Texas Commercial Fishery Catch Shrimp, Brown Shrimp, White Oyster, Eastern Crab, Blue For fish, start on page 25 here: https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_v3400_0074.pdf If it's not on that list, it's not from Texas waters. Crawfish are, of course, but most high-volume restaurants get theirs from farms when they're not in season (massive amounts from Asia, same with catfish/tilapia/shrimp). Nasty stuff, know where your food comes from. It is so far to get off the continental shelf that deep sea pelagic-species fishing is all done off of Mexico, South Padre being about the northernmost point. Bama/Florida to the east.
You need to watch the bizarre foods video I attached above. I know Reef, Danton's & Tony Mandola's aren't doing that. I will link again.
No idea why you can't. Just go to youtube and search "Bizarre Foods Houston." I will also say that we all know that 90% of restaurants anywhere are going to be crap. That list includes Denny's, McDonalds, etc. This is why it is good to research and know where the good places are to go. You're in Austin, right? Were I headed there, I'd ask you for suggestions. EDIT: Watching the Bizarre food episode right now. Best line? They're off Duck Hunting in Anahuac and Zimmern says "This is like a video game!"
"This video contains content from Scripps, who has blocked it in your country based on copyright grounds." eta: can watch a different version on youtube. The redfish he is serving in his restaurant is not the redfish he just caught. Nor is the duck. That's not legal. Redfish are farmed now, being one of the weird species that can live in both salt and fresh water. They were just about wiped out in Texas during the 70-80's due to commercial overfishing (honestly called the "Paul Prudhomme blackened redfish" craze) I get what you are saying, and at high quality restaurants you are correct (and I love how those guys are using the "trash fish" that nobody would normally eat) but the vast, vast majority of seafood eaten in Houston is not at those places.
Honestly, I downloaded "Popcorn Time" a few years ago and never had any issues with my UVerse account. I recently moved and had to switch to Comcast which gave me a "warning" email stating I was watching South Park illegally. Saw that Popcorn Time recommended an anonymous VPN, so I decided to try it out. Biggest issue was I was expecting the $6 to be month to month, and they ended up charging me 1 year in advance. That said, if it works, I'm good with it. I have three different paid accounts on here. I don't mind watching something if I can on here. I love on demand. PM me if you'd like me to send you more detail.
Regardless, back to the beautiful bean footage. Fun fact about "Terms of Endearment" And it relates to, you guessed it, Oysters!
I too have taken interest in oysters and bivalves and have a couple of comments. Bivalves can be awesome for the environment, and they could be applied to a number of problems within our aquatic environments. But they also can pose as a great threat to ecosystems at the very same time by over cleaning waterways. A big example is the zebra mussel problem in Austin http://www.kut.org/post/lake-austin-infested-zebra-mussels-now-what Secondly, Oysters do have nerves, and nerve ganglia. What they don't have is central nervous systems. As a vegetarian, I took particular interest in this and they aren't sea vegetables or that close like sponges are. They actually swim as larvae. It's debated whether they feel any pain or not, and there isn't rock solid proof for either side of the debate. Others thing i'd note is They are incredibly nutritious, very high B12, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, solid amount of protein and an unbelievable omega 3 to 6 ratio The downside is, they are filter feeders and are what they eat. Our oceans are (for a lack of more polite words) ****ed. Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico have been found to have high levels of heavy metals, and bacteria levels are always a huge worry with all filter feeders. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120419102522.htm
State of Grace oyster bar is aight. Pretty much only **** with RAW oysters, even more interesting when sampling a variety from different regions. Didn't know people in Katy knew about seafood that wasn't heavily fried.
I like oysters but I would only want to eat baked or fried. I don't understand why anyone would take a chance eating raw oysters when one bad one can kill you. It's a little too close to Russian Roulette for my tastes. Sure, the chances are small but still not worth taking imo. I've had a few raw ones in my life but I just don't get the fascination with it. Must be an acquired taste on the raw ones.
That's actually very rare. You have better odds dying in a car accident. I'd be dead by now since I've probably eaten over 1000 raw oysters in my lifetime and not so much as gotten sick and hepatitis negative.
Captain Toms is awesome and cheap. Actually was eating 4 dozen oysters there when this thread was started. My record is 8 dozen...but I felt like **** afterwards.
