The lack of green stomach contents is due to purging the oysters before processing...they are left in clear water for several days in order to clear out the stomach contents...its an extra step that adds on extra time and money and most processors skip this step for that reason...hope you're on the mend Larry! Greetings from Canada 🤘🇨🇦🤘
@@sdgc8667 kinda reminds me of that "terroir" thing with wines. I bet a lot of different foods and drinks take on unique taste from the environment. One time I had this Dutch gouda made from the milk of cows who had been grazing on fresh spring mountain grass. It kinda sounds gross but i could taste the grassy flavours along with the creaminess of the milk. Same with this buckwheat honey i had one time
A friend of mine used to rave about his oyster stuffing. Being a fan of oysters, I asked him if he'd give me the recipe, to which he did. I was reading it, and I noticed one major problem. His "OYSTER" Stuffing did not, I repeat DID NOT have any oysters in it. Instead of croutons, he used Oyster Crackers!!! 😆😆😆
Wolfe, I saw you in my recommendations today. 3 Years ago on my old account, while living in a small studio apartment shopping at Dollar General for food, I came across your channel. You got me through many hard days, just wanted to say thank you and it's good to see you so successful with all of your subscribers now. I think I remember when it was 300k lol.
green stomach thing: they were likely kept in clean tanks for a week or 2 to wash out any detritus and bacteria. they all do it for a day or 2 to clean out the obvious sand and grit
🤣 man I'm an oyster farmer and there's a million and five ways to eat them! But nothing is better than eating them fresh out of the water on deck. I normally move 800-1,000 bushels of oysters every day and when ever I want a great snack I walk out with my knife and Tabasco 🤤
@@waterlife.1905 I would have to check the invasive species log, but there are several small red worms in the oysters potentially, if the one your talking about came from the shell then you should let the farm supervisor know, they can spread and will compromise the shells of the oyster leading to crab predation and the potential spread of Infectious Diseases . Unfortunately there are a lot of different things that were always looking for on the farm and many times all we can really do is remove them from the system. Depends o. The company you're working for as to how they will handle that, but it's definitely something I would address immediately as a farmer.
@@steampower9990 I can imagine its quite a science. I know a girl from Cape Cod who knows people in this profession (her brother has a tuna and a lobster boat). I grew up in VT and people have know idea that farmers are very smart people and I can only imagine "Ocean Farmying" is the same. Good luck to you Mr. Steam
For those who've noticed the expired dates on the cans …I believe he’s posting some older videos because of his current accident preventing him from creating new content until further notice
They likely mix and match the oils because they buy what they can get bulk discounts on at the time of need. So some days soybean oil might be cheaper, others it's corn oil et al, and they use the cheapest oil they can to maximize profits.
Our family friend started an oyster farm in the ocean off the Washington coast. You get permits and anchor very large blocks of styrofoam about ten feet below the surface. Then you spread baby oysters on them and wait two years. He was very excited as harvest time neared. He had a good time with all the other oystermen also getting ready. When the big day came he and his crew motored to his lease location but lo and behold, the local boys had stolen everything. About a half million dollars of retirement savings gone. The local police were absolutely less than helpful if not totally in on it. You ask why gourmet ocean raised fresh oysters are so expensive? Ask the north Washington locals. But don’t stop your car.
@@Athlas87 "you get permits" from who? Ummm the American government. Now read your reply and the original post as many times as needed if mine isn't useful to you ✌️❤🙏
I grew up really poor so there were nights when the pantry was bare except for these. I hated them growing up but now I find myself making a meal of a can of smoked oysters, mustard and saltines because I enjoy them.
Thank you, Mr. Wolfepit. Thanks to you I’ve tried so many new canned meats, and I’ve been introduced into a world I never thought I would enjoy so much!
As everyone knows that everything that is good, clean, healthy, and hygienic for you is made in China. It is clear that the large food processing companies in America seriously care about the well-being of their customers.😂🎉
I wasn't sure but have you ever gone through the different canned tuna? I remember seeing the Walmart brand not even being all tuna. Hope you’re feeling better. Thanks for the upload
Yeah one day I decided to try the great value tuna instead of one of the name brands and it’s one of the few supermarket items that you can’t skimp on… it was all chopped up and extremely watery even after draining extensively.
Interesting that the last one had 0% sugar, even though sugar was one of the ingredients! Also I had a discussion with one of the companies at one time. There is a letter code on the can. L = Large, M = Medium, and S and T (for tiny). There is also a B - for bits. I seem to think there may have been an H too for huge.
The 0 G sugar thing is likely due to FDA labeling guidelines. As long as there's less than 5 calories from sugar per serving, it can be listed as having no sugar. The artificial sweetener Splenda, for example, is 95% dextrose(sugar) and 5% sucralose(artificial sweetener), but it can be labeled as having 0% calories from sugar per serving for this very reason.
I have to admit, having learned what I've learned about what China does to the water around their country, I wouldn't eat any seafood that's from China. To clarify china dumps a lot of unfiltered radioactive waist water along with various other chemicals
Hey boss, on that Sunny Sea one I'd wager the oil had gone rancid. Considering "best by" dates and how generous they usually are, going 3 years over it was probably pushing things. :P Oysters probably would've been identical to the others texture wise though. Just put an order in for some Otter Kingdom from Korea, they seem pretty popular, with some people arguing whether they're better than the Crown Prince ones (also Korean). ***** On the "lemon" oysters, I wager if you added a little lemon juice to the can and let it sit you'd get a bigger bang for your buck. The moisture content should rehydrate that dried lemon peel and give it a bigger effect than just a squirt of juice would. Anything dehydrated or dried like garlic or spices you need to rehydrate before adding to food. If you're cooking something with plenty of moisture, like a soup or marinade you can just dump it in, but if you try to add garlic to oil without rehydrating it first you'll just have burned garlic bits in oil. That's probably why the "lemon" oysters were disappointing, wasn't enough moisture in the can to wake up the flavor. Side note, Depending on how fast you go through garlic, you might be better off with the dried minced instead of the powder. I'm kind of getting attached to the minced stuff now, seems like it gives less of the heartburn effect that powder does. Plus it doesn't clump.
