dose of Viagra to assist with his recovery.

The 59-year-old from Brisbane Waters initially crushed the tablets and sprinkled them on his oysters, hoping the combination would somehow fast track his return to normality.

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Oysters and Beer - my favorite!

2007-05-04T21:41:48Z

This info by way of Timbo

May 19th in SF

www.oreillysoysterfestival.com/

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Tempura Recipies....

2007-03-13T16:19:48Z

Yaaay! succulent, savory, a myth in the stars shining through the churning milky depths, with roots deep in the primordial soup… Given that we only understand what we have experienced, the question becomes: "who” experienced, all else being inadequate.

Well-cleaned oysters deep fried in tempura (no store-bought mixes)

3/4 cup beer (do not use a dark beer!)
3/4 cup rice flour
dash salt and garlic

1. In a bowl whisk beer with the rice flour until very smooth. Let sit...
2. First dip oysters lightly in additional rice flour with salt and garlic (optional).
3. Let sit out at room temperature for 10 minutes while heating a good vegetable oil to 375 degrees
4. Dredge the oysters into the batter coating completely with batter, letting any excess drip off.
5. Deep-fry, turning once until golden (about 2 1/2 minutes).
6. Transfer to a piece of brown paper (a brown paper bag will do for this!). Serve immediately…

Fortune,
Jerome

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Wine or Beer?

2007-03-01T04:34:30Z

Oysters go better with wine or beer?

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Strangest first date conversation

2007-02-10T02:58:08Z

Unsettling oyster incident in response #7, then later posters keep bringing up oysters.

http://tribes.tribe.net/not-into-you/thread/91b9ee70-3f8e-48cb-bb56-3b767ea4844e

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Luka's Taproom & Lounge - Monday $1 Oysters

2006-09-28T23:37:12Z

i've been to Luka's for drinks and bar food... even had oysters there. they were fresh and good! but havent tried the monday thing there:

*** from their website: http://www.lukasoakland.com/events.htm
$1 Oysters Every Monday! Start your week off right, swing by Luka's for $1 Oysters and $1 of all draft beers.

Our address is 2221 Broadway, Oakland Calif, 94612. We reside in beautiful downtown Oakland, near 19th street BART and close to Lake Merritt. You will find us on the corner of Broadway & West Grand, with our convinient customer parking lot located behind Luka's.

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Oysters in Santa Cruz?

2006-06-20T15:06:02Z

Is there a good place to pick up oysters in Santa Cruz? I'd love to get a burlap bag of them to barbeque at the beach. I'm looking for both locations and techniques for barbequing a number of them.

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define gluttony...using an R

2006-06-04T01:48:51Z

ok so I'm sitting around outside on the patio with a cooler full of 4+1/2 dozen iced oysters and ok far too many beers for many many many hours...knife in hand and a palm full of well-broken in hot pads, with a new friend watchin' the afternoon sun go down...
>>> but hey it's a month without an R so I'm curious now what's up with that besides yeah more than 1/2 of my little oysters (3 different types even) are uh sporting dark reddish egg sacks (interesting side note> oysters sometimes change sex after spawning...in particular, young males often become egg-producing females)

so> still yummy and actually quite spectacular (except for that bad choice of lemon on the leetle miyagi ew gack) and my question is this: why the warnings about eating them in months with an R? I mean they're all farmed so it's not like I'm not allowing them to naturally reproduce. some friends said oh you'll get sick, but nope, no sick. others said ew that'll taste gross, but nope, no difference in flavor at all and btw you people are not invited next time either. others were sure that I'd sprout my own pelecypod pregnancy like that mythical swallowed watermelon seed but I haven't noticed that I've become an oyster farm, despite newfound maternal instinct for my new niece & nephew (go bro!)

so what gives? anyone?

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Pearl Oyster bar In Oakland Rockridge

2006-05-17T22:49:15Z

Has anyone had there Tuna Poke? Let me know what you think about the service and food. Thanks Guys! Halla

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Oyster Pix

2006-05-16T23:31:49Z

Great pictures from Patrick Roddy, the Web's best photographer.
http://www.webbery.com/galleries/food/oyster/index.html

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Poetry

2006-04-27T22:37:40Z

Oysters

Our shells clacked on the plates.
My tongue was a filling estuary,
My palate hung with starlight:
As I tasted the salty Pleiades
Orion dipped his foot into the water.

Alive and violated,
They lay on their bed of ice:
Bivalves: the split bulb
And philandering sigh of ocean
Millions of them ripped and shucked and scattered.

We had driven to that coast
Through flowers and limestone
And there we were, toasting friendship,
Laying down a perfect memory
In the cool of thatch and crockery.

Over the Alps, packed deep in hay and snow,
The Romans hauled their oysters south of Rome:
I saw damp panniers disgorge
The frond-lipped, brine-stung
Glut of privilege

And was angry that my trust could not repose
In the clear light, like poetry or freedom
Leaning in from sea. I ate the day
Deliberately, that its tang
Might quicken me all into verb, pure verb.

Seamus Heaney

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I love my farmer's market oyster guy!

