Why We Eat Oysters Alive

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  • Raw oysters are either still alive - or freshly killed - when you eat them. Most people think keeping them alive longer makes them safer to eat, but that's not the full story.
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    Following is a transcript of the video:
    Raw oysters are either still alive - or freshly killed - when you eat them. Most people think keeping them alive longer makes them safer to eat, but that's not the full story. Oyster expert Julie Qiu explains.
    Following is the transcript of the video.
    David Anderson: "Wanna know a secret? This oyster I'm about to eat could still be alive! So, why do we do this?"
    Most people think it's a food safety issue. Keep the oyster alive as long as possible, to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination. And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water. But let's put that into perspective.
    Julie Qiu: "The risk of running into a bad oyster is lower than people think it is. My biggest pet peeve is that people go crazy over one bad oyster but they don't really care that hundreds of thousands of pounds of lettuce are contaminated with salmonella"
    About 100 people die from vibrio infections (including from vibrio vulnificus) each year, about 450 die from salmonella. Plus, the FDA requires that oyster farms have to test water quality before sending oysters out to markets and restaurants. And that's important, because oysters are filter feeders. They soak up basically anything that's in the water around them - including fecal matter which can come from rain runoff.
    But there’s a clever way to check if your oysters are good.
    Julie Qiu: "one thing that you can ask for is a shellfish tag, which every retailer or restaurant is required to have for every bag of oysters that they purchase for up to 90 days after they make that purchase. So that tag, if they don't have it, don't eat those oysters."
    This tag is a way for restaurants to track where and when their oysters were farmed. Qiu says that she looks for the most recent dates on the tag. Anything further out than two weeks won't taste as good and increases the risk of a bad oyster.
    Some chefs may look at you funny for asking for the documentation, but it's a strategy that apparently works.
    Julie Qiu: "I've had thousands of oysters and never had a bad one"
    Ok great, so basically, oysters are safe, why on earth are they sometimes alive when we eat them??
    Julie Qiu: "You really want your raw shellfish to be really fresh and the freshest you can get is something that is recently killed, so it goes back to not only the food safety but the actual taste and texture is going to be far superior when it's a fresh oyster."
    So yeah, freshly killed oysters taste better. And it's hard to tell exactly when an oyster dies, because before it's served, it's shucked. It's not a gentle process. Shucking involves separating the oyster’s abductor muscle from the shell. This muscle gives the oyster control over opening and closing its shell. Similar to how your spinal cord helps you move. So, severing the their abductor muscle is almost like severing your spine. Yikes.
    Most restaurants in the US keep their oysters alive - on ice - up until this shucking process, which afterwards, either leaves the oyster dead, or immobile. Since they don’t move around much in the first place, it's not easy to tell which.
    So you're eating an oyster that was either just killed or is dying. And that seems pretty cruel, right? But considering that the oyster's biology is very primitive, it's possible they might not even feel pain at all.
    Julie Qiu: "They don't have a brain, they're not really processing pain the same way the same way we are feeling so I don't think they're feeling pain the same way we are thinking of it."
    So really, it's up to you. If you don't want to eat oysters, that's fine. If you do, you'll be far from the first.
    Julie Qiu: "It's one of the few foods that have not changed for thousands and thousands of years so being able to appreciate that is something that's really special and remarkable and something that should be celebrated for what it is."
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  • @breadgenie4021
    @breadgenie4021 Před 3 lety +4394

    I don’t even like oysters why am i here

    • @itzdcx7991
      @itzdcx7991 Před 3 lety +82

      CZcams's Algorithm 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @sohyangworld1544
      @sohyangworld1544 Před 3 lety +28

      Exactly 💀

    • @LaVitaNouva
      @LaVitaNouva Před 3 lety +15

      Same, i love many shellfish except oysters and a few more.
      Yet, we met here

    • @shuzipuzi8191
      @shuzipuzi8191 Před 3 lety +25

      I dont even like seafood yet here iam

    • @tonyroy8123
      @tonyroy8123 Před 3 lety +2

      Agree Genie, it is not for me.

  • @xjustaprofile
    @xjustaprofile Před 5 lety +10432

    One day, oysters are gonna rise up and rip our spines out

    • @inthenameofnine
      @inthenameofnine Před 5 lety +197

      I wouldn't mind if I tasted that good. I'm pretty sure I'm a filter feeder, too, but I feel like I would be worth maybe like one one-thousandth my weight in oysters.

    • @aulerius1922
      @aulerius1922 Před 5 lety +107

      One day my ass, they are gonna have to wait a while till they can even get to our size, possibly a few million years.

    • @maxtheleopard
      @maxtheleopard Před 5 lety +44

      They're going to fry our skins

    • @RatedGolfR
      @RatedGolfR Před 5 lety +27

      Just A Profile ...and slurp our insides out

    • @blissfulwarrior6849
      @blissfulwarrior6849 Před 5 lety +26

      Oyster apocalypse

  • @kathyl9222
    @kathyl9222 Před 3 lety +2681

    “More people die from salmonella than vibrio each year” I’m pretty sure lettuce is also eaten more often and by more people than oysters.

