Quote Originally Posted by alpinerabbit View Post
I had it once, I don't think there was anything wrong with the oysters, maybe it was a reaction to stress - ever since oysters don't really appeal to me anymore.
Although it's not the case here because there were no oysters in Shootingstar's paella, British Columbia oysters (and presumably those from Washington state too) have had a few episodes of toxicity these last few years. I can't remember the exact problem (the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus turns up upon a google search but it might be something else too). Problem is, the oysters look and smell fine, they just make you really sick. Probably doesn't kill anyone though, but maybe that's because pregnant women and immunocompromised folks don't eat many oysters at a time... (!) If the oysters are cooked, in theory, it should be fine, but if they have contaminated kitchen instruments and stuff like that you might still get sick.



This being said, I still eat oysters whenever I can. And I had wonderful fresh prawns on Christmas day (a relative of ours is a fisherman).