It’s that green stuff that worries me, especially if they’re farm raised in China. Nothing like a chemical plant, animal processing up river dumping out into their farm raised seafood. Won’t touch any seafood out of China.
THANK YOU for reviewing these!! i eat canned fish of all types, i always consider getting these but haven’t yet because they have cotton seed oil and that is basically the WORST oil you can consume, it is so highly processed it’s almost poison to the human body which cannot digest it. corn chips are commonly made with this as well, try to avoid anything with cottonseed oil, read your labels people! thanks again mr. wolfpit
As a fan of Mike's content I would enjoy that. I could see Shrimp doing a "Weird Stuff In A Can" video with something Larry sends him and Larry trying weird canned British food.
Yo, that would be cool. Or if Larry wanted to, he could give Atomic Shrimp an idea for his scambaiting videos like having him address the scammer as scooter.
THE CAN OF OYSTERS GETS EXPENSIVE DUE TO HAND PACKING(THROWN IN) THE OYSTERS IN THE CAN. THESE ARE THE REASONS THE MAJORITY ARE MADE IN CHINA, SO THEY WILL BE REASONABLY PRICED. KOREAN OYSTERS ARE $1 MORE, BUT PACKAGED VERY NICELY AND TEST GREAT.
I had some made in the US organic tinned oysters and they too still had green inside so I guess location isn’t what is determining whether they are cleaned or not. They tasted just fine however. My can of oysters said caution contains oysters on it too. Like I did not expect oysters or something, and I thought that was really funny.
I have been trying to learn to like oysters for a long time. I have had them raw and I have tried them fried, steamed, grilled and boiled in soup. I have had them drunk and I have tried them sober and I do not like oysters, but I have not hsd them smoked and I am still trying! Another great review!
Hmmm! Nice bit of sleuthing there. The Sea Bear label shows no oil in the ingredients. That’s good to know. I see one of the Chinese packed cans had a small amount of trans fat so they are probably using partially hydrogenated oils. We should all beware that cottonseed oil can carry trace amounts of pesticides and should be avoided where possible. I was pleasantly surprised that he liked the Great Value brand.
That's exactly why food products from China are banned in the EU, but in the Jungle Capitalist America only profits are import, people health not so much...
I am not sure if the image of the product information on the back of the can, is your actual can, or something you got off the Net, but the 08/01/2021 expiration date may, just may have something to do with the taste. Just say'n.
Growing up mom always diced up smoked oysters for her stuffing, it was the bomb, the oysters came in a can with the center of the top of the can being clear plastic so you could see the oysters. They were smoked and packed in salt water and absolutely delicious. BTW I think SeaBear are the best US smoked oysters.
Thank you for the info about the big commercial brands being from China. I hadn’t realized that. Plus, weren’t they expired by 3 or 4 years? And the Pacific Northwest has the best seafood in the world. If you want some real smoked oysters you have to try medium to large ones smoked and vacuum sealed in bags. 👍🏻
Loaded with sodium and canned in cottonseed oil? That's enough to get a red check-mark on my list. Seed oils are the cheapest and nastiest oils in food processing. Avoid them. Added sodium is a fact of life in processed food but anybody who's dealing with hypertension best heed my advice and avoid it.
Wow, was that ever 'eye opening'. I had no idea there was such a difference in price and quality. Only goes to show, once again. Thx for doing this and sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
I get the feeling this is old footage that was used. I get why content creators post old footage, especially around holidays or vacations, but for some reason I feel cheated when they do.
I haven’t had any smoked oysters in several years, but I recall that Geisha was a good brand. It’s kind of surprising. The Walmart brand came out so well, though. My question though is that RUclips says this is only a three week old video, so why are the best by dates all 2020 and 2021? Was this an old video you reposted?
When I was a kid my Mom would occasionally bring home various foods, smoked oysters being one of them. Aside of my Mom I was the only one who liked them so it was kind of a treat we shared when she brought them home. Somewhat recently saw some at the store and thought "It's been forever since I've had these" and could not understand why I thought they were so terrible compared to what I remembered. Called my Mom and asked her and it ended up my Uncle would get them every so often (along with other stuff) when he would travel and some would end up with my Mom. My Uncle is now gone but he was a huge health nut so I'm sure even back then it would have been something made in the US and probably what we would now call organic and non GMO, blah blah blah. So I got curious and did some hunting till I found a place that carried something not made in China, ended up one of my local markets carry a US brand and the difference was night and day and what I remembered. Kind of scary the difference if I'm being honest. Significantly more expensive (think it was $10-$11 for the can) but they were actually edible.
You're completely wrong. Nothing about who made it. It's all about price. You get what you paid. China offers all kind of trim, from high end to low garbage. Just remember, focusing on price, not location
@@binz7087 Thing is I couldn't find any smoked oysters in my area that were from China that weren't cheap. Same with a lot of fish I see in my local supermarkets. I'm sure they produce better stuff, but it doesn't make it's way to any store around me.
@@stephaniepearl4059 no worries, I just wanted you to know the reason why. I hope you have a blessed holiday tomorrow, if you are observing Thanksgiving. 🦃
I'm 74 and all my life until the late 80s all canned tuna was in a 6.5 oz. can . When you opened , was packed tight with tuna . Then the corp. " downsizing " started . 1st 6 oz with half the wgt. liquid , then 5 oz . &half liquid . I see this in all products . What's you opine ?
I live in BC and there are few better shore lunches than fresh oysters roasted on a shovel over an open fire on the beach. The idea of eating a filter feeder grown in a Chinese waterway and processed in a Chinese factory? Repulsive
Cheap ones are probably meant to be implemented in a recipe(which requires cooking). The taste results would be different. The context in which the product is meant to be used for is important.
