The Best Oysters Are Found in New Orleans - How We Eat

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  • Опубліковано 18 лют 2017
  • Ask anywhere in New Orleans and they’ll say Gulf oysters are the absolute best. This episode of How We Eat explores the complex history of this beloved bivalve, from the oyster itself to its signature preparations.
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  • @GOODMUSIC357
    @GOODMUSIC357 4 роки тому +87

    I lived next door to Thomas for almost two years and he truly is a great man. We drank on the stoop and had some really good times!

  • @CyclonexxxIce
    @CyclonexxxIce 4 роки тому +75

    The best raw oysters I've ever had were in New Orleans. Just $13 for a dozen of absolutely massive oysters that were just pulled from the water hours before. Truly an incredible meal.

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH 3 роки тому +4

      You haven’t been to kachemak bay Alaska I take it.

    • @scholasticbookfair.
      @scholasticbookfair. 3 роки тому +25

      @@MatanuskaHIGH No one has. That's a given.

    • @manurocker1
      @manurocker1 6 місяців тому +1

      hahahah @@scholasticbookfair.

  • @grillguy3845
    @grillguy3845 3 роки тому +11

    Thomas had me dying 🤣. ...never can be duplicated. He was talking that talk. lol

  • @GambitzxD
    @GambitzxD 7 років тому +177

    "You put lead in your pencil, but if you don't have no stationary to write on or no one to write to. You're in trouble for eating all them oysters" 2:19-2:28

    • @Jess455
      @Jess455 6 років тому +4

      Faisal Rashid thank you, I have been listening over and over again , trying to figure it out what he was talking about ?????????

    • @senor_bonito
      @senor_bonito 6 років тому +3

      Oysters contain an aphrodisiac

    • @wes788411
      @wes788411 4 місяці тому

      @@Jess455 Oysters are said to be an aphrodisiac, so if you eat a bunch of oysters and you don’t have anyone to screw, you’re going to have blue balls.

  • @jonanderson8211
    @jonanderson8211 2 роки тому +11

    What a great flick. Real people talking about real food. Possibly one of my favs, New Orleans, the soul of the planet, love you guys.🇨🇦

  • @wparo
    @wparo 6 років тому +33

    That fella with the oysters is someone I would enjoy his company

  • @HaningNugrahadi
    @HaningNugrahadi 7 років тому +180

    Uptown seems like fun guy

  • @7.5Mviews
    @7.5Mviews 7 років тому +32

    Thomas needs his own show 😂

  • @KushDaddys
    @KushDaddys 7 років тому +120

    lol that black dude is awesome

  • @RS-it2ho
    @RS-it2ho 3 роки тому +4

    I can NOT with UPtown T!!!
    He's the type to turn the worst day around for someone just by being himself.
    We need so much more.

  • @ar_l_rvo.o5356
    @ar_l_rvo.o5356 6 років тому +10

    I travelled and tried many oysters,when i was back in my country,my friend whom owns a bar imported new zealand bluff oysters,the day i had that bad baby with drops of tabasco,i will never forget the experience! It retained the water inside it where it originated from too,for me i would say,that's the best in the world,second is any coastal japanese town oysters 👍 for any seafood lovers,try them when you drink👍

  • @AtodaZ23
    @AtodaZ23 7 років тому +11

    Uptown T is fucking hilarious, I watched his scene three times lol.

  • @shikifuujin4800
    @shikifuujin4800 7 років тому +331

    what type of device did the narrator use to record. it sounds awful

    • @rights9620
      @rights9620 7 років тому +7

      It does. Tought it was my computer but seems not.

    • @ariel3725
      @ariel3725 7 років тому +19

      I think he's trying to achieve that transistor radio sound

    • @CarlosTrancos
      @CarlosTrancos 7 років тому +4

      The sound is awful.

    • @gojoe36
      @gojoe36 7 років тому +34

      A Louisiana potato.

    • @adamschorr2301
      @adamschorr2301 7 років тому +4

      Windows Movie Maker

  • @kolbypham7318
    @kolbypham7318 7 років тому +36

    YOU CAN CALL ME THOMAAAS

  • @I2each
    @I2each 7 років тому +92

    haha Thomas is awesome!

