Yep. Was stationed in Jax, FL years ago. Used to go to Calico Jacks 3'4 times a week for them.

Love raw oysters! I prefer them from the Mediterranean, personally.

I have tried, but they are not for me. I will eat them if they are baked on the half shell. My grandfather would put a piece of bacon on them and bake them for me when he and everyone else ate them raw. That was when I was a kid and used to go visit him on Long Island; he was a fisherman. I rarely eat them today.

Oh heck yes. I am a big fan of Pacific Northwest oysters. Love it when I go to a place up there and they have an oyster menu with whatever varieties are fresh that day. Maybe just a drop of lemon juice but I like to taste the differences in each type of oyster.

I love them. Especially Japanese shooters. But the last 4 times I had them, I got violently ill. Each time I got sicker. I really don’t think they were bad, two batches were even fried. I just think I became allergic.

Pretty stupid to make yourself sick four times. I didn’t want to believe the oysters were to blame.

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Do you like raw oysters?

No.

Though, I should clarify I do like them, but only when out in their habitats.

The only good mollusc is a live mollusc.

Abso-Fricken-lutely no way.

I like them but can't help but worry about getting sick. I still eat them but not as often as I would like.

Just pure nasty

Yes, with hot sauce and freshly squeezed lemon.
They are also wonderful on the grill, stuffed, in fritters and chowdah.
When I lived on Cape Cod, got them directly from the water; Wellfleet, Cotuit and Dennis.
The last dozen raw ones I had, only eleven worked.

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Originally posted by Chris Anchor:
Here in Maryland you steam your crabs in Old Bay and eat your oysters raw with horseradish sauce. Plenty of beer. It's a party.
Chris

Count me in. (My wife's from Maryland and we spend a lot of time there)

No! Sign above the lunch counter in Earl Abel's (the original at Hildebrand & Broadway), in San Antonio...

"It was a brave man who ate the first oyster."

Give me oysters and beer
For dinner every day of the year
And I'll feel fine
I'll feel fine

Jimmy Buffet
Tin Cup Chalice

I have similar sentiments. Living near the Gulf coast, I've eaten them just about any way they can be eaten. Fortunately, I have never gotten sick. There's a place in Valparaiso, Florida called Doc's Oyster Bar that I can highly recommend to anyone who finds themselves near Eglin AFB and loves oysters. Raw, grilled, fried, Po Boy, you name it.

I don't eat boogers, so oysters are pretty much out. I've tried them raw, cooked, every way but open fire roasted (which I do intend to do with my sister sometime in Charleston), but have yet to actually enjoy them. The texture is pretty gross...

Love them. Can't wait for vacation to hit our favorite spot for oysters, Indian Pass Raw Bar. Oysters and an ice cold Yuengling.....YUM.

Never had one. Can't bring myself to try them.

We have an abundance of oyster here. A favorite for me is to buy a couple sacks, have a few friends over, beer on ice, some Jimmy Buffet on the Bluetooth speaker, and the grill going. We'd do one sack raw on the half shell on ice. The other sack we'd pop on the grill just until you see some water boiling out of the shells. We talk smack about our oyster shucking prowess, often half drunk.

I make a concoction of lemon, salt, and pepper that I find goes well with with oysters. I also do just Louisiana brand or Crystal hot sauce with some saltine crackers. I'm not a huge fan of horseradish but others are.

We have charbroiled oysters here so that's always a treat. I shy away from fried oysters myself since I don't like that bitterness when you bite into one.

Slurping on some big wet snot? Hell yeah!!!

Yes, but I'm still scared a little. My uncle spent a week in the hospital they say due to raw oysters.

As a matter of fact, we at at Cobalt in orange beach this last Thursday night before a concert.

My meal consisted of 6 raw, 4 Rockefeller, 4 garlic and butter, 4 Parmesan oysters. It came with fresh baked French bread, horseradish and a strong cocktail sauce.

I still eat the raw ones like I learned as a kid. Drag through cocktail, put it on a cracker. Add a bit more horseradish and eat. Fantastic!
But I was nervous eating a July oyster the next day.

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Originally posted by furlough:
Oh heck yes. I am a big fan of Pacific Northwest oysters. Love it when I go to a place up there and they have an oyster menu with whatever varieties are fresh that day. Maybe just a drop of lemon juice but I like to taste the differences in each type of oyster.

I tried most of the PNW varieties when I was in Seattle, didn't care for their earthy taste at all......Gotta to be East coast or gulf oysters for me......

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Originally posted by barndg00:
I don't eat boogers, so oysters are pretty much out. I've tried them raw, cooked, every way but open fire roasted (which I do intend to do with my sister sometime in Charleston), but have yet to actually enjoy them. The texture is pretty gross...

They are REALLY good fried!