Even though sugar is an ingredient if it is .5 gram or less they can legally round down to zero. Manufacturers know this and will sometimes game the system by playing with portion size. For example… everyone knows trans fat is bad but did you know any partially hydrogenated oil in the ingredients is the same thing as trans fat? Let’s say a can is 200 grams and the serving size is 1 can. If it contains a gram of partially hydrogenated oil then the label must show 1 grams of trans fat, but, if the manufacturer changes the serving size to 2 per can, changing nothing else, the trans fat can be labeled as 0 since it is now only .5 grams per serving. Sneaky. For sugar it’s not a big deal but ANY trans fat is bad.
Have to admit, I usually have a tin of smoked oysters in springwater (just the supermarkets own brand, it's the only one not in oil) in the pantry. A good protein snack, relatively lo-cal, on light crackers or toasted turkish bread with tzatziki dip. Regarding these cans, I find it interesting that the protein content varies, despite all containing basically just oysters. For the local brands, not surprised they tasted better, given a higher quality starting product and probably more seasoning. However, no matter how delicious any of them were I don't think you can call them 'beautiful', oysters in any shape or form are ugly as all hell, like they fell out of the tree and hit every branch on the way down. Fortunately that doesn't affect the taste.
@@Plasmastorm73_n5evv So larger oysters contain more protein per gram of oyster? Or is it just more of the weight in some packs is oyster and more is water/oil in others?
This video is a re-post due to the fact that Larry had a very debilitating accident & is unable to make new videos until he has recovered. He had an announcement that stated all that.
Chicken of the Sea (formerly known as Van Camp Sea Food Company) was purchased by Purina in 1963 and sold to an Indonesian Corporation in 1988. At what time do you think they started importing the seafood from Asian countries? (I’ll give you a hint : a whole lot earlier than 1988)
Sup Larry, as may remember, I hate oysters lol, love clams ect but not oysters 🤷, I did have ekone smoked oysters on crackers with cream cheese because didn't know it, was a Xmas party(thought was a smoked mushroom)lol. Honestly I ate 3 before was told. Maybe it's a mental thing? Keep healing and have a happy thanksgiving, tyvm tc
Is there an oyster can product that doesn't carry the California Proposition 65 warning? It seems that oysters harvested from the Yellow Sea in China and South Korea are always accompanied by this warning due to heavy metal contamination. However, the two U.S. products mentioned in the video (Seabear and Ekone) also display the Proposition 65 warning on their websites.
6:05 Or maybe because it was three years past the best by date? Did you make this video three years ago and just upload it today? Anyway, thanks for all the great videos and have a great Thanksgiving!
I knew you'd love the Washington oysters. We lived in Federal Way during the 90s, and often visited the various markets, including Pike. After Washington, i was to spoiled to try cheap china trash ever again. Lol.
fucking hell even our food is all from China. Am I the only one who never knew that at all? Always assumed brands like chicken of the sea and bumblee were from the US...not China
These are probably some of my favorite treats. Been eating them for decades either on various crackers, in salads, pasta dishes, sushi when I make it, pizza toppings, you name it. A few times I find them at the dollar store and cash in on a case or two. Chipotle Tabasco is what I top them with.
Reese's brand...Petite Cherry Smoked Oysters are the best canned variety. I have smoked oysters myself and typically use cherry wood for them and most all seafood...EXCEPT.....the finest smoke is....OLIVE PITS!! Awesome for seafood AND chicken too!! The pits have enough olive oil in them that makes a great smoke flavoring that ADDS but does NOT overpower delicate flavor foods. It is hard to find retail quantities of olive pits. I have found them in bulk from California olive processing facilities. They use them as fuel in their co-gen plants. What a WASTE of the FINEST smoke available!
they're probably all produced in the same factory just with slightly different packaging. Is this an old video since all the cans has dates ending in 2020?
I love canned smoked oysters. They are a tasty cheap source of protein. I used to take them hiking and camping when I was younger. They are yummy on a cream cheese covered bagel 😊
Those of us that harvest clams from the beach use corn starch in the water we transport them in to our homes and give 24 hours for them to self clean. My guess is the company that sold you the oysters with a clean stomach did the same . Figuring the green may be off putting to many people. I love oysters in any way but my son only consumes them from the bbq or in stew both with the stomach removed
I truly envy your ability to eat oysters. Ilove them as well, but they tend to leave my body in the quickest way imaginable. Not a shellfish issue, just oysters.
"Farm raised" in China, filter feeders, China tends to regularly poison their own people with pollution so farm raised Chinese anything is a scary proposition, like Chinese "honey" without participation of Bee's in its production,
I have never had canned oysters. I've eaten them fresh. I refuse to eat any grocery store purchased foods made in China. The US oyster brands look delicious. I cannot wat to try them out.
GREAT video! I too am a big fan of can-packed oysters. I love that you found some US grown stuff, that's got me curious to go and procure some for myself. Thanks again for this great expose, I'm sure you suffered a lot 🙂 Especially when you had to launch that nasty one across the yard!
In China, there isn't enough regulation for the quality of food in terms of freshness, taste, texture, etc. They don't have an FDA. Also, they care only about profit, not about quality. Which is why it's better to order from street vendors who use fresh ingredients instead of industrialized food. They do have access to that over there, but they can only eat local stuff.
My first oyster was from Apalachicola Bay. Absolutely wonderful and one of my favorites. I, personally, don't eat them in a can, and rarely will I get them frozen from the store. I also enjoy the Virginia Point oysters as well. My favorite method is slow over hickory smoke, lemon, and a tiny dap of homemade cocktail.
I'm not crazy about the oil either, but love the oysters. So what I do is rinse them off to get rid of most of the oil. I know that sounds weird, but it's just something I've done for many years. Then I like to eat them on crackers with cheese or sometimes I'll just eat them directly out of the can.