  • @KeetyPooh
    @KeetyPooh 7 років тому +5

    How are you not going to mention charbroiled oysters when talking about New Orleans oysters?

  • @davisx2002
    @davisx2002 6 років тому +3

    i was driving in Louisiana one day and i saw a little shack that had a stack of empty shells out back that was about 10 feet tall...they even pave the roads with clam shells. aint no gravel in the delta.

  • @Guitargate
    @Guitargate 3 роки тому +7

    I need to spend time on a stool in front of Uptown T.

  • @JojoBiebah
    @JojoBiebah 7 років тому +22

    people don't understand my obsession with oysters 😭

    • @brodywhite1753
      @brodywhite1753 2 роки тому

      😄😄 I be tryna tell me people. A couple dozen and a couple cold brews

  • @iamJamesPhelps
    @iamJamesPhelps 7 років тому +8

    My city! Y'all, Nola has THE BEST FOOD PERIOD.

    • @elliotarnold9514
      @elliotarnold9514 7 років тому +2

      James Phelps watching this in Metairie thinking the same thing, these people dont know what they are missing.

  • @BeatlesCentricUniverse
    @BeatlesCentricUniverse 2 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @manfredmann9708
    @manfredmann9708 7 років тому +2

    Thomas in this video so fuxxxx cool. Thanks Thomas. Great Oyster chef Thomas, we all believe in you :-)

  • @livewire9414
    @livewire9414 7 років тому +8

    It looks delicious 😋

  • @ZKZ123
    @ZKZ123 7 років тому +1

    Good content!

  • @fatstacks89
    @fatstacks89 5 років тому +14

    cold water oysters are always superior I've eaten gulf oysters while in NO and they're good but not best

    • @johnsheetz6639
      @johnsheetz6639 3 роки тому

      Where would you say the best

    • @villeray9911
      @villeray9911 2 роки тому

      Canada's oysters are truly amazing

    • @matttherrien9608
      @matttherrien9608 Місяць тому

      ​@@villeray9911early spring, cold water Prince Edward Island oysters are lovely.

  • @BigLove101
    @BigLove101 7 років тому +6

    Those Oysters looked delicious!

  • @jessie801000
    @jessie801000 7 років тому +5

    Ah great, I found another channel I'm gonna have to binge watch on. Damnit UA-cam.

  • @penepatitenor
    @penepatitenor 6 років тому +7

    I need to go here!!!!! ugh!!! although...if any of you have tasted Bluff Oysters in NZ.... those things... are RIDICULOUS!!! my opinion, the best in the world! along with their mussels. But, ill be absolutely willing to try here! hehehe

    • @TheATHLETE420
      @TheATHLETE420 4 роки тому

      The best salmon to. That farmed salmon NZ got is FIRE!!!

  • @KiwiChristian
    @KiwiChristian 7 років тому +10

    The best oysters are found in New Zealand. They are Bluff Oysters. There are other countries besides the USA...

  • @aloveroflove215
    @aloveroflove215 7 років тому +39

    Salvatore Sunseri looks like a meme. No offence.

    • @BOSS-xz4tj
      @BOSS-xz4tj 5 років тому +4

      Alover OfLove ...id say he looks unpretentious and a throwback look of old world. I like his style.

    • @PLANDerLinde99
      @PLANDerLinde99 5 років тому

      *HE IS A LIVING MEME*

  • @jraymond1988
    @jraymond1988 6 років тому +5

    I've only had oysters once or twice because they aren't the most economical item on the menu. I love seafood though (but hate traveling) but I'd love to give something like this a try.

    • @BOSS-xz4tj
      @BOSS-xz4tj 5 років тому

      JTR ...then u probably want to travel to do it.

  • @tenou213
    @tenou213 7 років тому +2

    Aww yiss. I really want oysters now.

