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Does anyone here like oysters? I'm 28 years old and I just tried them for the first time at a restaurant last night and I thought they were pretty fantastic.

Here's my question though, there's a lot of varying information about the calories in oysters... does anyone have an idea of an accurate count?

I also had scallop ceviche... and I've got to say, that was incredibly delicious. I'm feeling a little guilty about the restaurant made deep fried corn nachos they served with it, but hell... I figure I can cheat once a month as long as my cheating is within reason. :)
 
Oysters on thehalf shell are incredibly low in calories - but have almost as much calories as they do cholesterol -- they are delicious...

A lot of places will deep fry them (oh so wrong -it overcooks them and takes avery delicate fish and ruins it) Oysters Rockefeller is another preparation method that cooks them -- but just barely -and can be done somewhat healthily.

Ceviche is a veryhealthy fish preparation method- providedthe chef isn'theavy handed with the salt and olive oil... I love scallops and/shrimp ceviche...
 
I love oysters. My dad used to fry 'em up, but I like them on the half shell or even oyster shooters!
 
Love oysters. There is an oyster festival here and we went to it for the first time last year and the kids could have eaten me bankrupt. I've never seen kids so ga-ga over oysters.

Raw on the half shell with a little hot cocktail sauce is my usual way, but there is a restaurant that I love, that makes them pan fried with a corn salsa. Never over cooked, which I also hate.
 
My family LOVES oysters! They always get them but I never have tried them! Someone talk me into it quick! :p....
 
try one... if you like it -great - if you don't - more for the rest of us :0

if you're having them on the half shell - they pretty much slide down- the texture can be a little off putting to some people... but a little bit of hot sauce... and oooh yummy... it's like summer.

Clams on the half shell too...
 
I had them on the half-shell at an Oyster bar restaurant.

They gave you three different sauces to try. One was a soy/garlic thing (not very good with oysters imho), a sweet thai chili thing (not bad, very tasty) and my personal favourite was the red wine vinegar with minced red onion. I don't know if they put anything else in it, but the combination of the red wine vinegar, the red onion and the taste of the oysters..... my god, it was REALLY delicious.

The ceviche I had was olive oil free, near as I can tell. It just had a healthy amount of lime juice in it. It was incredible. I make homemade pico de gaillo (sp?) and I'm fairly certain I could toss together my own scallop ceviche that would be even better than the one I had at the restaurant. They held off on any hot peppers, presumably to appeal to all palates. I'm going to give it a whirl at home with a bit of habanero chopped up in there. I may cut some whole wheat tortillas into triangles and bake them up for chips.

maleficent, you seem to be particularly knowledgeable as it pertains to cuisine. Any other fine dining seafood experiences I could try out? I've yet to have crab legs or lobster, so I'm thinking about trying those out at some point in time. I'm just unsure what the nutritional information would be for lobster.

I moved to New Brunswick, Canada a couple years ago and there's some magnificent seafood out here. A friend of mine can get me scallops and lobsters right from the fisherman at the docks on the north shore. It's all so fresh and delicious.
 
Lobster is another low calorie but really high in cholesterol fish -that's amazingly good...

it's best to have the whole lobster and and boil/steam it - the female lobsters are far sweeter than the m ale lobsters and usually have roe in it... Serve it with corn on the cob and you've got my childhood summer at the jersey shore treat dinners...

soft shell crabs though have a very limited season are also a nother must try item - picatta style is my preference - sauted in a little bit of butter/olive oil/garlic - with capers and lemon...

I'm not a huge fan of crab - though maryland crab is quite tasty - though i've never been sure it's worth the effort expended to eat it...

Another favorite fish of mine -is seared tuna - marinated every so slightly ina ginger soy marinade - then barely cooked... just seared on both sides -so you're basically eating sushi - this can only be done with really fresh - sushi grade tuna but is worth it... it bears absolutely no resemblance ot the tuna out of a can...

I'm not a fan at all of bland white fish - however... dover sole (not filet of sole) picatta style -is also to die for..
 