@@linux230 I agree that cheese should never be paired with nice seafood, like fish, shrimp, lobster, etc (I can't even eat cheese on a fish sandwich). But these are canned oysters and they work as a decent appetizer on crackers with a port wine cheese spread. It's actually quite good.
My Question and I could be wrong is: According to the release date of this is Nov of this year, 2023. Sunny Sea oysters that were sampled, you shot one out as soon as you put it in your mouth. Could this be, that the clearly marked BBD on the can before you opened it at 5min. 27 sec - clearly is stamped "Jun/20/2020. Wondering...
So many of the cans of oysters you ate had "Best By" dates years in the past, just FYI. Also, I love the WalMart brand warning: "CAUTION: IN SPITE of careful inspection procedures, occasional shell fragments may be present." Does this mean that one out of every four QA inspectors are disgruntled and deliberately throwing bits of shell in random cans?
There is a limit on how far out companies can put a best buy date. Not for safety of the specific product but overall safety and simplicity of all products. I'm 100% sure the oysters he ate were well within safety range. Canning is extremely good at preserving foods.
Did you happen to notice that the expiration date (Best By date) was Jun 20, 2020? Not sure when you recorded this, but that was a while back and with canned oysters, this can really affect the taste. I think it has something to do with the stomach contents.
You neglected to mention *the* most delicious oyster dish of all time: kaka okonomiyaki! Unfortunately for anyone outside Japan, you may never get to try it but let me tell you, it’s worth going all the way there just for that one phenomenal dish, usually loaded with oysters. Btw, one weird thing I noticed on all the nutritional values in your video is not one lists perhaps the most important beneficial minerals of oysters: iodine, something we absolutely must have but our bodies don’t produce.
@@papwithanhatchet902 Well, where I'm from and where I'm currently living, everyone basically. We also use sea salt but more rarely. Then again, not sure if there's some new cooking fad in the US.
The lack of green stomach contents is due to purging the oysters before processing...they are left in clear water for several days in order to clear out the stomach contents...its an extra step that adds on extra time and money and most processors skip this step for that reason...hope you're on the mend Larry! Greetings from Canada 🤘🇨🇦🤘
I've heard of some producers using a similar technique on escargot to purify them a bit
@@ThommyofThenn A similar thing has to be done with coconut crab, filter feeders and crustaceans pick up flavors from the things they eat
@@sdgc8667 kinda reminds me of that "terroir" thing with wines. I bet a lot of different foods and drinks take on unique taste from the environment. One time I had this Dutch gouda made from the milk of cows who had been grazing on fresh spring mountain grass. It kinda sounds gross but i could taste the grassy flavours along with the creaminess of the milk. Same with this buckwheat honey i had one time
We use corn meal for Clams. Purges the mud.
@@BudTheDrummer so it's just mud/sediment and not poopies right?
A friend of mine used to rave about his oyster stuffing. Being a fan of oysters, I asked him if he'd give me the recipe, to which he did. I was reading it, and I noticed one major problem. His "OYSTER" Stuffing did not, I repeat DID NOT have any oysters in it. Instead of croutons, he used Oyster Crackers!!! 😆😆😆
I'd eat that!
Oyster crackers are made with real oysters. True story.
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@@edwardjanowiak 🤣
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Wolfe, I saw you in my recommendations today. 3 Years ago on my old account, while living in a small studio apartment shopping at Dollar General for food, I came across your channel. You got me through many hard days, just wanted to say thank you and it's good to see you so successful with all of your subscribers now. I think I remember when it was 300k lol.
green stomach thing: they were likely kept in clean tanks for a week or 2 to wash out any detritus and bacteria. they all do it for a day or 2 to clean out the obvious sand and grit
Wouldn't the fresh water kill them?
they use sea water in the tanks though often chlorinated. the important thing is it doesnt contain any grit. people complain about the grit
@@linux230
Clean "sea" water.
🤣 man I'm an oyster farmer and there's a million and five ways to eat them! But nothing is better than eating them fresh out of the water on deck.
I normally move 800-1,000 bushels of oysters every day and when ever I want a great snack I walk out with my knife and Tabasco 🤤
I wish I was you for a day
What are those little red worms that look like centipedes that live on the shell? I got bit by one shucking oysters at work one day. Burned like hell.
@@MrSweeperUSA lol it's not that great but thanks I guess 😅
@@waterlife.1905 I would have to check the invasive species log, but there are several small red worms in the oysters potentially, if the one your talking about came from the shell then you should let the farm supervisor know, they can spread and will compromise the shells of the oyster leading to crab predation and the potential spread of Infectious Diseases . Unfortunately there are a lot of different things that were always looking for on the farm and many times all we can really do is remove them from the system.
Depends o. The company you're working for as to how they will handle that, but it's definitely something I would address immediately as a farmer.
@@steampower9990 I can imagine its quite a science. I know a girl from Cape Cod who knows people in this profession (her brother has a tuna and a lobster boat). I grew up in VT and people have know idea that farmers are very smart people and I can only imagine "Ocean Farmying" is the same. Good luck to you Mr. Steam
For those who've noticed the expired dates on the cans …I believe he’s posting some older videos because of his current accident preventing him from creating new content until further notice
canned food is often quite serviceable several years after the expiration date.
What happened? I need my eating on a budget guru to be in 100% health 💯🗣
He made a community post about his accident and removed it immediately after, not sure why he couldn’t leave it up for everyone to see
@@callmekirkland8 omg!
he's using a plastic fork:)
They likely mix and match the oils because they buy what they can get bulk discounts on at the time of need. So some days soybean oil might be cheaper, others it's corn oil et al, and they use the cheapest oil they can to maximize profits.
And that's always going to be cottonseed oil.
The Chinese oysters probably use “gutter oil”
Our family friend started an oyster farm in the ocean off the Washington coast. You get permits and anchor very large blocks of styrofoam about ten feet below the surface. Then you spread baby oysters on them and wait two years. He was very excited as harvest time neared. He had a good time with all the other oystermen also getting ready. When the big day came he and his crew motored to his lease location but lo and behold, the local boys had stolen everything. About a half million dollars of retirement savings gone. The local police were absolutely less than helpful if not totally in on it. You ask why gourmet ocean raised fresh oysters are so expensive? Ask the north Washington locals. But don’t stop your car.
you can't poach on their grounds.
