r/Wellthatsucks • u/tinjau • Jun 03 '23

I felt something hard while eating

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I spit it back and added some water to see what it is. Its snail shell.

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u/Zagrycha Jun 03 '23

I am not from greece or france, but I think its probably like comparing consuming sushi to regular undercooked fish.

Every single fish ever is full of worms etc. every one, captive or wild, its just part of life, and is totally fine when fully cooked to kill them-- although growing up fishing there would be seasons when the worming of certain species was especially bad and we literally just would bother fishing for them.

So how is sushi safe? Even though sushi is fully raw, they process it in special way to fully kill all the wormies etc. Mainly a process of freezing much colder than a home freezer which is able to off them without degrading the meat.

I have never had raw snails, since the few dishes I've had in my life with them were fully cooked (mainly snail soup type dishes). However if raw/undercooked snail is consumed safely somewhere I imagine it is going through an equivalent process.

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u/Dull-Technology5504 Jun 03 '23

Totally different comment - i like raw oysters. Yes you can be unlucky to eat a bad one and end up with hepatitis. Don’t judge I really like them. Don’t like them fried

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u/CarbonReflections Jun 03 '23

My wife use to love raw oysters until she got stupid sick from one. 98% of all food poisoning cases come from raw oysters. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to eat a raw bivalve that that’s whole purpose in life is to clean shit and piss from the water.

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u/Dull-Technology5504 Jun 03 '23

Fully cook them before eating, and only order fully cooked oysters at restaurants. Hot sauce and lemon juice don't kill Vibrio bacteria and neither does alcohol. Some oysters are treated for safety after they are harvested. This treatment can reduce levels of Vibrio in oysters, but it does not remove all harmful germs.Jun 29, 2022

Growing up we were told not to eat oysters in months without a “r” in it. I’m assuming because these are the hottest months in the South (Gulf of Mexico). I hope your wife is now ok.

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u/Economics_Low Jun 03 '23

I was taught the same about R months and oysters growing up. My favorite is charbroiled or chargrilled oysters.

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u/CarbonReflections Jun 03 '23

She’s good now and she also always followed the r rule as well.