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- Nintendesert, on 07/07/2009, -3/+28Wow. 15 ***** people.
- doublefelix, on 07/07/2009, -4/+28I'm sick and tired of the food police pasteurizing everything with so much as a living enzyme. It's bad enough that even the most premium orange juice is now flash-pasteurized -- killing the most healthy part of the juice -- at this rate it probably won't be long until they start irradiating bananas. Oysters have always been a coin flip, which adds to the adventure for those that want to be gastronomically courageous. .
- TrouserJazz, on 07/07/2009, -1/+24That's 1 death per 20,000,000 people per year in the US! Won't someone think of the children!
- inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+19That's more than were killed by terrorists in the USA last year. War on oysters?
- theamazingkort, on 07/07/2009, -1/+16Hot sauce is all you need to kill any bacteria on an oyster and it only makes it taste better.
- Gloony, on 07/07/2009, -0/+13And The Axis of Seafood
- chrisinsocalif, on 07/07/2009, -0/+12More people die falling out of bed per year, I really don't think this is a big issue. I am not in favor of pasteurization, especially for milk and other liquid products since it basically heats it up to kill bacteria if there are any present. Perhaps new technologies like UV light for products in a cold environment would preserve the taste of food better.
- schoate09, on 07/07/2009, -0/+11WIN
- escottberg, on 07/06/2009, -1/+11They're just too delicious not to eat
- benroy, on 07/07/2009, -0/+10This is stupid. Eating some foods can carry some risks. It's possible to choke on a piece of steak, therefore all beef should be ground then, right? No, just chew your damn food and don't eat shellfish that smells like Courtney Love on a hot day.
- ceredron, on 07/07/2009, -2/+11... hate to break it to you, but pennies per oyster is actually a hell of a lot of money for the whole process, from farming/fishing to selling. >.>
- goobly, on 07/06/2009, -2/+11You're trying to tell me you can get food poisoning from eating raw seafood?
Stop pulling our collective leg. - lepetitmousse, on 07/07/2009, -2/+11Pennies per oyster to save 15 people. ummm, no.
On another note, oysters are like giant boogers. - NoTiG, on 07/07/2009, -0/+6Here is some news... any food can be deadly.. in fact even pasteurized food can be deadly... even if you lace it with preservatives which can be deadly. So how about letting the consumer decide instead of just deciding that you know whats best for them? Offer raw oysters and offer pasteurized ones ... like it is now and let people live their lives how they want. I hate the food nazis .. which are the reason that raw milk is illegal for instance despite it actually being healthier for you
- ArchangelZLT, on 07/07/2009, -1/+7Dear Johan Marcus Guy,
We diggers appreciate your efforts to spread your philosophical ideas here. But do please write a personal blog. Otherwise, you are simply spamming.
Sincerely,
A digger.
P.S. ARE YOU F-ING RETARDED?! - inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3Cool story, bro
- TrouserJazz, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3That's true. You're statistically much less likely to be that 1 person who dies out of 20,000,000 if you don't eat any oysters.
- Smyley, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3More people die by falling out of bed?? PASTEURIZE THE BEDS.
- antonio97b, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3pasturize the humans.
- VinnieDaMac, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2I love Oysters.
- schoate09, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2Or death from E coli from steak. A lot of treatable illnesses kill many more than this per year, either by those refusing to get timely treatment, or those with weakened immune systems.
- LeeTXJD, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2Please -- these guys are the same goofs who ruined movie theater buttered popcorn forever. Ignore 'em. That's the best thing to do.
- Gloony, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2If you don't know why you're getting buried for peddling your product in the comments section then read my book. FOAD at Digg.com
- TetchyTony, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2I thought the fun came from swallowing them alive, convulsed by acid lemon juice (ooo, nasty). If you 'pasteurize' them, are they still alive, and do they thus still stay healthily alive in transit? TFA is useless anyway, not saying 'how' to be sure of disinfection. Go on, tell us - what temperature, how long?
- goobly, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2Oysters hate our freedom.
- abeewon, on 07/07/2009, -2/+3i hate oysters, but, im willing to bet that most of the people that die eating oysters fall into the group already warned about raw seafood consumption, especially bivalves
- nbcaffeine, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1You mean microwaved imitation butter flavored popcorn. Yeah, who cares who gets cancer as long as you don't have to leave your hovel for pop corn.
- VinnieDaMac, on 07/07/2009, -1/+2Um...no, you're not right.
- nbcaffeine, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1You mean, they fall into the category of "everyone"?
- kartman2001, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1Cause they taste gnommmm gnommmm gnommmm
- Cowzeetgrass, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0I like those odds, I'll take my chances
- inactive, on 07/07/2009, -1/+0we cant stop here, this is bat country.
- supracuhz, on 07/07/2009, -2/+1not everyone eats oysters.
- LarkStew, on 07/07/2009, -1/+0Calling oysters an aphrodesiac must be the best marketing scam ever... why else would any normal minded person ever eat a gob of slime?
- pjkovach, on 07/07/2009, -3/+1Its worth it...
- Meor, on 07/07/2009, -2/+0I'm pretty sure you and me wouldn't get along Bukowsky.
- zuiquan, on 07/07/2009, -3/+1I have a foolproof method to never ingest this particular toxin and it's completely free. I simply don't eat the nasty, slimy things. Easy.
- zuiquan, on 07/07/2009, -5/+1Just like snot is too delicious not to eat. Am I right?
- inactive, on 07/07/2009, -9/+2Dear goobly,
Today I was looking at an ant, and it occurs to me, don't we have just the most abject consciousness? This ant could be as conscious as me, and just because he doesn't have the same mental faculty as me, I disregard his entire existence with contempt.
This same contempt reared it's horrible two-faced head when I had the sudden impulse to squish the ant I now refer to as Jason, he was the beacon that was shining a light upon my conscious impurities. He wasn't the horrible entity I was looking to suffocate from life, but rather a mirror serving as a reflection to the ugliness of my own internal hypocrisy.
If our minds don't grant us consciousness, then objective reality concedes that physical force is the decider of will, that if I and Jason were to be set upon mutual destruction, that I would be the victor.
It's not my intention that would allow me to win, but my greater force.
By this concept, our machines are greater even then ourselves, like hollow Gods waiting to be filled with our destructive ideals. Shells waiting for ignition from our explosions of hatred.
Have a great day,
Johan Marcus Guy - tcinvestor, on 07/07/2009, -12/+1Still gonna stay away from those things. I'll get my libido jumpin from some other tasty goodies. Besides who needs a dose of Domoic Acid to really screw you up. If you don't know what that is then read my book. Live Smart at Lulu.com
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