Why is Washington filled with scumbags?
You can’t own any part of the pacific ocean 😂 it’s international waters and the USA own 12 miles out and controls 200 miles out
@@Athlas87 "you get permits" from who? Ummm the American government. Now read your reply and the original post as many times as needed if mine isn't useful to you ✌️❤🙏
so moral of the story is police are useless right? because true
I grew up really poor so there were nights when the pantry was bare except for these. I hated them growing up but now I find myself making a meal of a can of smoked oysters, mustard and saltines because I enjoy them.
Like them in an omelet with green onions.............Love em.
Thank you, Mr. Wolfepit. Thanks to you I’ve tried so many new canned meats, and I’ve been introduced into a world I never thought I would enjoy so much!
Thanks Larry for the video I love smoked oysters and it’s nice to see a review on local American made ones
As everyone knows that everything that is good, clean, healthy, and hygienic for you is made in China. It is clear that the large food processing companies in America seriously care about the well-being of their customers.😂🎉
Hats off finding home brands and letting us, The People, know about quality products.
I think the American ones are Chinese, but with a different label on the can.
If a company does this and gets caught, they'll be in pretty deep water with the Feds. Especially these days with sketchy Chinese trade practices.
Legally they cannot do that
I think the Chinese ones are actually American oysters.
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As if international corpos don't get around that more often than not.
@@Sam-TheFullBullillegally, they can.
I wasn't sure but have you ever gone through the different canned tuna? I remember seeing the Walmart brand not even being all tuna. Hope you’re feeling better. Thanks for the upload
Yeah one day I decided to try the great value tuna instead of one of the name brands and it’s one of the few supermarket items that you can’t skimp on… it was all chopped up and extremely watery even after draining extensively.
Interesting that the last one had 0% sugar, even though sugar was one of the ingredients! Also I had a discussion with one of the companies at one time. There is a letter code on the can. L = Large, M = Medium, and S and T (for tiny). There is also a B - for bits. I seem to think there may have been an H too for huge.
Made in China
=eat at own risk
The 0 G sugar thing is likely due to FDA labeling guidelines. As long as there's less than 5 calories from sugar per serving, it can be listed as having no sugar. The artificial sweetener Splenda, for example, is 95% dextrose(sugar) and 5% sucralose(artificial sweetener), but it can be labeled as having 0% calories from sugar per serving for this very reason.
I have to admit, having learned what I've learned about what China does to the water around their country, I wouldn't eat any seafood that's from China. To clarify china dumps a lot of unfiltered radioactive waist water along with various other chemicals
I love this guy, haven’t seen his stuff in a while, keep up the good work
Hey boss, on that Sunny Sea one I'd wager the oil had gone rancid. Considering "best by" dates and how generous they usually are, going 3 years over it was probably pushing things. :P
Oysters probably would've been identical to the others texture wise though.
Just put an order in for some Otter Kingdom from Korea, they seem pretty popular, with some people arguing whether they're better than the Crown Prince ones (also Korean).
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On the "lemon" oysters, I wager if you added a little lemon juice to the can and let it sit you'd get a bigger bang for your buck. The moisture content should rehydrate that dried lemon peel and give it a bigger effect than just a squirt of juice would.
Anything dehydrated or dried like garlic or spices you need to rehydrate before adding to food. If you're cooking something with plenty of moisture, like a soup or marinade you can just dump it in, but if you try to add garlic to oil without rehydrating it first you'll just have burned garlic bits in oil. That's probably why the "lemon" oysters were disappointing, wasn't enough moisture in the can to wake up the flavor.
Side note, Depending on how fast you go through garlic, you might be better off with the dried minced instead of the powder. I'm kind of getting attached to the minced stuff now, seems like it gives less of the heartburn effect that powder does. Plus it doesn't clump.
It’s that green stuff that worries me, especially if they’re farm raised in China.
Nothing like a chemical plant, animal processing up river dumping out into their farm raised seafood.
Won’t touch any seafood out of China.
THANK YOU for reviewing these!! i eat canned fish of all types, i always consider getting these but haven’t yet because they have cotton seed oil and that is basically the WORST oil you can consume, it is so highly processed it’s almost poison to the human body which cannot digest it. corn chips are commonly made with this as well, try to avoid anything with cottonseed oil, read your labels people! thanks again mr. wolfpit
Boy, I'm sure you love to eat bacon 🥓 though, don't you? All the greasy lard is way worse for you! Don't be so hypocritical...
Hope you are recovering well Larry. Best wishes from the UK, i think you and UK RUclipsr Atomic Shrimp should do a collab
As a fan of Mike's content I would enjoy that. I could see Shrimp doing a "Weird Stuff In A Can" video with something Larry sends him and Larry trying weird canned British food.
Yo, that would be cool. Or if Larry wanted to, he could give Atomic Shrimp an idea for his scambaiting videos like having him address the scammer as scooter.
Atomic Shrimp is one of my fav youtubers too! A collab between him and Wolfepit would be a blast !
THE CAN OF OYSTERS GETS EXPENSIVE DUE TO HAND PACKING(THROWN IN) THE OYSTERS IN THE CAN. THESE ARE THE REASONS THE MAJORITY ARE MADE IN CHINA, SO THEY WILL BE REASONABLY PRICED. KOREAN OYSTERS ARE $1 MORE, BUT PACKAGED VERY NICELY AND TEST GREAT.
...Please make that canned oyster and egg salad stuffed avocado and review it. Lol
I was sad when my local grocery quit carrying Geisha brand oysters.
I wont buy any oysters that are packed in cottonseed oil.
I had some made in the US organic tinned oysters and they too still had green inside so I guess location isn’t what is determining whether they are cleaned or not. They tasted just fine however.
