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is it just me that feels this way?

The way they look and smell, all jelly like for the most part, slimy to touch and my God! the smell after a couple of days would give you the dry Boak!

If you saw some of these 'expensive delicacies' walking down the street or scuttling away as you moved an old carpet in the garage you would soil yourself:eek:

And as to sitting near someone in a restaurant as they butcher a lobster is like watching the Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Reservoir Dogs:eek:

..but charge a fortune and let Hercule Le pomdefruit prepare it for you and it's a delicacy for the discerning palet :rofl:


and as for Oysters........I can only imagine its like swallowing whatever you coughed up during a very heavy cold:eek:
aphrodiasiac my aunt fanny!



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I'm right there with you fella especially the shellfish types..insects of the sea.

CMAC said:
is it just me that feels this way?

The way they look and smell, all jelly like for the most part, slimy to touch and my God! the smell after a couple of days would give you the dry Boak!

If you saw some of these 'expensive delicacies' walking down the street or scuttling away as you moved an old carpet in the garage you would soil yourself:eek:

And as to sitting near someone in a restaurant as they butcher a lobster is like watching the Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Reservoir Dogs:eek:

..but charge a fortune and let Hercule Le pomdefruit prepare it for you and it's a delicacy for the discerning palet :rofl:


and as for Oysters........I can only imagine its like swallowing whatever you coughed up during a very heavy cold:eek:
aphrodiasiac my aunt fanny!



:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rofl:

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I disagree 100%. You are missing out on some of the best gastronomic experiences on the planet.

Nothing nicer than a huge cold shellfish platter at a decent Parisian brasserie. La Coupole is one of my favourites. Also love it at Brasserie Mollard. Fantastic places. Really worth the trip and the cost.

http://www.lacoupole-paris.com/en/

http://www.mollard.fr/

Oysters there are expensive but amazing, especially the Gillardeau variety. Lovely when washed down with a nice Sancerre.
 
Snelly said:
I disagree 100%. You are missing out on some of the best gastronomic experiences on the planet.

Nothing nicer than a huge cold shellfish platter at a decent Parisian brasserie. La Coupole is one of my favourites. Also love it at Brasserie Mollard. Fantastic places. Really worth the trip and the cost.

http://www.lacoupole-paris.com/en/

http://www.mollard.fr/

Oysters there are expensive but amazing, especially the Gillardeau variety. Lovely when washed down with a nice Sancerre.
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Totally agree with you even down to the wine selection.
 
Seafood is fabulous!

Snelly and I can finally agree on a French Wine choice! :thup:

Though medium rare Halibut with Cloudy Bay SB after Tuna Carpaccio at the bar of Fishers in the City was/is hard to beat!
 
Foxholer said:
Seafood is fabulous!

Snelly and I can finally agree on a French Wine choice! :thup:

Though medium rare Halibut with Cloudy Bay SB after Tuna Carpaccio at the bar of Fishers in the City was/is hard to beat!
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I really like the chalkiness of a nice Gavi with seafood.

Atlantic Halibut is delicious but I don't eat it any more on principle as they are endangered due to overfishing. Such a shame. The main issue being that they are taken young when if left alone for a few years, they can grow to huge proportions (100lb is the record I believe). You can still get Halibut from a sustainable source, i.e. not caught in the Atlantic.


Fishers is great. I have been there many times.

Also, at least once every 2 months, I meet a couple of mates on a Sunday morning and go to Englishs in Brighton. They have a wonderful Victorian marble Oyster Bar and we take the Sunday Papers, buy a load of oysters and have them with a cheap and cheerful (ish!) bottle of champagne or two. Read the papers, put the world to rights, glass of fizz and delicious shellfish. A cracking start to a Sunday.
 
Seafood stinks - I can't imagine why anyone would want to eat something that smells so bad! (yes I've tried, a few times due to HID's persistence, but it all tastes like it smells to me!)
 
I'm inclined to agree and will only eat fish without skin, eyes, bones and that doesn't taste too fishy. I like prawns but not with all their clothes on still.