  • @ProNzGamer69
    @ProNzGamer69 2 роки тому +1

    Bluff oysters and pacific oysters around NZ are hard to beat. Try oysters the size of your Entire hand, super creamy, would love to try these

  • @a1fiaalii
    @a1fiaalii 6 років тому +6

    can't beat a Bluff oyster in New Zealand

  • @kikocabinte9493
    @kikocabinte9493 7 років тому +1

    Thomas you rock it

  • @herropreaseherro7870
    @herropreaseherro7870 3 роки тому +2

    I feel like oysters are one of those things that is enjoyable to eat because you tell yourself it’s good and everyone eats it. If everyone ate tarantulas and told you it’s good you’d probably be fine eating tarantulas as well. In reality it really just looks like a soft slimy snotball stuck in a rock.

    • @kavalia2307
      @kavalia2307 Рік тому +1

      They do taste amazing tho

    • @shumitawa8855
      @shumitawa8855 Рік тому

      Are they eaten raw?

    • @kavalia2307
      @kavalia2307 Рік тому

      @@shumitawa8855 Not all - but raw, or cooked, still very tasty!

  • @Gregorydeon
    @Gregorydeon 7 років тому +9

    Typically, the colder the water the more flavourful the shellfish. So while the oysters in the southern US are tasty they don't match up to those found in cold ocean water. Try a Malpeque or a Raspberry Point oyster from Prince Edward Island, Canada, and you will see what I mean.

    • @StuninRub
      @StuninRub Рік тому

      Nope, cold water does not always mean better. If you like the taste of dirt, then yea, a PEI oyster is what you want to eat. A Pacific Oyster is leagues a head.

    • @pinchevulpes
      @pinchevulpes Рік тому

      @@StuninRub that old goat don’t know what he’s talking about

  • @lovelivi1591
    @lovelivi1591 6 років тому

    Thomas is awesome lol I would want to meet him if I went to Louisiana!

  • @chansaicommerce1721
    @chansaicommerce1721 3 роки тому

    AWESOME

  • @bobhuston6168
    @bobhuston6168 6 років тому

    Yep ! Yep..just a little taste of heaven😃😃and i live in calgary canada....

  • @drahunter213
    @drahunter213 6 років тому

    1:42
    Lol that guy is hilarious

  • @ronocthebarbarian3025
    @ronocthebarbarian3025 6 років тому +1

    I love Louisiana food! Best in the country!

  • @percymiller4570
    @percymiller4570 7 років тому +12

    Gulf oysters Are the best! I've had oysters from the Atlantic and Pacific. New Orleans has the best, freshest, saltiest oysters.

  • @maix139
    @maix139 7 років тому

    Mmmm I am eating steamed oysters with a home made sour pepper sauce later since this vid made me hungry lol

  • @Outlawdeputy23
    @Outlawdeputy23 4 роки тому +2

    Damn I wanna go to the place Thomas works at and get an oyster shucked by him!

  • @shawtchurchjr
    @shawtchurchjr 7 років тому

    They're to die for. Literally.

  • @ThexBorg
    @ThexBorg 4 роки тому

    Yum

  • @bob_the_plumber
    @bob_the_plumber 7 місяців тому

    The one local bar near me called Cole's public House in Amherst Ohio (sorry had to give them a shout out) always had a standard menu but then they changed up a lot of the other things like they always had oysters Rockefeller but the oysters on the half shell they would serve them plain with cocktail sauce or just lemon whatever you prefer and they would always come up with something creative like the one time it was a soy Ginger with cucumber and then one other time I'm pretty sure that they put a little bit of rice wine vinegar they minced up pickled ginger and I couldn't place the name of the third ingredient but I know they put something else in there and they were out of this world

  • @michaelhunziker7287
    @michaelhunziker7287 4 роки тому +1

    Uptown T is a great guy. Go see him at Pascal's Manale

  • @civodarp5742
    @civodarp5742 6 років тому

    "Cha cha cha, cuz we're not finished" 😂😂😂

  • @JackyMKLeung
    @JackyMKLeung 7 років тому +2

    Voila, or shall I say cha cha cha because we are not finished yet...

