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It is definitely a goby with eggs. A proper kitchen knocks each oyster and listens to the thud that let's you know the oyster is alive and sealed in the shell. This one would have sounded hollow and likely would have broken open with the slightest tap. Agree with the comment below that this likely would've been caught in a nicer restaurant. The occurrence of animals nesting in a partially open oyster shell is incredibly high, hence the reason the watermen put so much time into being "hands-on" with the bivalves to do quality control.It's not clear whether the oyster was served or whether the surprise was found by the person processing the oysters in the kitchen.
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This ranks up with one of the grossest food-related things I've ever seen. I would have fallen into a dead faint if I would have opened that in a restaurant. SHIVERS.
ReplyDeleteEven if it was found by an employee before it went out, proper kitchens should not allow their cooks to wear nail polish.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the imgur link at reddit, the oyster was opened by a friend at Hooters, so I guess that means a customer opened it, ie it was served to a customer. It also explains the nail polish.
DeleteI saw that comment, but it's equally possible that her friend was working preparing the oysters in the back room. That would explain why her nail polish is such a crap job rather than nicely done by a person going out to dinner.
DeleteI'd probably just eat it, so long as it had been boiled long enough. I'll eat just about anything. I've eaten raw jellyfish, raw horse's heart, chicken & pigeon's brain, rat (cooked), huntsman legs, green ants (can't remember the name but they had a very sweet abdomen)... I could go on
ReplyDeleteI I grew up catching, cleaning, and eating fish. Finding this would not strike me as gross, though I wouldn't be particularly happy about it. t is interesting what people find "gross". When I have had oysters, I have had to overcome a bit of the gross factor to enjoy them. I cannot chew them at all, I have to swallow them whole. So for me, the fish is initially less repulsive than the oyster itself would be. :)
ReplyDeleteI never got the appeal of the oyster, raw or clams raw, gross and so what IS the point if you swallow whole, seems like then you are not tasting them so why bother?
DeleteCharge 10 times as much and people will gobble em' down.
ReplyDeleteWhat restaurant lets you shuck your own raw oysters? Do they give you the nice glove so you don't stab yourself?
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful sight, how can you not love how mother nature takes advantage of every opportunity! How resourceful! How resilient!
ReplyDeleteI was raised on the Gulf Coast and love oysters, but as with shrimp and lobster raw oysters are mostly just an excuse to eat good cocktail sauce. The same can be said for grits which is just an excuse to eat warm salt, pepper and butter.
ReplyDeleteShrimp tastes good the rest I agree with, butter or sauce, or swallowed whole? what is the point of this?
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