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Thank you TalnSG san - 02-05-2010, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TalnSG View Post
Tradition is that is only in months ENDING in R. That is because of naturally occuring warm tides and algae blooms in spring and summer. Its not that they are better then, but there is less chance of contamination. Since my father used that as a guide in the U.S. and U.K., I have to wonder if it really applies in Japan since the currents are not quite the same.

Personally, I only eat oyster in months ending in Z.
Thank you TalnSG-san

I checked a bit about oysters

JWord

It mentions about the months with R too.

There are many kinds of oysters and some of them are good to eat in the months no R!
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