Something else to try is squid - I think most people have had calamari - deep fried squid served with marinara sauce - -which is really offensive to most true italians - proper calamari should be lightly fried and served with lemon and stil be tender - not the rubbery mess that's served in alot of places.

if you can get the whole squid - clean them - which is just pulling out the carlidge and ink sac - and rinsing them - then you can stuff the squd with pretty much anything that floats your boat and bake them or broil them or pan saute them for a few minutes and they are exquisite...
 
FWIW, the nutritional counseling I got for high cholesterol (and mine isn't high in absolute terms, just higher than you'd expect for a premenopausal woman, and with lousy HDL/LDL ratios) said that I didn't need to limit dietary cholesterol, but should strictly limit saturated fat. The lower the better, with under 10% of calories from saturated fat an upper limit. Shrimp and lobster are high in cholesterol, but low in saturated fat.
 
maleficent said:
Something else to try is squid - I think most people have had calamari - deep fried squid served with marinara sauce - -which is really offensive to most true italians - proper calamari should be lightly fried and served with lemon and stil be tender - not the rubbery mess that's served in alot of places.

if you can get the whole squid - clean them - which is just pulling out the carlidge and ink sac - and rinsing them - then you can stuff the squd with pretty much anything that floats your boat and bake them or broil them or pan saute them for a few minutes and they are exquisite...
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I love squid, I've had it prepared a few different ways. I think one of my favourites is with a bruschetta type stuffing inside a squid tube, served on pasta (whole wheat now, I guess... haha). I can buy whole squid here, or the pre-cleaned whole tubes, so this is a great idea.

I think I'm going to try some lobster one day. We have a great market here that gets them very fresh. I've always been told not to boil lobster by the locals, but steam them by putting about an inch or two of water in the bottom of a pot and cooking them for 10-12 mins depending on weight.

As far as bland white fish goes, it has been a staple in my diet since I've started eating healthy. My favourite thus far has been tilapia. To me, it has the nicest flavour and texture out of all the different white fish I've tried.

Last time I was at the grocery store, they had tuna fillets on ice there. If they have it again sometime, I think I'm going to try your seared tuna suggestion.
 
Steamed is preferred with lobster... or doing it clambakeish style - in a big ole put - put some red potatoes, corn on the cob and seaweed- add a bottle or two of beer -and cover the taters with water...

let cook til the potatoes are almost done -

then add some steamer clams, mussels and lobster.... (i've heard some people say they can hear the lobsters scream when they get put i the pot - personally i just think it's air escaping - but a good crack at the top of the lobster betweenthe eyes with sharp knife will kill it just before it goes in the pot... no screaming - no guilt -

the fish steam i the beer/water broth and it's heavenly...
 
Halibut. It used to be a staple at nicer restaurants when I was younger. A friend of mine introduced to me barbecued halibut fillets, seasoned with only lime juice. (You cook the halibut on a piece of foil so you don't lose it all through the grill)

So...why can't I find halibut in the store? Neither fresh or frozen! Is it because I've moved from the rocky mountain region to the mid-atlantic area? Are halibut a pacific ocean only kinda fish??
 
Judyb said:
Halibut. It used to be a staple at nicer restaurants when I was younger. A friend of mine introduced to me barbecued halibut fillets, seasoned with only lime juice. (You cook the halibut on a piece of foil so you don't lose it all through the grill)

So...why can't I find halibut in the store? Neither fresh or frozen! Is it because I've moved from the rocky mountain region to the mid-atlantic area? Are halibut a pacific ocean only kinda fish??
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Must be the choice of your local grocers. I live in New Brunswick, Canada and can get halibut at the chain grocery stores even.
 
I like all of the above but my favorite way to eat seafood is a Mexican cocktail or coctel. Some oysters, octopus, shrimp, fish, onions, avocado, jalapenos, cilantro etc. in a tomato base is a very tasty thing. If you have real Mexican restaurants in your town be brave and venture into one that has "mariscos" painted on the window and order a coctel and whatever fish entree looks good. Some of the best seafood I've ever eaten has been at dive Mexican restaurants.
 
Oysters Rockafeller is soooo good. I have to imagine its not great for you with all the heavy cream, cheese, and butter.
 
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