How to Tell if an Oyster is BAD #chesapeakebay #oysters #seafood

[JohnBuckmaster-swwm]

Did not know the squeeze test… Great tip. Thanks.

[billybonez]

Excellent. I just bought a shucking knife. As I go along I might spring for a Toadfish Shucker. Thank you. 😁

[UltraMagaFan]

We only buy local oyster clusters that are harvested in South Carolina. The ones we buy normally come from Beaufort or Hilton Head. Occasionally Bulls Bay or Charleston. It depends on where the seafood market gets them that day.

From my personal experience they taste far better than anything else offered in my area. We’ve compared them to singles from Virginia and they were in a whole other league. They are also pretty much guaranteed to be fresh since they are harvested the same day or the day before you buy them.

[oregonpatriot]

Bought a dozen yesterday.
Brought 'em home, shucked 'em, splashed a bit of lemon juice and hot sauce on 'em, and chewed 'em up REAL GOOD!
Love them north Pacific oysters! (Probably more than I should)

[danielb]

Fresh ones smell almost fruity, almost like a scent between fruit and coconut water somewhere. if there’s no liquor inside when you’re shucking, it’s probably bad too.

[padlabaz]

Love your videos! This one was. Exactly what I was looking for today.

Would you still eat the older ones with a little squeeze?

[JamesJones-cxpk]

If you ever get to New Orleans, stop at the Acme Oyster House on Iberville, right of Bourbon St.

[jonniemartin]

I lovem, thanks for bringing something new to the table.

[joedivision]

What if it died overnight? Is it still OK to eat? I guess I'll see. All mine were closed tight yesterday but today 2 were kinda open. But they smelled ok still. Guess I'll see if I get poisoned...

[disbsam]

Did you eat ones that failed the squeeze test and get food poisoning to find out if the squeeze test actually works?

[SO-jetl]

@bythewater quick question: when thé mussel is fresh is it always supposed to move a bit when you touch it with a knife? (Like contracting ?)

[robertfisher]

Could you eat the borderline ones in a cooked application

[spicer]

Also if it’s milky inside I don’t normally eat them

[kirbyd]

tap them together . if it sounds hollow, ya dont want it. same goes for clams and mussels

[IsabelRamirez-gpxr]

I get the one that’s fully opened but in general any oyster that is open by itself is dead

[jacktastick]

So if it's loose and it smells bad... sounds like another type of clam I can think of. 😅

[wjs]

Nah ill just stick to my pizza and burgers lol

[Krakayoa]

I got some food poisoning from raw oysters a month ago… that sucked.

[yumark]

All this time I thought oysters were dead upon eating but boy…. I was surprised to know they are alive before eating. Adds horror in what I have done to living things :( usually I eat after they have passed a day ago or they have died already. One I have shackled was still alive even off the shell. You can see it moving it’s tentaclelike arms

[taekwoncrawfish]

Just because they’re open doesn’t mean they’re dead. 🤦‍♀️

Run some water inside the oyster. Usually they will close in about a minute. So many perfectly fine oysters are wasted.