When is the best season to eat oysters?

Winter is the best time to eat oysters. There is a proverb in China that "from the solstice of winter to Tomb-Sweeping Day, the oyster meat is plump and crystal clear", and there is also a proverb in France that "don't eat oysters in the month without the letter R". These two sentences show that winter is the best time to eat oysters, not their breeding season, probably because there are many oysters in the breeding season, but they are not refined, and the number of oysters in winter is small and refined.

In the north, oysters are usually called oysters and sea oysters, and in the south, whether cooked or not, they are called oysters. In some places, they are called "oyster yellow" or "oysters". For example, oyster omelet, a special snack in southern Fujian, is made of oysters. Oyster is a general term, and Oyster is one of the larger oysters. Wild oysters mainly grow at the intersection of rivers and the sea, and many of them are in shallow water.

Due to the limitation of growing environment, the number of wild oysters is much less than that of other oyster varieties. Faced with the huge market demand, oysters began to be cultivated in a large area. Therefore, most of the oysters that you and I eat at the table are artificially cultivated varieties.