    • @guiilost9827
      @guiilost9827 Před 3 lety +19

      I neveer eat a oyster and i lovee seafod fish even salmon here soo expensive have notion a lbs is 20$$ in dolars i lice in south americaa
      Goat meat never tried too some japanese foids just temaki and sushi love both soo much its like a year since dont eat japanese temaki or sushi if had more money would eat at least once a week all this rich celebrity foods i cant buy even is normal and regular people eat on usaa europe im from brazil poor country that 60% population is poor or miserable even brazil is 10th econimic COUNTRY on world just fakee phrase to world see but here 60% population are poor imagine is like 100 million poor people??
      I lovee usaa one my drwams is visit one day
      😴

    • @kathyl9222
      @kathyl9222 Před 3 lety +56

      @@guiilost9827 The U.S appears to be a rich country, but the division between rich and poor is great. Most immigrants have it very tough(immigrants with a lot of money have it fine) and depending on where they come from face a lot of prejudice.

    • @crystala7x182
      @crystala7x182 Před 3 lety +27

      I think that’s the point though. Since lettuce and eggs are staples in most of our diets, we’re probably more likely to get infected by salmonella then we would if we were to eat an oyster once in a while. I even know of a friend recently who got food poisoning from chicken. Salmonella infections can be common and dangerous.

    • @kathyl9222
      @kathyl9222 Před 3 lety +38

      @@crystala7x182 The likelihood of food poisoning from lettuce vs. raw oysters, as well as the deadliness of the illnesses themselves should be taken into account.

    • @sunnysided3371
      @sunnysided3371 Před 3 lety +13

      I thought the same thing, isnt this supposed to be a science chanel? They should really hold themselves to a higher standard when making statical conclusions

  • @copporn1615
    @copporn1615 Před 3 lety +1207

    The video: explain the science of serving oyster as food
    My brain: _Mr. Bean_

  • @BrianVelez
    @BrianVelez Před 5 lety +4025

    Oyster expert... what do I have to do in order to specialize on something so specific.

  • @MrGreen-ss7vj
    @MrGreen-ss7vj Před 5 lety +2548

    .... You know she did it and had no remorse 4:10

  • @sharkeatt
    @sharkeatt Před 3 lety +802

    I never ate an oyster before but this seems really important to me and I have no idea why.

    • @angonkatwang
      @angonkatwang Před 3 lety +6

      Same

    • @bestkoi7555
      @bestkoi7555 Před 3 lety +28

      Its important to know that your seafood is fresh, old seafood is one of the worst ways to get sick. You don't just get a stomach ache, your food is almost guaranteed to come back up

    • @michah321
      @michah321 Před 3 lety +3

      Same here. Now I never will

    • @Hehe-po8sz
      @Hehe-po8sz Před 2 lety

      Same dude

    • @Zergcerebrates
      @Zergcerebrates Před 2 lety +2

      It's really good.

  • @deadlocker1420
    @deadlocker1420 Před 4 lety +458

    * They don’t have a brain *
    Oysters: No u

  • @iluvmantu
    @iluvmantu Před 5 lety +5919

    I've never had a oyster in my life

    • @sadamiamani
      @sadamiamani Před 5 lety +331

      Like most people

    • @chelskaf
      @chelskaf Před 5 lety +337

      its disgusting

    • @NicO-dc1mw
      @NicO-dc1mw Před 5 lety +106

      They taste kinda gross I prefer clams

    • @13Zanou
      @13Zanou Před 5 lety +271

      You haven't really missed out on anything

    • @kyrlics6515
      @kyrlics6515 Před 5 lety +15

      @@jumiangel739 no u

  • @giornogiovanna3934
    @giornogiovanna3934 Před 5 lety +2386

    Peta: * heavy breathing *

    • @chovue2363
      @chovue2363 Před 5 lety +38

      See what lois has to go through everyday!?

    • @aprioriontoast704
      @aprioriontoast704 Před 5 lety +28

      oysters aren't sentient so..

    • @hainguyenthinam6456
      @hainguyenthinam6456 Před 5 lety +17

      They don't have feeling

    • @alaplaya5
      @alaplaya5 Před 5 lety +49

      Also Peta: let’s save the Oysters and kill them afterwards! This is the only way animals can have dignity!

    • @camper1749
      @camper1749 Před 5 lety +51

      Also peta: *gasses 17 kittens*

  • @LeDebutDeLaSuite
    @LeDebutDeLaSuite Před 3 lety +762

    The worse food poisoning of my life came from a raw oyster. And it hit me 36 hours after eating it. Vomiting for 7 hours and physically ill for 2 weeks.

    • @mcintoka
      @mcintoka Před 3 lety +72

      Damn and i wanna try it

    • @animdoodle
      @animdoodle Před 3 lety +15

      @@mcintoka lol

    • @crystala7x182
      @crystala7x182 Před 3 lety +11

      Where did you get the oysters?

    • @LeDebutDeLaSuite
      @LeDebutDeLaSuite Před 3 lety +16

      Crystal I was in South France, near Bordeaux

    • @crystala7x182
      @crystala7x182 Před 3 lety +44

      @@LeDebutDeLaSuite Thanks for answering. I was curious to see if you were inland vs. close to the ocean or such. I’m so sorry that happened to you 😩

  • @therover65
    @therover65 Před rokem +22

    I got food poisoning from eating raw oysters twice from 5-star hotels in Hong Kong. So did my companions proving it wasn’t just one bad oyster but the whole lot was contaminated. Theory: the water used to keep the oysters alive before serving by the hotels or suppliers were contaminated.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 Před 2 měsíci

      I mean its Hong Kong. Completely overrun by Mainlanders.
      Considering their proximity to Mainland china, I wouldn't touch the oysters.

  • @shep8276
    @shep8276 Před 5 lety +2439

    "You wanna know a secret?" "This oyster that I'm about to eat, could still be *ALIVE!!!* "
    * *_absorbs oyster_* *

    • @ChristianJohnENunez
      @ChristianJohnENunez Před 3 lety +17

      lol

    • @Danileptic
      @Danileptic Před 3 lety +1

      Could?? I thought they definitely are all alive.

