Good morning.
I get to read all about oyster farming this morning.
( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 8:50, archived)

Oysters need very clean water
The stronger the current, the thicker and tougher their shells grow. Fisheries in Scotland have developed sustainable ways of farming both oysters and mussels
( Smash Monkey 2 Cannot actually train spiders, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 8:59, archived)

You see? I have already learned something.
Is there any culinary benefit to having oysters with stronger shells? Other than them being more resilient to transport, I suppose.
( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:03, archived)

Stronger shells mean the oysters can grow larger and fatter
And there is less chance of getting those little bits of shell everywhere
( Smash Monkey 2 Cannot actually train spiders, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:06, archived)

That's always a good thing.

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:11, archived)

The Roman's farmed oysters in corsica over 2000 years ago

( mongychops, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:08, archived)

Oyster chat is turning out to be far more fruitful than I expected.

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:15, archived)

There are islands made from oyster shells there

( mongychops, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:17, archived)

this is also the case in New York, I believe

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:30, archived)

You'd want a good pair of beach sandals there eh.

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:32, archived)

The 'snails and oysters' scene in Spartacus, in which Lawrence Olivier's character attempts to seduce Tony Curtis' character in a Roman bathhouse,
was removed from the film at the demand of the New York Legion of Decency after only two test screenings.

It was re-assembled from long-lost footage in the studio vaults, and re-included in the film in 1991. The dialogue needed to be re-dubbed. Tony Curtis re-recorded his own, and - at the suggestion of Olivier's widow - Anthony Hopkins was brought in to voice Crassus, doing his best Olivier impression.
(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:39, archived)

I like this.

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:45, archived)

There were a lot more oysters back then

( Smash Monkey 2 Cannot actually train spiders, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:35, archived)

Like how oysters and lobsters used to be poor people's food.

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:41, archived)

I used to have oystercatchers in my garden.
They're noisy as fuck, and the useless cunts never caught one oyster.
(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:43, archived)

In victorian times oysters were used to pad out beef pies

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:56, archived)

Yeah, I've seen recipes for those.
I can't even remember the last time I had a proper pie.
( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:59, archived)

I had your nans proper pie last night
still got some gravy dribbling down my chin
( broadsword, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 10:05, archived)

I have never tried an oyster.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:43, archived)

+ me
Justin Timberlakezzzz
(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 7 Apr 2020, 9:46, archived)

they are gr8, m8

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 10:17, archived)

They're delicious

( Smash Monkey 2 Cannot actually train spiders, Tue 7 Apr 2020, 10:29, archived)

I really like them,
even if they have made me puke violently on the last couple of occasions I've eaten them.
( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 10:36, archived)

Cocks, you mean.

(Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 7 Apr 2020, 11:00, archived)

( .Yeti., Tue 7 Apr 2020, 12:08, archived)