For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 28, 2011

Slimy oysters… fatty liver paste and cheese… good for making a stomach liner to prepare it for all the alcohol that’s on its way! ;o)

How our tastes change as we grow up! Lol

Sounds excellent – except for the oysters.

You can keep the oysters, but my cardiologist says I need to lay off the liver pate and cheese.I liked them even as a kid.

I LOVE oysters (or as they say on the bay … “errsters”)

The cheese would be OK with crackers – but my first choice would still be a chocolate in some form!

How about them h’ors douvers?—Ain’t they sweet?Little piece of cheese and a little piece of meat.

I tried an oyster once. It slid down nice and easy. Then it turned into a projectile and hit the wall.

Oysters… meh. I tried ‘em once, at the insistence of a guy who I suspect thought I’d either fall in love with ‘em or provide an interesting projectile-vomit show. He forgot I ride motorcycles, and have swallowed things far more… interesting… than what’s essentially a live booger. At least it didn’t have legs that wiggled all the way down..But foie gras… mmmmmm… which of course leads to a moral dilemma when you consider how it’s made (sigh).

Oysters in a can? They should be eaten fresh and raw, YUM!

My husband would gobble them all down. I like oysters, but only fresh.

I LOVE raw oysters or in a stew, but smoked and in a can??, YUCK!

Ooh, oysters. I’ve always loved oysters, even as a child.

Reminds me of the parties my grandparents would have, just add lutefisk and it would be exactly the same.

Canned or fresh, snot and I just do not get along. And I’m from Maryland, where we’re supposed to love the snotty things.

I’ll take some Brie … Provolone … Aged Cheddar … and some spicy meat on crackers. :D

Why would you get someone oysters

The oysters are for John. Ellie’s got plans for when the party’s over.

Me, too. GIve me chocolate any day.

I’d eat any of that. My Mom used to make an hors d’oeuvre with a smoked oyster and a baby eggplant held together with a toothpick. She had to chase me away or I’d eat them all before the guests had a chance at them.

How about shrimp wrapped in bacon, Chex Mix, plus cheese balls, pepperoni, and Sociable crackers? Now that’s my kind of party food! :-)

I’ll be there! Yummy! Although fresh oysters are better than canned.

“Smoked oysters” is the seafood industry’s way of selling us mussels at oyster prices!

Oyster stew, oysters Rockefeller, oyster chowder, oyster stuffing…yum!Cooked they’re GREAT, I don’t know if I’d like them raw—-never had them that way.

Saw on today’s news that Wendy’s in Japan is going to add liver pate and truffles to its burgers for $16! No thanks!

@catlady, I have a nice little piece of dark chocolate every day (organic and rated by cocoa content). Anything labled Hershey nowadays is total crap that I spit out the last time I tried what they called “dark chocolate”. My current favorite is “Green and Blacks” (70% and or Expresso).

I have been composing my NYE menu of new recipes – basically a small lobster tail recooked with a lovely sauce and polenta slices topped with whipped goat cheese as the starch and some califlower and broccoli au gratin, and some ameretti for desert. I bought a sweet Moscato Spumante to finish off the night.

If it wears a shell, I’m not eatin’ it.

All of those things are aquired tastes, as are beer and wine.So if you have enough beer or wine, the rest is easy.

As a Jersey shore summer brat growing up, I was exposed to a lot of raw clams and mussels (not oysters so much). We used the clams for fishbait; the mussels were too snot-like to put on a hook. Kind of killed my taste for any of them. Not a big fan of calimari, either- same reason, fishbait.

I also love baked oysters; tried raw once -NG! Here in AZ, seafood is shipped so I’m careful what I buy

@bird, my cockatoo loved clam chowder that I always make from canned baby type (minced had shell fragments). I keep the chowder in the freezer now for cool weather (at least 3-4 homemade soups) for daily meals.

I notice that this won’t be enough for a party of14 persons.Also the anti oyster crowd might not realize the dietary zinc contribution, at least the males.Interesting how many readers believe other readers care what a reader likes or dislikes – taking a poll or planning a party for the commentors?