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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:26 AM Original message |
Oysters are becoming 'functionally extinct' |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Better start eating more of them before they're gone... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. maybe if a ban was put on not eating them, some would survive |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. See #4. Most oysters we eat come from oyster farms. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Actually, most of the oysters you eat come from oyster farming |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Snot on the half shell.... |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. +! unless it's finely chopped and in stew! Guess I'm no threat to the wild oysters! nt |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. try breaded fried ones....I miss the old Grange Hall suppers.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yah, I like fried oysters - in small amounts. One or two is perfect |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Phantom Power's Postulate: "You can eat anything, if it is deep-fried." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Oh Heck Yes! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. When I was a kid there were still skipjacks out on the Chesapeake |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Oyster farming is alive and well on the Bay. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, there are still farms, and the oysters are very good |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yup, along with the harness-makers. Old professions have been |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I remember the skipjacks - when the Bay was alive and well |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. It looks like the oil spill is going to |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I had not heard that. thanks for posting the info. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. that makes me sad. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You'll still be able to eat them. Odds are you haven't eaten |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. i get my fish from a CFS -- right off the coast of north carolina. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm glad they're yummy enough for people to care. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Reminds me of the story of the old Mainah who complained about the size of the clams |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. I grieve. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That's why I used the word "most." |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. oysters rockefeller |
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