    • @raymondleung9271
      @raymondleung9271 Před 3 lety +10

      It's also full of poop!

    • @humane143imperfection6
      @humane143imperfection6 Před 3 lety +9

      You wanna know a BIGGER secret? He believes HE is the one in control now.. muahaha. Consume more my friend, consume.. soon shall the hive mind awaken then your body will be ours. - This is why I'm a vegetarian, not many hostile parasitic organisms on a baked blade of grass.

    • @capcom4eva
      @capcom4eva Před 3 lety +13

      @@humane143imperfection6 tons of worms and other parasites on veggies like strawberries and lettuce. Humans have evolved to ingest some levels of parasites for millennia

  • @viridianz
    @viridianz Před 5 lety +825

    I don't eat oysters why am I watching this

  • @KiyeHid
    @KiyeHid Před 3 lety +111

    I don't even eat sea food..... And youtube is giving me more reasons why I shouldn't
    edit: If you are curious why I don't eat sea food, it's because my mom is allergic to most sea food so we avoid eating sea food..

    • @m.l6708
      @m.l6708 Před 3 lety +3

      idk about oyster but you’re missing something if you never tried sea food 😋

    • @williamcaputo7931
      @williamcaputo7931 Před 3 lety +4

      @@m.l6708 thought so too, tasted it, tastes shittier than I imagined

    • @sainwinian4906
      @sainwinian4906 Před 3 lety +2

      You should probably also stop eating animals

    • @godowskygodowsky1155
      @godowskygodowsky1155 Před 3 lety

      @@williamcaputo7931 As with many foods, you probably will find it disgusting if you never had it growing up and are having it for the first time. But it's also possible that you just had bad seafood. Seafood is one of those foods that can easily be very bad if you don't eat it fresh and eat the highest quality. Sort of like pancakes. A good pancake tastes great, but a bad pancake is especially bad.

    • @denziiey
      @denziiey Před 3 lety

      My mom is allergic to shellfish so we don't cook it at home (the smell around upsets her) . However I do eat it since I'm not allergic.

  • @HaoSci
    @HaoSci Před 3 lety +19

    I still want my food thoroughly cooked.

    • @ahabrawgaming1289
      @ahabrawgaming1289 Před 2 lety +1

      Good! destroy the nutrients in it!

    • @calebweldon8102
      @calebweldon8102 Před 2 lety

      @@ahabrawgaming1289 for many Foods cooking makes it easier to get nutrients out of it

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy Před 5 lety +1110

    This is what the government doesn’t want us to know

  • @michaelalper8651
    @michaelalper8651 Před 5 lety +1095

    But people eat more lettuce than oysters...

    • @keviniiiiii4750
      @keviniiiiii4750 Před 5 lety +48

      Robert Hernandez Umm stats please?

    • @bugwandithefirst2455
      @bugwandithefirst2455 Před 5 lety +34

      But they're both a kilogramme لكن كلاهما كيلوغرام

    • @Dopameanniie
      @Dopameanniie Před 5 lety +8

      Robert Hernandez what?

    • @jennyjohn704
      @jennyjohn704 Před 5 lety +180

      I don't know what planet you live on, but on Earth a heck of a lot more lettuce is eaten than oyters. Oyters are a specialist, treat like food. Lettuce is practically a staple food.

    • @MoonV29
      @MoonV29 Před 5 lety +8

      exactly

  • @jenifermh3751
    @jenifermh3751 Před 4 lety +42

    While seeing this I’m imagining the oysters in a super high pitched voice going like “ahhhhhhh don’t eat me noooo I’m dyi....”

    • @X-Cactus
      @X-Cactus Před 3 lety

      Lmao! 🤣

    • @ChocolateMuffin308
      @ChocolateMuffin308 Před 3 lety

      yeah funny having your spine broken and then being put on ice to experience agony for days

    • @papahairy5315
      @papahairy5315 Před 2 lety

      @@ChocolateMuffin308 they don't feel pain the way we do smartass.

  • @chantimothy
    @chantimothy Před 3 lety +6

    3:26.. i suddenly felt a chill down my spine....

  • @Negligible
    @Negligible Před 5 lety +1186

    So the answer is: something that is freshly killed tastes better than something old? Really. I had no idea.

    • @valholladay2116
      @valholladay2116 Před 5 lety +88

      I sense your sarcasm but freshly killed red meat, such as beef, venison and buffalo are way more flavorful and tender if they are aged in a cooler for 2 week.

    • @ms.chuisin7727
      @ms.chuisin7727 Před 5 lety +20

      Only seafood

    • @dualvoid8223
      @dualvoid8223 Před 5 lety

      @Nick Talleyrand ;)

    • @lxc7548
      @lxc7548 Před 5 lety +12

      @@valholladay2116 That's because modern supply chain typically cannot deliver the meet before rigor mortis, which happens only a few hours after death. Red meat that was literally just killed taste pretty good too.

    • @MsMrapplepie
      @MsMrapplepie Před 5 lety +2

      Nick Talleyrand sometimes it depends on the chef

  • @sarangskumar1315
    @sarangskumar1315 Před 5 lety +4606

    4:10 did she just fart?

