As I was about to start in on making breakfast a friend called me. It’s his birthday. He said that he desired to eat everything in the sea and that he’d like some company. Gemini’s.. am I right? They know how to party. We ordered two dozen blue points before they even brought water to the table. It had been a minute since I felt such glee. I love oysters. There’s just nothing else like them and I used to go out weekly for such a treat. I even kept a little notebook listing all the varieties I had tried. We slurped and got lit up on horseradish. I ordered a Topo. He got some Prosecco. Because oysters and bubbles are like peas and carrots or… kimchi and blueberries, imho. We were the only people there. Just us and the oysters on ice. We talked about the state of the world. We pondered aphrodisiacs and mused over the the awesomeness of Japanese pearl divers. Laughed about getting old and feeling young. Oysters might very well keep you young. They are so incredibly nutrient dense. Granted, even if they were no better for you than a hot bag of twizzlers I’d still be first in line to eat an alarming number of them. Luckily oysters are here to prove that not everything I love is bad for me. Check it out. They are mega high in zinc, copper, omega 3’s, B12, vitamin D and a recently discovered, unique antioxidant called 3,5-Dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol (DHMBA). It is currently being studied as a treatment for liver disease.. which may explain why oysters were once my all time favorite hangover cure. More expensive than ibuprofen, no doubt but they went down easier and gave me a reason to get dressed.
So there you have it. Day 156: Blue Points for breakfast. Perhaps a new birthday tradition has been born.