OYSTER GOURMETS LIVE JUST FOR NEW SEASON
An amusmg deseription of the joy felt by oyster gourmets in England when the season begins is given in th© "Daily Mail." "Today," says the writer (on August 31), "is the last day of mourning for oyster addicts. For four mpnths they have been supporting lif© in listless apathy, their senses dulled by th© anguish of Beparation from their beloved bivalves. To-mor-i'ow these pallid ghosts who have endured the mockery of the summer months will spring out of their coma, ready to tuck in to a dozen natives befor© you can say "Whitstable.,, For the true oyster addict, of course, *the "R" ip Septemher is the loudest, richest "R3J in the language, The "R's" in the succeeding oyster months shrink progressively uixtil April's appears in almost standard size. It is no exaggeration to say. that oysters inspire mor© passioriat© allegiance than any,, other delicaGy, animal, vegetable, or mineral. The more "Ritzy" eats go in and out of season, and the gourmet eonsoles himself for the doparture of th© on© with the arriyal of the other.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 11, 28 January 1937, Page 15
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182OYSTER GOURMETS LIVE JUST FOR NEW SEASON Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 11, 28 January 1937, Page 15
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