  • @Alienatedvasion
    @Alienatedvasion Před rokem +27

    I love oysters and this made me feel so much better. I bought the most beautiful biggest oysters and it’s my first time basically. I was freaking out I cooked them at 450 for 10 minutes and then at 480 for like maybe 5 minutes hella scared me

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 3 lety +372

    Oysters are actually really delicious

  • @ZealSenpai
    @ZealSenpai Před 5 lety +299

    Reminded me of that Mr Bean episode

  • @raviolibirb8009
    @raviolibirb8009 Před 5 lety +611

    Why is this reminded me of mr. Bean? You know, the one when he's at a hotel craving for dinner and the one in mr. Bean's holiday

  • @BadaBadger
    @BadaBadger Před rokem +15

    They're an acquired taste really. I remember trying it during my late teen years and HATED it, but now in my 20s I love the things.

  • @fabgirl09
    @fabgirl09 Před 3 lety +4

    I know someone that almost died from Oysters but it turned out the oysters weren’t properly stored in the restaurant(the restaurant was shut down). I now look for fresh oyster restaurants since then.

  • @bellsofohio
    @bellsofohio Před 5 lety +170

    When I was teaching English in Japan, we had a lesson on food that included a discussion question about food poisoning. So I heard hundreds of food poisoning stories over the years, and 2/3 were about raw oysters. And this is in a country where people eat anything raw. I don't doubt the video that oysters aren't usually deadly, but they can definitely cause you to have a bad day.

    • @TheBaldr
      @TheBaldr Před 5 měsíci

      I don't understand why people can slam down raw oyster but shun Fugu. The only people that die each year from Fugu poisoning are the one that purposely eat the poison. Yet vibrio kills 100 people just in the US(He failed that part when comparing in the video).

  • @becausecanada6543
    @becausecanada6543 Před 5 lety +1724

    *PETA screaming in the background*

    • @veronicacullen6299
      @veronicacullen6299 Před 5 lety +152

      Peta laughs while killing 80% of thr adoptable animals.

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 Před 5 lety +43

      PETA is edible

    • @TheNeXusCore9032
      @TheNeXusCore9032 Před 5 lety +65

      [PETA confused screaming as oysters don't care if they are poorly treated or not as they don't have any brains]

    • @RetardedGoat16
      @RetardedGoat16 Před 4 lety +32

      *PETA scrambling as they figure out ways to anthropomorphise bivalves*

    • @arteblack13
      @arteblack13 Před 4 lety +60

      I explained to a vegan that it was proven that plants do feel and react to pain in measurable ways. Very bad first date😓

  • @vivalaresistance8315
    @vivalaresistance8315 Před 2 lety +63

    I’ve eaten an oyster before that the shell was moving. I assume it was barnacles on the oysters because something was pulsing in and out from on the shell. At first I was startled , but after a little lemon and horseradish , the oyster was simply divine.

  • @gz9520
    @gz9520 Před 3 lety +7

    2:13. “ I have probably had over six or 7 thousand in my lifetime and I’ve never gotten sick”
    That reminds me of another quote. “ i’ve been juggling chainsaws for 20 years and I’ve never cut myself even once” That quote comes from a guy now known as Stumpy.

  • @NeonNoodleNexus
    @NeonNoodleNexus Před 5 lety +677

    That vibrio vs salmonella stat has to be misleading right? Dont people eat way way way more potential sources of salmonella?

    • @desidilek
      @desidilek Před 5 lety +16

      TheSuperNort
      the Stats showed “deaths from salmonella” salmonella is curable

    • @Olter_
      @Olter_ Před 5 lety +20

      Vibriosis is also "curable"(in truth you just live and you get cured from it but whatever. Same with salmonella), only 15-30% of cases result in death.

    • @MrMZaccone
      @MrMZaccone Před 5 lety +8

      Even oysters are a potential source of salmonella.

    • @smileitsjustagame2937
      @smileitsjustagame2937 Před 5 lety +3

      I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure that the chances of getting salmonella from chicken are way greater 🤔

    • @user-ng6lp2rz6m
      @user-ng6lp2rz6m Před 5 lety +4

      @Defqon or is it

  • @m.mhn7535
    @m.mhn7535 Před 5 lety +2219

    Who remembers the mister bean movie/episode??
    ...
    🙋

    • @sleepingpowder1595
      @sleepingpowder1595 Před 5 lety +16

      It was an entire movie...

    • @m.mhn7535
      @m.mhn7535 Před 5 lety +8

      @@sleepingpowder1595 yea, I mean that. C'mon it's been years since that.

    • @sleepingpowder1595
      @sleepingpowder1595 Před 5 lety +14

      @@m.mhn7535 I was just correcting you because you called it an episode. Also I can send you edited your comment

    • @fukaze2021
      @fukaze2021 Před 5 lety +43

      @@sleepingpowder1595 There is one episode where mr.bean go to a hotel, in the hotel restaurant he eat rotten oyster. That's probably the episode Liva just watched

    • @fukaze2021
      @fukaze2021 Před 5 lety +3

      Link to the episode : czcams.com/video/RbikwV0HbZs/video.html

  • @Dezeberbro
    @Dezeberbro Před 3 lety +8

    Eating them alive is the best way to eat them. They are really good with lime, salt, & Lea & Perrins sauce.

    • @sunitabhanja2168
      @sunitabhanja2168 Před 2 lety

      I am quite curious as I have never tasted once. What does an oyster tastes like?????

  • @userGGG702
    @userGGG702 Před 2 lety

    great creative topic, thank you for the great video.

