I didn't get it from oysters. I was working at a tropical fish importer and got some infected tank water in my mouth. I still eat oysters where they're fresh. 

Well who would say they only eat rotten oysters? 

2 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

The best raw oysters I ever ate were in New Orleans.  I quite eating them when I turned 60.  Oysters feed by filtering water and harmful germs can concentrate in their tissues. When someone eats raw or undercooked oysters, germs that might be in the oyster can cause illness. CDC estimates that about 80,000 people get vibriosis—and 100 people die from it—in the United States every year.  I have enough things to worry about.  

My brother has a friend in New Orleans that owns a restaurant. Every Christmas Eve he ships us an oyster care package to celebrate Feast of the Seven Fishes.

 

As far as being filter feeders, Same reason it is not recommended to eat fish over a certain size out of the Great Lakes. Zebra mussels filter the contaminants from the water. The goby's main forage is zebra mussels. Bass, walleye, and salmonoids eat the gobies, people eat the bass, walleye, and salmonoids. 

That which does not kill me makes me stronger

 

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well who would say they only eat rotten oysters? 

Fresh means within 5 miles of the ocean. You aren't getting fresh in Kansas. 

4 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Fresh means within 5 miles of the ocean. You aren't getting fresh in Kansas. 

You know what's funny, we went walleye fishing on Erie in May. We ate lunch one day at a restaurant on the beach in Port Clinton. I didn't get walleye but my cousin and my son both did. Both of them said the walleye we caught and cooked tasted better than the walleye they ordered at the restaurant.  

55 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Fresh means within 5 miles of the ocean. You aren't getting fresh in Kansas. 

Haha! Kansas is a far piece……..

 

theres a local restaurant/seafood supplier here where the owner drives to the gulf twice a week. He may have even bought a plane when business took off 

49 minutes ago, slonezp said:

You know what's funny, we went walleye fishing on Erie in May. We ate lunch one day at a restaurant on the beach in Port Clinton. I didn't get walleye but my cousin and my son both did. Both of them said the walleye we caught and cooked tasted better than the walleye they ordered at the restaurant.  

In Frankfort michigan they sold fillets on ice for about $17/lb (walleye and perch, maybe even whitefish). The walleye frozen in the grocery store said product of Canada and they were massive, tasted pretty great but nothing beats caught then cooked. There’s a restaurant on the Sandusky river in Fremont, OH that sells perch and walleye that are fantastic 

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Haha! Kansas is a far piece……..

 

theres a local restaurant/seafood supplier here where the owner drives to the gulf twice a week. He may have even bought a plane when business took off 

In Frankfort michigan they sold fillets on ice for about $17/lb (walleye and perch, maybe even whitefish). The walleye frozen in the grocery store said product of Canada and they were massive, tasted pretty great but nothing beats caught then cooked. There’s a restaurant on the Sandusky river in Fremont, OH that sells perch and walleye that are fantastic 

The walleye at the beach front restaurant was sold as fresh. Fresh is negligible. I freeze all my fillets in water. Takes up a lot of room in the freezer but no risk of freezer burn and the fish tases just as good as the day it was caught. 

1 minute ago, slonezp said:

Fresh is negligible. 

I agree. My wife gets so excited reading a menu that lists fresh ingredients. I’m like “honey they’re not going to say they used old soured and expired ingredients”

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The walleye frozen in the grocery store said product of Canada

That’s a seasonal product here too in various supermarkets. It’s farm raised in Canada. I saw it last weekend on sale for $11/pound.

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

That’s a seasonal product here too in various supermarkets. It’s farm raised in Canada. I saw it last weekend on sale for $11/pound.

McCormick and Schmick's restaurant in Edina (last time I ate at their place it was in downtown MPLS)

 

They get twice daily air-shipments from all three coasts (Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific) and once daily air-shipments from Hawaii.

 

It's expensive - but the best seafood I've had since I left Massachusettes/Rhode Island.

Been eating Gulf Coast oysters all my life... Really enjoy them with crackers, cocktail sauce, and some lemon... 

Now, with that being said, had a buddy fly in some oysters recently from the eastern coast of Virginia and I will never look at Gulf Coast oysters the same.  First time I actually truly enjoyed a raw oyster without covering it of to mask the taste... Life changed.

 

I've eaten one raw oyster in my life...swallowed it three times.