Oysters are fantastic!

Pakistan:

OK, not to claim oysters are people.

But they are "natural".

The oyster locker-room.

Mmmm ... no really...mmm.

No what now?
Must I buy pink or blue mittens for my pet oyster?

After all, you've got to color-code the aquarium.

The largest aquarium in South America (Colombia).

Diversity studies - black DJ accused of being in black-face.

No, but they doubled-down.

America's oldest restaurant.

So, you gonna stay for some "dog soup"?

That's 1930'S slang for "water".

The Oyster King of Thailand:

Oh show me the way, to the next Oyster bar,
I tell you we must fry, I tell you we must fry ...
(With apologies to The Doors):

For fresh gatherers, what months in the USA (for example) shouldn't you gather shellfish?

There’s no “r” in May — much to the dismay of oyster lovers who’ve learned to follow this rule of thumb: Eat raw oysters only in months containing the letter “r.” But what does the spelling of a word have to do with the viscous helping of flesh you slurp out of a half shell? The short answer is nothing. The life cycle of a particular species, the temperature and quality of the water in which an oyster grows, and how the mollusk is handled after leaving that water all can affect its health and taste — and your health. “Essentially if you buy oysters that are grown in healthy waters and they’re handled properly, then there’s no problem with eating them any time of the year,” said Donald Meritt, an aquaculturist at the Horn Point Oyster Hatchery at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The adage of eating oysters only in “r” months goes back (at least) to 1599, when it appeared in an English cookbook, “Dyets Dry Dinner.” What it really means is: Say no to raw oysters in the summer. And there’s some merit to that.

www.nytimes.com...

Huh, so there's "some merit" to the old adage?

In South Africa, I'd also avoid all gathered seafood during a "red-tide" event.
oceanservice.noaa.gov...

From the "Mystery Science Theater".
A primal midnight snack.
Yeah, mayonnaise:

Educational quiz: oysters grow in water, so which resource should we conserve to grow them in?

a) Mayonnaise
b) Tabasco sauce
c) Oceans and rivers

I'd say b, with rising food prices it would be cheaper to grow oysters in condiments.

(Joking OK, obviously c).

Speaking of condiments. does "oyster sauce" contain real oysters?

Usually, unless it states "vegan", yip it usually does.

In my wilder days along the coast of Southern Africa, I'd love oysters and mussels with Monkey Gland Sauce.

Yeah, it's even still sold at some local steak ranches.

But fear not, not bits of monkey in it.

It's a local variant of British brown sauce and local spices:

www.atlasobscura.com...

Are bivalves vegan?

Well, I think plants feel pain.

If that oyster could scream?

Corn and Oyster Chowder:

So in vaishnavism, that's why even vegetarian food is not prasadam, unless offered to the Lord.

When you recognize God and His mercy, then it becomes purified.

Hare Krishna.

Oyster Masala.

A Virginia Oyster farm that produces 3.5 million oysters per year.