  • @astrobiolog
    @astrobiolog Před 5 lety +277

    Scientific approach really needs scientific facts... Abductor muscle is just a muscle and it's not like cutting a spine (skeletal part + spinal cord which is a part of the central nervous system) where if you cut spine in half you kill a person for damaging the spinal cord. When you open clams you just scrape the muscles and not even cut them, that's like giving a wound to yourself = you won't die. So the process of opening is not so deadly as this video portrays it. And also the absence of brain (organ present in chordates) doesn't mean the absence of nervous system! That means that they don't process pain like we do but doesn't mean they can't "feel" anything, brain or ganglium (organ that they have) have the same purpose! I'm not here trying to raise awareness of not eating clams, for what I'm concerned have at it, but wanted to point out the faults in scientific information present in a video of channel that has Science in it.

    • @balthasarrasahtlab8872
      @balthasarrasahtlab8872 Před 5 lety +46

      Well said. Also I did a quick google on this "Oyster Expert" and found out that she is just a blogger and a self proclaimed expert on this topic without any scientific background whatsoever. "Food that remained unchanged for thousands of years should be celebrated.", is a really bad excuse for eating something that IS ALIVE and has a working nervous system but that's just my opinion of course.

    • @astrobiolog
      @astrobiolog Před 5 lety +22

      @@balthasarrasahtlab8872 Nice Nancy Drewing! I was a bit taken with lack of facts so I did't even think about googling her. Sad that people use term "scientific" so loosely and widely nowdays...

    • @alexkim5729
      @alexkim5729 Před 5 lety +13

      The fact that at least 3.5k people care more about the comment "I've never had a oyster in my life", over actual facts is the reason why we can't stop global warming.

    • @ousooners5193
      @ousooners5193 Před 5 lety +6

      Even if they did have the specific kind of nerves to feel pain, they can't suffer, there's no emotional component to the pain. As an analogy this can happen in humans with certain disorders or brain damage to certain parts of the brain. They can recognize that they're in pain but it's not distressing to them i.e it's just a recognition of sensory information.

    • @milanstevic8424
      @milanstevic8424 Před 5 lety +29

      +the Whaler
      You understand that the same claim could be made by aliens about us?
      "Other than some grotesque gestures with the muscles near their eyes, and a weird sonic vibration from the esophagus chord, which probably signifies the species last grasp for nutrients, or provides a primitive alert for others, the fatally probed human specimens seem to recognize the pain, but clearly don't go through much distress. This is probably because they don't have two central nervous systems, but just one, and even if they did have the specific kind of nerves to feel the pain, rest assured it's nothing like we can feel, because when we feel pain it's soooo painful, yesterday I pinched my brachemio pod between my pincers, and I was in soo much pain. Oh. My. God. Anyways, we should celebrate that our food source didn't evolve into something that could give us any moral dilemmas. Fuyerasdkje, how many I had of them so far? Six, like, seven thousands? Yep, so, clearly nothing's going on, whether alive or dead, it's all the same to them, as soon as you cut them up, just ignore the stupid sounds they make, and you're fine. I mean it's just a noise, and not like telepathy, so it has nothing to do with them feeling hurt, as they can't suffer and science is unanimous in that they have no radioemotional capacity. Really, really, primitive animals. *Slurp* But so tasty."
      I mean, do you people even listen to yourselves?

  • @TheWhiteGyrfalcon
    @TheWhiteGyrfalcon Před 5 lety +230

    Oh the irony that once poor man's food like oysters and kale are modern luxuries - those long dead peasants are laughing

    • @WedgePee
      @WedgePee Před 4 lety +24

      Caviar too.

    • @r3zaful
      @r3zaful Před 3 lety +1

      Oyster is always a delicacy

    • @haiky8104
      @haiky8104 Před 3 lety +18

      lobster 🦞

    • @ishadatey2577
      @ishadatey2577 Před 3 lety +6

      gold and silver was for normal people in ancient india and aloys and aluminium were expensive.

    • @happyllama1160
      @happyllama1160 Před 2 lety

      I mean oysters are super cheap, don’t know why anyone would pay much for them

  • @charlottek.1829
    @charlottek.1829 Před 3 lety +4

    well, where im from, its very rare to eat oysters like that. we usually roast the oysters before consuming them.

  • @bluephoenix1652
    @bluephoenix1652 Před 2 lety +18

    From where I am from where oysters abound, we NEVER eat oysters raw. We boil them but make sure not to overcook them. It is still juicy and delicious.

    • @bobbyboy1797
      @bobbyboy1797 Před 2 lety +1

      That's cool but you can still eat it raw though.

    • @LucyBlossoms
      @LucyBlossoms Před 2 lety +1

      How can you live with yourself

  • @kiwiboi189
    @kiwiboi189 Před 5 lety +2637

    [man about to eat a live oyster]
    Oyster: eat me daddy
    Man: what?
    Oyster: what?
    Edit: B R U H

  • @manaskumarbehera262
    @manaskumarbehera262 Před 5 lety +505

    4:10 that's a wet fart.

    • @pahanrathnayake5114
      @pahanrathnayake5114 Před 4 lety +23

      Great observation. I laughed so hard. Thank you

    • @Barry864
      @Barry864 Před 4 lety +4

      😳😳😳

    • @Dezeberbro
      @Dezeberbro Před 3 lety +22

      She even stuttered lol

    • @jinolin9062
      @jinolin9062 Před 3 lety +3

      Count Dracula 😳😳😳😳😳😳

    • @w0lfy340
      @w0lfy340 Před 3 lety +1

      That made me drink 3 gallons of unsee juice...

  • @aistories0506
    @aistories0506 Před 3 lety +4

    Here in the Philippines , we place oyster in vinegar with salt chopped onion and chopped garlic and eat it raw .

