Well, since I'm on the subject -- I'll embarrass myself and say that when we lived in Colorado (for 20 years), Rocky Mountain Oysters were all the rage with the guys!! Those poor turkeys.. -- uh, I don't mean the guys.......... My first attempt to eat oysters was in Louisiana, and I ordered them deep fried. All the 'real' men ate the oysters on the half shell, letting them slide down their throats, and quickly (and I do mean quickly...) chased them with beer. I think they just pretended to like them, as they didn't have a chance to taste them anyway.. I'm such a wimp.... Give me cheesecake any time!!! 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 > >