My can of oysters said caution contains oysters on it too. Like I did not expect oysters or something, and I thought that was really funny.
They only put the caution on there for legal reasons.
I have been trying to learn to like oysters for a long time. I have had them raw and I have tried them fried, steamed, grilled and boiled in soup. I have had them drunk and I have tried them sober and I do not like oysters, but I have not hsd them smoked and I am still trying! Another great review!
Do more tin fish please. Great review! We love your channel
Hmmm! Nice bit of sleuthing there. The Sea Bear label shows no oil in the ingredients. That’s good to know. I see one of the Chinese packed cans had a small amount of trans fat so they are probably using partially hydrogenated oils. We should all beware that cottonseed oil can carry trace amounts of pesticides and should be avoided where possible. I was pleasantly surprised that he liked the Great Value brand.
Thanks. I have a friend who loves oysters. You just gave me idea what her next birthday present will be.
Is this a reupload, i remember seeing this or similar video long ago, and also everything has expiration date of 2020?
Wolfe recently was in a car accident and is in recovery. So I guess he’s uploading old videos to keep us posted.
4:43
This says it all about Chinese products. If you value your health, stay away from them.
EXACTLY
That's exactly why food products from China are banned in the EU, but in the Jungle Capitalist America only profits are import, people health not so much...
Your review of Ekone & Sea Bear ALMOST made me want to try an oyster...almost.
I am not sure if the image of the product information on the back of the can, is your actual can, or something you got off the Net, but the 08/01/2021 expiration date may, just may have something to do with the taste. Just say'n.
Cottonseed oil used to be used as a mechanical lubricant oil.
Glad to see you're all healed up and making videos again!
Growing up mom always diced up smoked oysters for her stuffing, it was the bomb, the oysters came in a can with the center of the top of the can being clear plastic so you could see the oysters. They were smoked and packed in salt water and absolutely delicious. BTW I think SeaBear are the best US smoked oysters.
I never tried oysters always been afraid after getting food poisoning from pasta with oyster sauce what do they taste like compared to other seafood
Thank you for the info about the big commercial brands being from China. I hadn’t realized that. Plus, weren’t they expired by 3 or 4 years? And the Pacific Northwest has the best seafood in the world. If you want some real smoked oysters you have to try medium to large ones smoked and vacuum sealed in bags. 👍🏻
Those are the best but where can you find them except in WA?
No such beast as expiration dates.
@@Doktracy Main, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, California, Alaska, seeing a pattern here?
Also we don't know how long ago he filmed this...He could have a bunch of videos filmed waiting to be edited.
@@Plasmastorm73_n5evvhuh?
Loaded with sodium and canned in cottonseed oil? That's enough to get a red check-mark on my list. Seed oils are the cheapest and nastiest oils in food processing. Avoid them. Added sodium is a fact of life in processed food but anybody who's dealing with hypertension best heed my advice and avoid it.
Wow, was that ever 'eye opening'. I had no idea there was such a difference in price and quality. Only goes to show, once again. Thx for doing this and sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
Loved seeing the video! Amazing how different they all are. Although the things expired in 2020. When did you record this? Hopefully 4 years ago...
I get the feeling this is old footage that was used. I get why content creators post old footage, especially around holidays or vacations, but for some reason I feel cheated when they do.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Larry ❤ we the people can’t wait to see you back making more entertaining videos again 🙏
I haven’t had any smoked oysters in several years, but I recall that Geisha was a good brand. It’s kind of surprising. The Walmart brand came out so well, though. My question though is that RUclips says this is only a three week old video, so why are the best by dates all 2020 and 2021? Was this an old video you reposted?
Guess I should have waited until the end to comment. It looks like you just added to an old video for the non-China oysters.
When I was a kid my Mom would occasionally bring home various foods, smoked oysters being one of them. Aside of my Mom I was the only one who liked them so it was kind of a treat we shared when she brought them home. Somewhat recently saw some at the store and thought "It's been forever since I've had these" and could not understand why I thought they were so terrible compared to what I remembered. Called my Mom and asked her and it ended up my Uncle would get them every so often (along with other stuff) when he would travel and some would end up with my Mom. My Uncle is now gone but he was a huge health nut so I'm sure even back then it would have been something made in the US and probably what we would now call organic and non GMO, blah blah blah. So I got curious and did some hunting till I found a place that carried something not made in China, ended up one of my local markets carry a US brand and the difference was night and day and what I remembered. Kind of scary the difference if I'm being honest. Significantly more expensive (think it was $10-$11 for the can) but they were actually edible.
You're completely wrong. Nothing about who made it. It's all about price. You get what you paid. China offers all kind of trim, from high end to low garbage. Just remember, focusing on price, not location
@@binz7087 Thing is I couldn't find any smoked oysters in my area that were from China that weren't cheap. Same with a lot of fish I see in my local supermarkets. I'm sure they produce better stuff, but it doesn't make it's way to any store around me.
@@binz7087Wrong....it is all about location. China's seas and coastal areas are highly polluted. As a country China is a damn disgrace.
I love your videos! You're a man of the people.
the main thing to watch out for is the mercury content. chinese oysters farm raised are full of it. its all about the sourcing
I like cheap canned seafood. What surprised me was how good many (but not all) pricey cans are. The best are as good as food gets -- really special.
i've put them in my ramen for extra protein along with kimchee and other goodies to make myself a meal.
Loved the video! I’m just trying to figure out why some of these have a best by date of 2020. 😅
Larry Wolfe was recently in a car crash and sustained serious injuries. Hence he is reposting some older content while he heals.
@@jenniferwintz2514My goodness I had no idea. Now I feel silly. I hope he’s recovering well. ❤️
@@stephaniepearl4059 no worries, I just wanted you to know the reason why. I hope you have a blessed holiday tomorrow, if you are observing Thanksgiving. 🦃
I'm 74 and all my life until the late 80s all canned tuna was in a 6.5 oz. can . When you opened , was packed tight with tuna . Then the corp. " downsizing " started . 1st 6 oz with half the wgt. liquid , then 5 oz . &half liquid . I see this in all products . What's you opine ?
