Gosh, Dave, I just assumed these were 'raw' - perhaps canned oysters.. I like deep fried oysters, but raw - OH MY GOSH... Thanks for your note! Always, Nancee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: [IALUCAS] Re: LOCAL NEWS - 11 Jan 1906 > > In a message dated 9/25/04 10:01:20 AM, [email protected] writes: > > > I am an Iowa native -- however, we didn't eat oysters that I can remember. > > > Nancee, > > My dad, from rural Russell, always loved fried oysters. We frequently had > them on Sunday evenings. (Now, I like mine raw.....) I'm told that my > great-grandfather's favorite Sunday dinner (mid-day) was canned salmon! In an area of > culinary riches like Lucas County! I guess we all like "exotic" foods. By the > way, it is interesting that little Russell had two restaurants worthy of > being a destination on a sleigh ride. > > Dave Werts > > > ==== IALUCAS Mailing List ==== > David, [email protected]: Lucas County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Lucas County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialucas/Main.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >