2007-08-24 08:23:44 · 4 answers · asked by TrickClowns 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
If you can buy your oysters from the seafood market, then notice the oyster just before you 'crack' it. Is the shell slightly open, just a tiny bit, then throw it away, it is no good.
Other than that, I would say to go to the most reputable restaurant in town to order oysters. One where you can watch the oysters being prepped?! Hmmmmm, no, I've never found a restaurant like that either.
2007-08-24 08:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by wildflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raw? You can hope for a fishy smell - oysters should have a clean, oceany smell. As it slips into your mouth, it should be a clean, oceany taste, also. But sadly, you may not know that it's bad until it's too late, especially if you've put a lot of cocktail sauce onto it...although I've been eating them raw for years and haven't gotten sick yet! Fresh oysters are the BEST!
2007-08-24 15:31:46 · answer #2 · answered by samantha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is fresh, it will have almost no smell to it. If it smells really fishy, then I wouldn't eat it.
2007-08-24 15:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by grizzly_r 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it will be weirdly colored, or just not the color they normally are
or they will be really smelly
2007-08-24 15:29:23 · answer #4 · answered by sunflower_girlie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