I agree the amount of product has decreased while the prices increased.
So amazing,..I was recently thinking that I need some more smoked oysters .I guess I'll go with Geisha .
I don't eat anything grown or harvested in China. I cut out smoked oysters from China years ago.
6:55 Maybe the 2% fiber comes from the oyster's stomach contents?
They must have measured the percentage of green stuff in each oyster.
I live in BC and there are few better shore lunches than fresh oysters roasted on a shovel over an open fire on the beach. The idea of eating a filter feeder grown in a Chinese waterway and processed in a Chinese factory? Repulsive
Cheap ones are probably meant to be implemented in a recipe(which requires cooking). The taste results would be different. The context in which the product is meant to be used for is important.
Why would you use something that tastes bad by itself in a larger dish?
How is it that the Seabear oysters listed sugar in its ingredients but its information label says 0 sugars?
Even though sugar is an ingredient if it is .5 gram or less they can legally round down to zero. Manufacturers know this and will sometimes game the system by playing with portion size. For example… everyone knows trans fat is bad but did you know any partially hydrogenated oil in the ingredients is the same thing as trans fat? Let’s say a can is 200 grams and the serving size is 1 can. If it contains a gram of partially hydrogenated oil then the label must show 1 grams of trans fat, but, if the manufacturer changes the serving size to 2 per can, changing nothing else, the trans fat can be labeled as 0 since it is now only .5 grams per serving. Sneaky. For sugar it’s not a big deal but ANY trans fat is bad.
Have to admit, I usually have a tin of smoked oysters in springwater (just the supermarkets own brand, it's the only one not in oil) in the pantry. A good protein snack, relatively lo-cal, on light crackers or toasted turkish bread with tzatziki dip.
Regarding these cans, I find it interesting that the protein content varies, despite all containing basically just oysters. For the local brands, not surprised they tasted better, given a higher quality starting product and probably more seasoning. However, no matter how delicious any of them were I don't think you can call them 'beautiful', oysters in any shape or form are ugly as all hell, like they fell out of the tree and hit every branch on the way down. Fortunately that doesn't affect the taste.
Protein content varies by the size of the oyster not the weight of the total contents.
@@Plasmastorm73_n5evv So larger oysters contain more protein per gram of oyster? Or is it just more of the weight in some packs is oyster and more is water/oil in others?
just had my first can of oysters at 31years old just polished them off love them.
The "sunny sea" can was a few years past the expiration date
This video is a re-post due to the fact that Larry had a very debilitating accident & is unable to make new videos until he has recovered. He had an announcement that stated all that.
@@j.l.emerson592I hope he gets better. I think he's the one that went on the carnivore diet.
Chicken of the Sea (formerly known as Van Camp Sea Food Company) was purchased by Purina in 1963 and sold to an Indonesian Corporation in 1988.
At what time do you think they started importing the seafood from Asian countries?
(I’ll give you a hint : a whole lot earlier than 1988)
America has a history of outsourcing cheap labor; why would we stop now?
Sup Larry, as may remember, I hate oysters lol, love clams ect but not oysters 🤷, I did have ekone smoked oysters on crackers with cream cheese because didn't know it, was a Xmas party(thought was a smoked mushroom)lol. Honestly I ate 3 before was told. Maybe it's a mental thing? Keep healing and have a happy thanksgiving, tyvm tc
Is there an oyster can product that doesn't carry the California Proposition 65 warning? It seems that oysters harvested from the Yellow Sea in China and South Korea are always accompanied by this warning due to heavy metal contamination. However, the two U.S. products mentioned in the video (Seabear and Ekone) also display the Proposition 65 warning on their websites.
I love oysters, but can't have shell fish anymore. 😢
When I did eat them I got local only and cooked them myself.
6:05 Or maybe because it was three years past the best by date? Did you make this video three years ago and just upload it today? Anyway, thanks for all the great videos and have a great Thanksgiving!
It's a reupload since he is recovering from a serious accident. Check his community tab on this channel.
My late father loved oysters. If I could have seen this 3 years ago, I would have gotten a box of them as a Christmas gift.
Sorry for your loss ❤
5:00 The 1.1 servings is a ratio, it’s not 1.1 serving per container it’s 1 serving per 1 container.
The best by date on the Sunny Sea oysters was June 2020, might have something to do with the sour taste.
i thought he made this back 2020😂
@@wdnmd6603 its just a reupload of a old vid he made 6 years ago with extra black ending
It's like you read my mind!
When you held up the Lemon Pepper ones to the camera, I started salivating.
I knew you'd love the Washington oysters. We lived in Federal Way during the 90s, and often visited the various markets, including Pike. After Washington, i was to spoiled to try cheap china trash ever again. Lol.
fucking hell even our food is all from China. Am I the only one who never knew that at all? Always assumed brands like chicken of the sea and bumblee were from the US...not China
These are probably some of my favorite treats. Been eating them for decades either on various crackers, in salads, pasta dishes, sushi when I make it, pizza toppings, you name it. A few times I find them at the dollar store and cash in on a case or two. Chipotle Tabasco is what I top them with.
What brand, please?
What's with the best by 2020 or 2021?
Reese's brand...Petite Cherry Smoked Oysters are the best canned variety.
I have smoked oysters myself and typically use cherry wood for them and most all seafood...EXCEPT.....the finest smoke is....OLIVE PITS!! Awesome for seafood AND chicken too!! The pits have enough olive oil in them that makes a great smoke flavoring that ADDS but does NOT overpower delicate flavor foods.
It is hard to find retail quantities of olive pits. I have found them in bulk from California olive processing facilities. They use them as fuel in their co-gen plants. What a WASTE of the FINEST smoke available!
😮I've only ever had the Geisha brand, very happy with them, idk where Great Value brand is sold, but I'll look for that to try!