    • @MrJoshcc600
      @MrJoshcc600 Před 2 lety

      The vinegar acid maybe cooking it just like ceviche

  • @daled.m.4512
    @daled.m.4512 Před 4 lety +1

    I've never had one in my life and this lady is at 7000!
    Added to my to do list post lockdown!

  • @hannaazumi3353
    @hannaazumi3353 Před 5 lety +323

    *I never actually ate it before I knew about it on mr.bean lol*

  • @husenpr
    @husenpr Před 5 lety +465

    *"6000-7000 Fresh oysters"*
    Me : *eat a roasted oysters and vomited*

    • @TuningAnApple
      @TuningAnApple Před 5 lety +17

      That sounds dry. Better to eat it fried if you're squeamish about eating it raw.

    • @psychoticpercy6479
      @psychoticpercy6479 Před 4 lety +3

      Oh that's sad. You are missing out

    • @arteblack13
      @arteblack13 Před 4 lety +3

      Fried is my favorite. Even better when made into a po boy. Now THAT'S good eating!!,

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 Před 4 lety +2

      Go to proper establishments if you're gonna eat oysters raw, not some hole in the wall.

    • @johnnylaw26
      @johnnylaw26 Před 4 lety

      I'll follow below ....you are missing on some great shellfish lol

  • @narararamammily5386
    @narararamammily5386 Před 3 lety +6

    I had one when I was in Belgium. It tastes pretty good especially when you add the lemon.

  • @silasteacher
    @silasteacher Před 2 lety +3

    My wife caught norovirus from raw oysters Friday. Today is Monday and now I'm sick. I caught it from her, it is very contagious. If you catch food poisoning, you better not prepare food for other people until you're over it. We learned our lesson.

    • @izaaak281
      @izaaak281 Před 2 lety

      Hope ur doing alright now

    • @silasteacher
      @silasteacher Před 2 lety

      @@izaaak281 thanks. We were back to normal after a few days.

  • @TetaGama
    @TetaGama Před 5 lety +644

    Wtf is an oyster expert. Do they pay for these kinds of jobs ? And who pays for that?

    • @breadcrumbs3530
      @breadcrumbs3530 Před 5 lety +229

      TetaGama Gaming I’m guessing she’s some kind of marine biologist or something who specializes with bivalves or whatever.

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 5 lety +116

      she’s basically a marine biologist but mainly studies one fish which would be the oyster

    • @tiffanycarroll2256
      @tiffanycarroll2256 Před 5 lety +48

      I guess because she ate over 6,000 of them. 🤢

    • @nathangray8354
      @nathangray8354 Před 5 lety +43

      Another name for oyster expert is lesbian.

    • @nathangray8354
      @nathangray8354 Před 5 lety +1

      Maybe Tiffany isn't a lesbian...

  • @imaginateca
    @imaginateca Před 5 lety +568

    Ask the restaurant for the tag... and be confident that the oyster you are eating is linked to the tag they show you. Oh, yeah, very clever. OMG... LOL

    • @Rakaan1994
      @Rakaan1994 Před 5 lety

      😆😆

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 5 lety +3

      Antonio Alonso Like they would care XD

    • @xenoidaltu601
      @xenoidaltu601 Před 5 lety +42

      There are many reports of restaurants from all backgrounds cheating their customers, even expensive high class restaurants!
      If you order an expensive fish dish, then they'll give you the same dish but with a cheaper fish species. Capitalism 101, Trump Style!

    • @aajjeee
      @aajjeee Před 5 lety +19

      if they have a recent tag it probably is the right one, or else they would have to get 2 different shippments for the cheap and fresh ones

    • @nathangray8354
      @nathangray8354 Před 5 lety +7

      And I can't imagine the restaurants are happy to have to take time out of their day to provide this either...

  • @Lupain
    @Lupain Před 3 lety +2

    There is a simple solution against bacteria... just cook it...
    In our cooking class we made gratinated Oysters, it was the first time I've ever eat an Oyster, I could never eat this slimey thing without cooking it.
    Why do people like to slurp up some salty slimy mass?

  • @dryfox11
    @dryfox11 Před rokem +17

    Fun Fact: Pea crabs are an oyster parasite. Since you don’t cook them, those can *also* still be alive when eating an oyster.
    I experienced this first hand. Didn’t really wanna eat it as i don’t like them that much, pokes the oysters belly and a small semi-see thru red ball popped out. I was like “huh..?” anddd then it’s legs unfolded and it started moving.
    Never eating oysters again.

    • @Heyim18bro
      @Heyim18bro Před rokem +2

      free crab with your oysters sounds like a plus

    • @ValAllenSamonte
      @ValAllenSamonte Před rokem +3

      i googled pea crabs - mere presence of it inside the oyster is a good sign that your oyster was in quality water.
      also they can be eaten as well.

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 Před 5 lety +163

    But less people eat oysters, almost everyone eats lettuce?

    • @jjdrfc1185
      @jjdrfc1185 Před 5 lety +3

      WuzNab 🐢 did someone say lettuce 🐢🐢🐢🐢

    • @MikhaelAhava
      @MikhaelAhava Před 5 lety

      WuzNab true, as far as I’m aware of.

    • @nejinaji
      @nejinaji Před 5 lety +4

      I put oysters on my burgers instead of lettuce.

    • @ghostl337
      @ghostl337 Před 5 lety

      Oysters don't eat lettuce.

