Who was the first person to try to eat an oyster and what made this appealing?

Answer 1

Wikipedia says oysters have been eaten for food since the Roman times and apparently in the early 19th century, the lower classes ate them as they were very inexpensive. The Romans also planted the first oyster farm.

I'd like to know who looked at a raw oyster and said, "Hmm. Wonder what it tastes like raw?"

Answer 2

Maybe the same thing that made someone try to eat lettuce (good) as well as hemlock leaves (poisonous) - trial and error. Early people trying to eat different things to figure out what would stop that rumbling in their stomachs.

Answer 3

LUCY
A new one has been found I forgot his name...
Starvation.. Otters must have been seen eating,,, and our earlier ancestors were smarter than us when it came to survival.