jsager01

an earlier posting to scrub the oysters is a good idea - avoids a lot of crap getting into the oyster, especially at the joint where you first stick in the knife. after scrubbing, i put the oysters into the freezer for about 15 minutes, until they are almost comatose (?)..... and in that state, less force will be needed to twist and open them at the joints

why not just freeze it as is, of course after trimming off all the parts that do not look too happy, and/or cutting it into portion sizes? What i am really asking is, does grating prolong shelf life or should i say freezer life?

Things go both ways in that scenario. I quite often see recipes lifted from Chef's books posted on the "underdogs" blogs with a little "adapted from (whatever book by whatever chef)..." disclaimers. Very rarely are they "adapted from", they're usually blatantly copied or, at most, halved or doubled so the numbers are different. Is it possible each and every one of them contacted the person holding the copyright and obtained permission? Yes. It's also possible a million dollars is going to fall out of the sky and land on my doorstep tonight... but I'm not staying up all night waiting for it. ← yes, i suppose things go both ways, BUT, does it therefore make it right for anyone and everyone to do so? And this is about lifting photos, NOT recipes, and there was no mention of 'adapted from' disclaimers, or any acknowledgement of the original content owners. Have you read the email reply from Erin Rosa when RasaMalaysia first raised the photo lifting issue with them? (BTW, i am not in any way associated with, or know of RasaMalaysia, other than being a lurker of that food blog and many others, and EG is my favorite). If i am allowed to reprint that reply then see para below (if not the admins can delete as they see fit, obviously): " FIrst (sic) of all your mediocre photo is all over the internet. You go ahead and seek further action, if you have time to do that you probably are still looking for work. Don't threaten me and I'd govern yourself accordingly when calling people names and making allegations or you might find yourself on the other end of a libel suit you petulant starving artist." I assume (much as i hate to assume anything) that you are aware that La Rosas are a much celebrated winner of many industry awards as an organic farmer/chef, at least according to their website and several other websites? Some of the questions that have been raised in the blogs of the aggrieved and their sympathisers are: 1. why would such a celebrated and successful organic farmer/chef steep so low as to lifting photos without permission? The La Rosas surely must have known that what they did was unethical to say the least? 2. If the organic farmer/chef are unethical, than, perhaps they are also cutting corners in their organic farming 'practices'? 3. If the lifted photos are mediocre, why would La Rosas lift them? 4. why would such a celebrated farmer/chef spend time to surf the intennet for photos from other websites to use (wihout permission) in their website? 5. etc have a nice day

since this is my first post on this website, i hope i am posting this in the right thread (which is a few years old) Its about 'lifting' the content of other bloggers without permissioin; in this case the photos from other food blogs, by a 'celebrity' organic farmer and chef. Do a google on 'Al Rosas', or if you prefer a quick summary go to wikipedia and search for "Al Rosas", and check out the aggrieved parties in the links in References numbered 4 onwards. Check out the blogs in Refernces 4 and 5 for the very 'interesting' response from the Al Rosas to the initial 'complaint' by RasaMalaysia. i usually only lurk at the websites i visit, and i do not have a public blog or website of my own. The only reason i am posting this is: i am one of those who get bothered by underdogs (in this case, relatively unknown bloggers) being bullied by so-called celebrities. what do EG members think of the whole affair? Joe