    • @-Kidzin
      @-Kidzin Před 5 lety

      on the west yeah, but in asian countries? probably the other way around

  • @thebearking6666
    @thebearking6666 Před 5 lety +55

    As a chef by trade, I’ve been shucking oysters and clams for years. As long as the blade doesn’t pierce the belly of the bivalve it’s definitely still alive when it hits your stomach. Also shucking isn’t a violent task once you get the hang of it

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS Před rokem +1

      Why do people eat these raw and not cooked? Almost all other shellfish is cooked.

    • @gwendolynallen3218
      @gwendolynallen3218 Před rokem +1

      ​@WALTERBROADDUS Flavor and texture, FYI Conch and clams are consumed raw as well.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS Před rokem

      @@gwendolynallen3218 as far as I know, you don't even chew these things? And people cover them in hot sauce to make them palatable?

    • @MasterAdam100
      @MasterAdam100 Před rokem +3

      ​@WALTERBROADDUS I live in Louisiana and I prefer my oysters chargrilled with butter and herbs on it. Not a fan of the raw variety. Fried ones are pretty good too.

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS Před rokem

      @@MasterAdam100 I've tried some smoked ones. I like that Grill idea. Sounds tasty.

  • @ESE33
    @ESE33 Před 3 lety +6

    Another good question: why do we eat oysters?

    • @Kudeghraw
      @Kudeghraw Před 3 lety +4

      zinc, iron, B-12, and protein that doesn't come from a plastic container.

    • @oerlikon20mm29
      @oerlikon20mm29 Před 2 lety

      I cant eat oysters, they feel like hard jello in your mouth and I hate it

  • @alessandrobautista7053
    @alessandrobautista7053 Před 3 lety +8

    When I went to el Salvador last year I was eating live oysters left and right but then I got scared After I started thinking of the consequences.

  • @HORRIOR1
    @HORRIOR1 Před 5 lety +151

    It would be very difficult to eat oysters when you are dead.

  • @vivvcat
    @vivvcat Před 5 lety +32

    0:48 I don't know why I cracked up seeing "Oyster Expert" 😂

  • @Guralaxi
    @Guralaxi Před 2 lety

    who edits these?
    for some reason i couldn't stop lauging

  • @Nhatanh0475
    @Nhatanh0475 Před 3 lety

    0:02 Feel like I'm watching a 90's kid who go to the Restaurant for the first time ever.

  • @AtlasReburdened
    @AtlasReburdened Před 5 lety +806

    Lol, yeah, I'm gonna get depressed about eating something without a brain, that makes sense. Let me just cry that my spinach leaves still have living cells in them too.

    • @maya-wy8ml
      @maya-wy8ml Před 5 lety +3

      Atlas WalkedAway lol

    • @lemonzest_
      @lemonzest_ Před 5 lety +18

      Stop making fun of me

    • @granddukeofmecklenburg
      @granddukeofmecklenburg Před 5 lety +172

      I'm depressed after killing bacteria, while disinfecting the toilet

    • @LyubomirIko
      @LyubomirIko Před 5 lety +68

      I'm depressed after killing myself

    • @granddukeofmecklenburg
      @granddukeofmecklenburg Před 5 lety +58

      @@LyubomirIko same...I've been dead for decades, and it still didnt cure my depression...

  • @fritzvila
    @fritzvila Před 5 lety +333

    What makes her an oyster expert, eat 8000 oysters?

  • @scarletheart3167
    @scarletheart3167 Před 3 lety +12

    3:55 only if I go back and order salmon
    Tomorrow's video: "Why is salmon alive"
    Me:👁️👄👁️

  • @rogeurroger7119
    @rogeurroger7119 Před 3 lety +4

    Gently tickle the black rim of the oyster with the end of your knife. If it recedes, the oyster is still fresh and you can gulp down that SOB. If it doesn't, don't eat it and ask for a refund because the oyster probably didn't make it through unsafe food transportation. Also try to eat them as close as possible to their harvest site. Also avoid May to August since they end up "milky" and you're eating a lot of roe and not much oyster (some like it though)... And keep it simple: a touch vinegar and a pinch of minced schallot. Don't drown it under sauce to preserve that unique salty taste!
    God I love oysters...

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 5 lety +1471

    Makes me very very hungry

  • @user-co4xl7wx3q
    @user-co4xl7wx3q Před 5 lety +225

    Yes!! Ask the server, the Chef for the Shellfish tag, especially dining the middle of the continent. Chef for years & worked briefly at a dive that held oysters for over 3 months. Completely illegal & puts his customers at great risk. I never served them, of course, this was in fact the reason I ended up resigning after only being there a handful of days. Oh how I hate restaurant work.

  • @sauceyeti4381
    @sauceyeti4381 Před rokem +2

    Here in the Philippines, we have this dish where we leave the fresh oysters in a vinegar broth. It's simple, but a delicious recipe nonetheless...

  • @teentraveler1790
    @teentraveler1790 Před 2 lety

    3:45
    The guilt text is *hilarious* yet kinda sad.
    It's such a mix of emotions for me. _Lol_

  • @TheExoplanetsChannel
    @TheExoplanetsChannel Před 5 lety +865

    Very interesting !

  • @Mark-kk3vs
    @Mark-kk3vs Před 5 lety +197

    I felt bad when they said that they were killed recently
    Then I heard they might not feel pain and went back to eating

  • @shibaani8004
    @shibaani8004 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for the info. I am never going to eat it now.

  • @annkanyiri879
    @annkanyiri879 Před 4 lety

    Where are they locally in meru,what other simple similar to oyster as in with similar mineral readily available?