2006-03-26T20:10:39Z

After I turned Rudy on to my secret BBQ-oyster sauce recipe & hooked him up with some killer bottled hot sauce that rocked his world...he turned me on to his granny's recipe that I have become unselfconsciously addicted to:

In a big plastic squeeze bottle, put in some white vinegar, some sugar, chopped fresh cilantro, minced fresh serrano chiles, a tad of salt and some fresh ground white pepper. Shake well and let steep for a bit, then squirt some onto your fresh raw oyster and slurp away! The cilantro tends to stay in the bottle and not go thru the squeezey tip, so you just get a blast of tangy flavor with no *chunks*

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Time to Eat!!

2006-02-10T13:30:53Z

Anyone interested in getting together for Happy Hour on Thursday, February 9?

Hyde Street Seafood House and Raw Bar
1509 Hyde St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 931-3474
Cross Street: Jackson Street

From 5pm to 7pm daily, in-the-know diners can get a dozen oysters for only $10. Draft beer, including Anchor Steam and Bass, is only $2 a pint.

I will post the event if I get feedback from 4 or more people. Let me know if you are interested and what time you can be there.

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Do-it-yourself oyster shucking & eating....

2006-02-07T21:28:16Z

So, the Tokyo Fish Market, in Berkeley on San Pablo x Gilman, has oysters. They have hog island, and some from Virginia that I wouldn't trust as much as Hog Island. They are around 85cents each (the Hog Island).

I've always wanted to get a ton of oysters, shuck them, and eat them up oink oink oink.

Is shucking really a pain in the ass? Anyone want to think about having a big pile o'oysters do-it-yourselfer party?

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Mystery of Kumamoto Oyster

2006-02-06T01:14:23Z

The Kumamoto oyster, unknown in Japan, is alive and well in far-off America.
While investigating the link between this oyster no one knows about in Japan and America, I discovered the person responsible for the export of oyster seeds.
A ten-minute walk from Kumamoto station, there lives Mr. Fusao Ota (age 81) who is continuing his research to this day.

America is the world's top producer and consumer of oysters. The first Americans were able to expand their territory through the strength they got from eating oysters and wild corn, and accordingly, the oyster became highly regarded.

After the war, more than anything else, Americans wanted oyster seeds. In October 1945, the GHQ, headed by General MacArthur, requested that the Japanese government export 80,000 boxes of oyster seeds. However, there were insufficient supplies of the Miyagi Prefecture oysters and Hiroshima did not have the manpower after the atomic bombing, so oyster seeds from Kumamoto were chosen.

The majority of Kumamoto oysters had always been sent to Kagoshima, and therefore, even within Japan, not much was known about them. Obviously, they had not been exported before.

　The Kumamoto oyster seeds were planted in Washington's Puget Sound. The result of the test shipment yielded an Olympia oyster-like variety in eight months. After the first and second years, it was evaluated that these oysters were characteristically small. The oyster body was small, round and completely white. With it's excellent aroma, the oyster soon replaced the Olympia oyster as the most suitable for cocktails, and the seed farmers and researchers were attracting attention.

Around 1951, the Kumamoto oyster rose into the top three ranking of Pacific oysters on the Chicago exchange, and was given the name "Western Gem."
However, America could not depend on Japan forever for its oyster seeds. The US succeeded at developing its own large-scale domestic production methods from plankton. In the later half of 1960, the US reached full domestic production, and the oyster became commonly referred to as the "Kumamoto oyster."

"Such advantageous luck in terms of both geography and humanity." "Researchers must be modest. The fishermen are most knowledgeable. When researching oysters, you become an oyster. It's wrong to think that humans are superior to oysters." "As someone who has lived through war, I want to be able to do something for peace." In the difficulties after the war, Mr. Ota devoted his time to the Kumamoto oyster, and still loves them. The Kumamoto oyster, unknown in Japan with its beautiful shape and flavor, surprises Japanese travelers to the United States.

http://kumamoto.e-machi.ne.jp/sh/kaki/e_2.html

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oysters unite!

2006-01-26T05:50:48Z

<lol>

pass me dat oyster platter there please.........yeah only 3 of us in here....

ummmm.....we need to have more oysters-champagne-brunch buffet!

hee hee

....just a random holla ;)

Pool B, thanks for the invitation....

next oyster.

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Happy Hour

2006-01-17T22:13:29Z

Anybody seen or heard about this?

MECCA :
everyday from 5 to 7 except for Mondays (closed)

Unlimited Oysters for a buck ( usually they have about five to seven different varieties every night ) and half price cocktails.

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How do you like the best to prepare oysters?

2005-12-24T00:20:08Z

Raw?, Barbqued?, Oven baked?

I steam them for a few minutes till they are a bit firm, but still soft and succulent. The shell usually pops open...which makes shucking easier. Then I eat them with lime and tobasco! Mmm. How do you serve them?
It would be fun to try some other recipes.

Has anyone heard of the Southport Raw Bar?
It was a fun place to go when I lived in Florida, and their logo was semi-famous.
Check it out:
http://www.southportrawbar.com/

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Are Oysters seasonal?

2005-12-11T00:26:56Z

I don't know much about Oysters as to when is the best time of the year to eat them. Are they seasonal? I know crabs are only caught during certain times of the year but not sure with Oysters since now they come from farms. Educate me, please.

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oyster spots?

2005-12-03T01:07:53Z

Name your oyster places?

I went to one on Hyde street. It was pretty good. $1 dollar an oyster and $3 dollar beers. Sorry I forgot the name of that place.

I know there's one on Polk street but I keep missing it.

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