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Sue

Sue

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Agree with Foxy.


They're vile. I can't understand what anybody sees in them. I'd rather have a tablespoon of Cod Liver Oil or a mouthful of sea water.


I've tried several times in the hope of growing to like them, most recently at Whitstable, but am never intending to try again :))


ETA: Is that grammatical?

Sue

Sue

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bivalve

ˈbʌɪvalv/

noun

noun: bivalve; plural noun: bivalves


1.

an aquatic mollusc which has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell, such as oysters, mussels, and scallops.


adjective

adjective: bivalve; adjective: bivalved


1.

(of a mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate) having a hinged double shell.

2.

Botany

having two valves.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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Oysters used to be food for the poor.... They were Cheap.. You could hardly give them away..


The 'Better Off' would not touch them with a barge pole..


Now Coffin Bay King Oysters (Australia) cost $100 each.. They are now the food of the rich..


Some people will eat anything as long as it is expensive enough to make them feel exclusive.


DulwichFox.

BrandNewGuy

BrandNewGuy

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Oysters used to be food for the poor.... They were

> Cheap.. You could hardly give them away..

>

> The 'Better Off' would not touch them with a

> barge pole..

>

> Now Coffin Bay King Oysters (Australia) cost

> $100 each.. They are now the food of the rich..

>

>

> Some people will eat anything as long as it is

> expensive enough to make them feel exclusive.

>

> DulwichFox.


West Mersea, the Company Shed. Nine quid for a dozen native oysters. And they're fresher than anything you'll find in London. With the advantage that you don't need to be rich to buy them ;-)

Seabag

Seabag

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BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Oysters used to be food for the poor.... They

> were

> > Cheap.. You could hardly give them away..

> >

> > The 'Better Off' would not touch them with a

> > barge pole..

> >

> > Now Coffin Bay King Oysters (Australia) cost

> > $100 each.. They are now the food of the rich..

>

> >

> >

> > Some people will eat anything as long as it

> is

> > expensive enough to make them feel exclusive.

> >

> > DulwichFox.

>

> West Mersea, the Company Shed. Nine quid for a

> dozen native oysters. And they're fresher than

> anything you'll find in London. With the advantage

> that you don't need to be rich to buy them ;-)


And why let the facts get in the way


French oysters (little brown natives from Brittany) about 40 p each from Wing Yip when I was there a while back

Louisa

Louisa

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Jez exactly! It's an imagined branding exercise in which people want to believe that certain food types are more exclusive than others (whether they are in fact or not!). I've seen people buy branded products in supermarkets for much the same reason, despite their dubious claim to being any different to equally non-branded similar products.


Louisa.

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