  • @salazarsly7145
    @salazarsly7145 Před 5 lety +279

    She farted at 4:10 after eating a massive meal of oysters

  • @addaccount9246
    @addaccount9246 Před 5 lety +189

    Basically im oyster.

  • @fair98fair
    @fair98fair Před 2 lety

    Do i need to wash the insides after ive taken the top shell off?

  • @aistories0506
    @aistories0506 Před 3 lety +1

    Here in the Philippines , we place oyster in vinegar with salt chopped onion and chopped garlic and chopped chilis and eat it raw .

  • @ellllllo77
    @ellllllo77 Před 5 lety +74

    I’m watching this at three in the morning. ..I’m getting married in six hours👀

  • @antonyjulio1844
    @antonyjulio1844 Před 4 lety +22

    this oyster reminds me about mr bean comedy scenes 😂😂

  • @juanitacanon3120
    @juanitacanon3120 Před 2 lety

    Where I live, there are people that sell them on the beach and they open them as you’re eating them.

  • @jbi1839
    @jbi1839 Před rokem +1

    I stop eating raw food due to the concern of parasites and bacteria.

  • @infernoboy273
    @infernoboy273 Před 5 lety +657

    At 4:08 she farts 💀

  • @FakeExotic
    @FakeExotic Před 5 lety +136

    4:10
    Hear it closely

  • @nn6404
    @nn6404 Před 3 lety +1

    I mean. Isn't that vibrio vulnificus number much more frightening when you consider how little people consume shellfish compared to things that could contain salmonella?

  • @allysonestes
    @allysonestes Před 3 lety +1

    I've never tried oysters before, how do they taste?

  • @ratatataraxia
    @ratatataraxia Před 5 lety +22

    I serve oysters everyday at my work here in Baltimore. So this is fascinating for me. I knew a lot of it, but not that they are alive while on ice in the walk-in.

  • @andrewgregory151
    @andrewgregory151 Před 5 lety +41

    Oyster: eat me daddy
    Me: what
    Oyster: what

    • @cheesecakelol5671
      @cheesecakelol5671 Před 5 lety

      wat

    • @duck3892
      @duck3892 Před 5 lety +3

      100 subs No videos? U stole it

    • @jjthan8772
      @jjthan8772 Před 5 lety +4

      lol, original comments are always the best. It's almost like a saw the original a minute ago.

    • @shiroutakatsuki5465
      @shiroutakatsuki5465 Před 5 lety

      This comment deserves more like

    • @Erik-lq4eo
      @Erik-lq4eo Před 5 lety

      More like
      Oyster: *Screams internally as it it is chewed to death*

  • @myribstellmesheslying
    @myribstellmesheslying Před 3 lety

    I haven't had a fresh oyster in years and now I'm salivating.

  • @raykarpp
    @raykarpp Před 3 lety +1

    Had a raw one as a kid in a tree, was pretty hard to swallow, but I'd have one again to see what it's like

    • @diogenes3949
      @diogenes3949 Před rokem +1

      Did you find it in the tree? Because I think you ate a rock.

  • @belugabcool2896
    @belugabcool2896 Před 5 lety +64

    1:03 and one dies from 6 hour binge watching Sam'Oneila academy.

  • @flowerondiscord4254
    @flowerondiscord4254 Před 4 lety +19

    Him: This oyster could still be ALIVE!
    * *_proceeds to eat it_* *

  • @kawan3661
    @kawan3661 Před rokem

    you can even see the heart pounding if you know where to look at

  • @zinzolin14
    @zinzolin14 Před 4 lety +3

    I want oysters now. Had them with champagne sauce, lemon and Tabasco once, delicious.

  • @FactsDontChangeMinds
    @FactsDontChangeMinds Před 5 lety +9

    I love her ending statement. It seems like mostly everything we eat now has been modified in some way

  • @nadyanoire
    @nadyanoire Před 5 lety +29

    If you don't wanna take a risk, don't eat oyster. As simple as that.

  • @AryanPushkar
    @AryanPushkar Před 8 měsíci +1

    It’s 3am and I hate seafood, I don’t know why I’m here.

  • @ZzigZaG00NIN
    @ZzigZaG00NIN Před 2 lety

    use to hear about shellfish a lot in cooking class
    I never knew they were super fresh like this tho :o

  • @ppan355
    @ppan355 Před 5 lety +13

    "Why We Eat Oysters Alive"
    --> because we can't eat anything when we're dead

  • @ravinderkaur9488
    @ravinderkaur9488 Před 5 lety +18

    You guys know what??
    I never eaten oyster but still scrolling down for your comments!!!

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 5 lety

      Kweb's Kop Get some hot sauce (if you can’t handle that then use cocktail sauce) and some lemon juice
      Delicious

    • @ravinderkaur9488
      @ravinderkaur9488 Před 5 lety

      @@hylianro I will never eat it bro
      But still thanks😊

    • @dinoman1129
      @dinoman1129 Před 5 lety

      No one cares

    • @bobbiusshadow6985
      @bobbiusshadow6985 Před 5 lety

      cuz ya a sissi... let me guess, you eat yo steak well done and you prolly don't eat raw fish sushi

  • @wakcedout
    @wakcedout Před rokem

    Try considering this, a lions meal is dying while chunks of flesh are being torn out.
    And some predatory animals swallow their prey whole while it’s still well aware of the fact it’s just been swallowed.

  • @Purelax
    @Purelax Před 2 lety +1

    I haven't even taste a single Oyster in my life except I eat Mussels.