Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 24, 2014

Oysters Rockefeller no doubt.

Clam up, Rat.

Will goat share his oysters or is he too shellfish?

My vote goes to snails. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Escargots_3.jpg

with all these interruptions, the saga of Pastis in the basket is going in a snail’s pace

They (oysters) are being removed from a so called wilderness at Drakes Bay in California by the Department of the Interior. Over rated.

@Constancy And why is the department in charge of everything outside called the Department of the Interior?

Do you really want Oysters Rockefeller from a burger joint?

I’m with Rat on this one…oysters?!? YUCK!!!

I ate a dozen at dinner one night, with high hopes I might add, but only seven of them worked…Put me down as voting with Rat.

Maybe the old goat will get some for take out, Cartoon Boy needs some encouragement if he hasn’t been picked up by the Salvation ‘Salvage’ Army.

St00pid rat! Oisterrs ees deliceous!

Only 9 out of 12 work.

Smoked, grilled, baked, broiled. Cooked any way. Raw? YECCH!!

Sorry, oyster lovers, rat’s got it right for a change

Or as Jim Gaffigan says: Here’s a rock with snot in it; let’s eat it.

What? No mussel jokes?

IF ONLY they were flavorless! And odorless!

Best oysters I ever had were fresh from the Chesapeake Bay, opened with a church key, run under water and eaten raw while standing over a sink all about an hour after they were pulled from bay.

PBS – pearls before swinePBS – public broadcast systemhmmmm

If you are very quiet while eating them, you can hear them scream as they go down.

briny slime-slugs

I’m with Rat. My name for the little slimy things are Sea Boogers.

Amen, Rat, amen

agree!

Is cooked Rat going to be on the menu in the future by any chance?

xxx

No, caviar is. I had it once and didn’t know what it was until later. It tasted like spoiled fish that had been oversalted.

Once again, Rat got his goat.

For once I agree with Rat.

Just serve them with bacon. Everything tastes better with bacon. and we learned earlier that Pig isn’t averse to a little porcine cannibalism.

I hope Rat didn’t mess up his burger with fungal contaminants or moldy cheese.

Oysters are NOT overrated! They rock! I’m getting a bushel tomorrow for a little party we’re having. They’re gonna go great with some fresh grated Horseradish from the garden.

Raw, grilled, steamed….Oh Yeah!

Frat there ( of “Frat and Ginger” fame), says Cancel the ersters! Let’s call the whole thing off!

Oysters aren’t flavorless, they’re yucky.

Wonder what Rat says about the lobsters. Once they were poor man’s food.

phlegm on an ashtray, anyone?

Why is Goat eating oysters? Has he become an omnivore?

the most overrated food has to be chicken wings. I calculated that customers (aka suckers) pay about $15/pound for wing meat since being sold as Buffalo Wings. Back in the day the wings went into the garbage. Then for awhile they were served free at happy hour. Then they got renamed and caught on as “cool” and became a must-have appetizer more pretentious in their way than even escargot.

sea boogers

“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” — Swift

I have to say, I’m not a huge fan of oysters either.

What’s another overrated food?

He should try the smoked oysters that come in flat cans. I got addicted to them in Nam and had to have them sent from home.

Most overrated food in the world is the cronut.

oysters are SOOOOOOOO GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about Rocky mountain Oysters?

My vote is for luwak coffee. If you don’t know what it is, it has to do with civets. The rest doesn’t bear thinking about.