  • @quantumaquatic1767
    @quantumaquatic1767 7 років тому +3

    Louisiana/New Orleans oysters are super thick and creamy never had an oyster as fat and consistent like them

  • @ESKATEUK
    @ESKATEUK 5 років тому +2

    I’m a bit worried as I’ve started eating oysters and I absolutely love them. But I’ve heard a lot of bad about eating them raw and getting vibriosis. What are the chances and what are the signs to look out for, are there any signs you have a bad oyster? I want to keep eating them so any help would be great

    • @shino8854
      @shino8854 3 роки тому +3

      Only eat them if the month has a R in them i.e November, December etc etc.
      Also always chew the oyster before swallowing, if it taste anything but the usual taste, spit it out and announce proudly to everyone...you don't swallow.

  • @djproe360
    @djproe360 3 роки тому

    Whoa look at that MONSTER size oyster 4:50

  • @polarspirit
    @polarspirit 6 років тому +1

    That shucker reminds me of buba from forrest gump

  • @Illuminat3d
    @Illuminat3d 7 років тому +1

    Yummy 😋

  • @wachirarisky4284
    @wachirarisky4284 3 роки тому

    I tried an oyster once when I was like 12 it didn't go well. I vowed to never eat another oyster in my life will I never break that promise, but it's still love watching others eat them

  • @donkers1974
    @donkers1974 7 років тому +11

    I haven't even tried eating an oister, wtf am i doing here...

    • @TheDarwiniser
      @TheDarwiniser 7 років тому +6

      its the taste of the ocean... salty but not overpowering, mineral taste, smooth texture, savoury.
      best with a dash of lemon juice and fresh from the shell.

    • @cosmokramer4703
      @cosmokramer4703 7 років тому +1

      John Smith slight sweet taste from the ones on the west coast as well

  • @insertnamehere9865
    @insertnamehere9865 7 років тому +1

    Yo I was gonna say nice work on getting the cultural ambassador from the local government there onto your show, that's pretty neat and legit. In actuality I paused before pressing Comment and googled her name and found out she isn't the cultural ambassador, Irvin Mayfield is.
    I get that it might seem cool to throw that tag under her name but come on, that's not that different from putting 'Mayor' under her name - it's misleading, especially to people out of area. I also found that she entertains the myths of ghosts and a myriad of other lunacy, so please can you refrain from whacking legitimate labels on random people in the future? Also no politics videos please, you guys aren't buzzfeed or some other bottom-tier clickbait.

  • @PMMM9
    @PMMM9 7 років тому

    Man o man would I like some of these shelled beauties.....

  • @HiSpeedOxygen
    @HiSpeedOxygen 7 років тому +1

    Thomas a G!!

  • @winneyd3581
    @winneyd3581 7 років тому +3

    and of course it must be somewhere in the US.

  • @lui9c
    @lui9c 3 роки тому

    Gahd's Pahnd. Love oysters.

  • @KhmerMinnesnowta
    @KhmerMinnesnowta 6 років тому

    Holy crabs...those oysters!

  • @manuwhanau4464
    @manuwhanau4464 6 років тому +3

    No way! Best, fattest, juiciest, flavoursome oysters are most definitely from beautiful New Zealand!!!!!! World famous Bluff oysters all day whoop whoop

  • @richardmyhan8755
    @richardmyhan8755 5 років тому +3

    Char broiled are the best✔

  • @chansaicommerce1721
    @chansaicommerce1721 3 роки тому

    COOL

  • @spaaggetii
    @spaaggetii 4 роки тому

    My gosh, Is that lady off her chops at the start/beginning??? LOL WUT

  • @jessieortiz4874
    @jessieortiz4874 6 років тому +1

    Lol you in troubleeeeee

  • @strikedizzle
    @strikedizzle 7 років тому +66

    Made with BP oil

  • @sawxxx54
    @sawxxx54 6 років тому

    Its coming home

  • @dennisbougie8322
    @dennisbougie8322 3 роки тому +2

    I’m from New England and the oysters here are delicious. I lived in Florida for 7 years and I found the oyster shells were heavily encrusted with barnacles, and even smaller oysters stuck to them. You couldn’t get a shucked oyster to lay on a platter without it tipping over. The taste was fine but not the same clean briny flavor of a cold water oyster. To each his own I guess.

  • @DigitalDanggit
    @DigitalDanggit 7 років тому +10

    Hokkaido called and said "whuuuut?"