Great value is the Walmart brand
@@TheWolfePit ohh, thanks! 👍🏻
Never have eaten oysters, ever, watched your great video & will now be trying them thank you
they're probably all produced in the same factory just with slightly different packaging. Is this an old video since all the cans has dates ending in 2020?
I love canned smoked oysters. They are a tasty cheap source of protein. I used to take them hiking and camping when I was younger. They are yummy on a cream cheese covered bagel 😊
Those of us that harvest clams from the beach use corn starch in the water we transport them in to our homes and give 24 hours for them to self clean. My guess is the company that sold you the oysters with a clean stomach did the same . Figuring the green may be off putting to many people. I love oysters in any way but my son only consumes them from the bbq or in stew both with the stomach removed
I truly envy your ability to eat oysters. Ilove them as well, but they tend to leave my body in the quickest way imaginable. Not a shellfish issue, just oysters.
"Farm raised" in China, filter feeders, China tends to regularly poison their own people with pollution so farm raised Chinese anything is a scary proposition, like Chinese "honey" without participation of Bee's in its production,
I have never had canned oysters. I've eaten them fresh. I refuse to eat any grocery store purchased foods made in China. The US oyster brands look delicious. I cannot wat to try them out.
Doesn't give any reasoning, refuses to try something just because of where they're from... Solid comment you've got there.
@@notBrie I wasn't and am still not seeking your approval about my choices and preferences. Are you clear on that?
GREAT video! I too am a big fan of can-packed oysters. I love that you found some US grown stuff, that's got me curious to go and procure some for myself. Thanks again for this great expose, I'm sure you suffered a lot 🙂 Especially when you had to launch that nasty one across the yard!
Thanks for watching!
Reese and Geisha are the best of the bunch. But you are right, it is inexcusable that these aren't product of the USA.
Chicken of the sea and Bumblebee are owned by Asian companies (Thailand and Tiawan).
The Ekone habanero oysters are fantastic. Cannot afford them these days.
When was this filmed? A couple of these had expiration dates of 3 and a half years ago.
No surprise that the American oysters far surpassed the oysters from china.
In China, there isn't enough regulation for the quality of food in terms of freshness, taste, texture, etc. They don't have an FDA. Also, they care only about profit, not about quality.
Which is why it's better to order from street vendors who use fresh ingredients instead of industrialized food. They do have access to that over there, but they can only eat local stuff.
Yes communist China only cares about profit and capitalist USA cares about ummm something else
My first oyster was from Apalachicola Bay. Absolutely wonderful and one of my favorites. I, personally, don't eat them in a can, and rarely will I get them frozen from the store. I also enjoy the Virginia Point oysters as well. My favorite method is slow over hickory smoke, lemon, and a tiny dap of homemade cocktail.
I love oysters and would eat these if they weren't packed in seed oil or a product of china.
Sunflower oil is great though :/
I'm not crazy about the oil either, but love the oysters. So what I do is rinse them off to get rid of most of the oil. I know that sounds weird, but it's just something I've done for many years. Then I like to eat them on crackers with cheese or sometimes I'll just eat them directly out of the can.
Very smart man.
@@Linda7647OMG seafood and cheese 😮🤢🤮🤮
@@linux230 I agree that cheese should never be paired with nice seafood, like fish, shrimp, lobster, etc (I can't even eat cheese on a fish sandwich). But these are canned oysters and they work as a decent appetizer on crackers with a port wine cheese spread. It's actually quite good.
My Question and I could be wrong is: According to the release date of this is Nov of this year, 2023. Sunny Sea oysters that were sampled, you shot one out as soon as you put it in your mouth. Could this be, that the clearly marked BBD on the can before you opened it at 5min. 27 sec - clearly is stamped "Jun/20/2020. Wondering...
17:18 like many foods, especially processed/canned ones I think the fewer ingredients the better!
This appears to be a reloaded compilation, still good content for new viewers who haven’t scrolled way down to the old videos.
So many of the cans of oysters you ate had "Best By" dates years in the past, just FYI. Also, I love the WalMart brand warning: "CAUTION: IN SPITE of careful inspection procedures, occasional shell fragments may be present." Does this mean that one out of every four QA inspectors are disgruntled and deliberately throwing bits of shell in random cans?
There is a limit on how far out companies can put a best buy date. Not for safety of the specific product but overall safety and simplicity of all products. I'm 100% sure the oysters he ate were well within safety range. Canning is extremely good at preserving foods.
@@Sturrmm Also to cover their bottom line if someone gets sick eating something past the best by date.
How can the ekone list organic sugar as the third ingredient, but the nutrition facts label says there's no sugar?
Omg canned smoked oysters with onion pearls are one of my favorite snacks!!
All yours.
What like a salad?
Did you happen to notice that the expiration date (Best By date) was Jun 20, 2020? Not sure when you recorded this, but that was a while back and with canned oysters, this can really affect the taste. I think it has something to do with the stomach contents.
On the Sunny Sea oysters
You neglected to mention *the* most delicious oyster dish of all time: kaka okonomiyaki! Unfortunately for anyone outside Japan, you may never get to try it but let me tell you, it’s worth going all the way there just for that one phenomenal dish, usually loaded with oysters. Btw, one weird thing I noticed on all the nutritional values in your video is not one lists perhaps the most important beneficial minerals of oysters: iodine, something we absolutely must have but our bodies don’t produce.
Not sure if it's the same in the US, but over here iodine is added to table salt, so one doesn't really need to worry about their iodine intake
@@lcg3092 Who uses table salt anymore? Most people use sea salt which typically doesn’t have iodine added.
@@papwithanhatchet902 Well, where I'm from and where I'm currently living, everyone basically. We also use sea salt but more rarely. Then again, not sure if there's some new cooking fad in the US.
For everyone asking about the expiry dates this is a re-upload of an older video from a few years ago
Im going to try the WA pacific oysters, they looked good!