BUT - I am compiling a list of "must do's" for a big birthday next year...sadly it's not "21 things to do at 21" :( So on my list is to eat an oyster which I imagine is disgusting but if I've never tried. So - cooked or raw (is there a choice??)...then chew or swallow?? :eek:
 
CMAC said:
is it just me that feels this way?

The way they look and smell, all jelly like for the most part, slimy to touch and my God! the smell after a couple of days would give you the dry Boak!

If you saw some of these 'expensive delicacies' walking down the street or scuttling away as you moved an old carpet in the garage you would soil yourself:eek:

And as to sitting near someone in a restaurant as they butcher a lobster is like watching the Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Reservoir Dogs:eek:

..but charge a fortune and let Hercule Le pomdefruit prepare it for you and it's a delicacy for the discerning palet :rofl:


and as for Oysters........I can only imagine its like swallowing whatever you coughed up during a very heavy cold:eek:
aphrodiasiac my aunt fanny!



:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rofl:

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V good!! But alas you are clearly but a pie n mash man!!:p If sea food stinks I would suggest you dont eat it and the same goes with any fish!! It should smell only slightly if at all and then more like the sea than anything else! Sea food is beautiful food if cooked well and served with a crisp white Sauvignon. I have to agree it came to me late in life and Im still not good with bones and bits and bobs but wow once your hooked your hooked for life!! ;) Seafood pie for tea tonight!!! :thup:
 
AmandaJR said:
I'm inclined to agree and will only eat fish without skin, eyes, bones and that doesn't taste too fishy. I like prawns but not with all their clothes on still.

BUT - I am compiling a list of "must do's" for a big birthday next year...sadly it's not "21 things to do at 21" :( So on my list is to eat an oyster which I imagine is disgusting but if I've never tried. So - cooked or raw (is there a choice??)...then chew or swallow?? :eek:
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:o Do what you mum would have done!!! Oysters have to be raw with a drizzle of lemon black pepper and even some tobasco!! :thup:
 
Fresh sea food does not smell.
Fresh oysters yum. Must be chewed. Just to swallow them at their price is unforgivable.
Whole sea bass is fantastic
Crab. A taste to die for (avoid the fingers or you might die! )
Lobster. ok but inferior to crab.
I could go on but I'm getting hungrier by the minute.
 
Seafoods awesome, I'd happily eat only shellfish and fish for every meal of it wasn't all so expensive

Oysters are nice but I can see why people woulda like them

I love mussels and French fries, just a great meal right there
 
Seafood is my absolute favourite food choice and I concur with what Snelly has said, except that when it comes to a beverage choice with Oysters it has to be a good cold Guinness. Having a meal in the Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station remains one of my all time most memorable experiences.
 
AmandaJR said:
I'm inclined to agree and will only eat fish without skin, eyes, bones and that doesn't taste too fishy. I like prawns but not with all their clothes on still.

BUT - I am compiling a list of "must do's" for a big birthday next year...sadly it's not "21 things to do at 21" :( So on my list is to eat an oyster which I imagine is disgusting but if I've never tried. So - cooked or raw (is there a choice??)...then chew or swallow?? :eek:
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Oysters Kilpatrick (my Dad's favourite)

Oysters Rockefeller - sort of seafood equivalent of Eggs Benedict (Oysters replacing the Ham)

Both together here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/oysters_kilpatrick_and_96431

And, of course, Filet Mignon w Oysters! Not for me though - I'd sooner have them separate!
 
Snelly said:
Nothing nicer than a huge cold shellfish platter at a decent Parisian brasserie. La Coupole is one of my favourites. Also love it at Brasserie Mollard. Fantastic places. Really worth the trip and the cost.

Oysters there are expensive but amazing, especially the Gillardeau variety. Lovely when washed down with a nice Sancerre.
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Translated for the working class that means
Fillet o' fish and a chocolate shake at MikkyD's on the Brighton road
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