    • @joeykarate3148
      @joeykarate3148 7 років тому +3

      Digital Danggit Hokkaido is good for crab but there are far better places in Japan for oysters.

    • @PLANDerLinde99
      @PLANDerLinde99 5 років тому

      *COCcaido*

  • @barrymccaulkiner7092
    @barrymccaulkiner7092 3 роки тому

    Anyone know where Sisko's Restaurant is?

  • @williamwoody7607
    @williamwoody7607 3 роки тому +2

    After the BP oil spill, only an idiot would eat ANYTHING out of the gulf.

  • @SteadyFlockin
    @SteadyFlockin 7 років тому +7

    Who else is here because of the demarcus cousins trade???

    • @ZeDeadNinja
      @ZeDeadNinja 7 років тому +3

      Jovanny Preme I'm not I'm here bc I like oysters

  • @Hollywoodchristian
    @Hollywoodchristian 6 років тому +1

    Lived in new Orleans my whole life and never tried an oyster as of 2018

  • @sisterspoof23
    @sisterspoof23 2 роки тому

    thomas is hilarious

  • @tonydetuna1923
    @tonydetuna1923 7 років тому +10

    Are the oysters still covered with BP oil?
    The shrimp are still sick with infections all over them

    • @BOSS-xz4tj
      @BOSS-xz4tj 5 років тому +1

      Tony DeTuna ...just go a little heavier on the cayenne pepper hot sauce. It adds flavor in addition to killing any petroleum based viral or bacterial deadly organisms.

  • @fumantony8788
    @fumantony8788 7 років тому +1

    the 1st 3 blue oyster cult albums are the best.

  • @dime4026
    @dime4026 7 років тому +2

    New zealand bluff oysters. Best in the world

  • @Nathaniel64
    @Nathaniel64 2 роки тому

    A lot of gulf oysters are not farmed. They thrive in the warm waters of the gulf.

  • @pedrogregorio
    @pedrogregorio 7 років тому

    uptown t!

  • @bhismilinirampersad3360
    @bhismilinirampersad3360 9 місяців тому

    👍😊🇹🇹

  • @THETENXU
    @THETENXU 2 роки тому

    2021

  • @rougeone744
    @rougeone744 3 роки тому

    Great job eater at least your comments arnt bashing you like vice

  • @williamhollandsworth7177
    @williamhollandsworth7177 7 років тому

    You haven't eaten an oyster until you've had a Chincoteague oyster

  • @allibell6795
    @allibell6795 6 років тому

    I love oysters I'm now craving them.

  • @cesarreyes1217
    @cesarreyes1217 5 років тому +1

    I love oysters but clams are alot more delicious

  • @mikerandall8289
    @mikerandall8289 6 років тому +6

    The best oysters are found in Bluff New Zealand

  • @abbyu168
    @abbyu168 5 років тому

    I’m from New Orleans and the oysters r ok but the seafood and beignets r the best u can eat down their nothing is better and then the parties they have every night we’re u can drink and do what ever is fun

  • @jasonvoorheeskill
    @jasonvoorheeskill 7 років тому

    What's up with the audio work, Mate. I mean, isn't there anybody checking the final result?

  • @rougeone744
    @rougeone744 3 роки тому

    Capt wilbert must have got a lot of tail look at them 3:28

  • @necron9944
    @necron9944 7 років тому

    Yeah that oil spill sure must of helped LOL, fuck eatin sea food out of the gulf of mexico lol.

  • @moratrolls874
    @moratrolls874 3 роки тому

    hell of a southern accents

  • @jessieortiz4874
    @jessieortiz4874 6 років тому +2

    Your in troubleeeeeeeeee

  • @kevins4213
    @kevins4213 3 роки тому

    Still like my Pocahontas and Rappahannock oysters from VA

  • @12oshinko
    @12oshinko 2 роки тому

    I grew up in New Orleans and I gotta say I prefer Pac Northwest oysters.

  • @loveforthegame3
    @loveforthegame3 6 років тому +2

    tobasco, oysters and beer.

  • @shadyzbabii420
    @shadyzbabii420 7 років тому

    Uptown T would literally make me walk out on a tab...and ive never imagined doing so.