Crown Prince Natural Smoked Oysters in Pure Olive Oil, 3-Ounce Cans (Pack of 18)

I rarely write reviews, but after reading a few here, someone has to write something helpful or at least more accurate. Let's take apart some of the accusations:Price:Price has nearly doubled, but is now inline with what grocery store prices were 5 years ago. Or about 2.75 a box. Grocery store prices are what drove me to amazon to buy in bulk. No longer a discount, but I bet my local grocery store is 4-5 bucks a can given our current inflation problems. It is what it is, and none of us can fix this.Nutrition:Yes there is cholesterol - ALL animal products have it. But according to the last 20 years of research and discovery, dietary cholesterol HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR BLOOD cholesterol. Good lord, the dairy some of you put in your coffee has more than this. The most nutritious foods have cholesterol. It's so important for your body that your body makes its own. Statins work by negating the enzyme that triggers cholesterol production. You can eat 20 eggs a day (1 egg has 10x the cholesterol of one of these cans) and your blood cholesterol will not be impacted (actually, evidence and trials seem to state that your blood cholesterol would only improve as you wouldn't have an appetite for garbage).Also, oysters are highly nutritious. 200% of your recommended zinc and copper, loaded with vitamin b12, selenium and iron, it's hard to find any food that exists that is as densely packed in micronutrients that the vast majority of American's don't get enough of, than a simple can of smoked oysters. Complaining about cholesterol in an oyster is like complaining about the humidity in Hawaii. Or dumber.Taste:These are smoked oysters. Guess what? You don't take the best oysters and can them. You don't take great oysters and smoke them either. You can find better oysters elsewhere? Of course, fresh is best. Everyone says "better oysters over here" but no one mentions if it is canned. Or jarred. Or smoked... or most mysteriously if it is packed in seed oil. The vast majority of canned fish is packed in toxic seed oils. I'm well aware that seed oils are the official answer to heart disease according to boomer sources circa 1970, but seed oils are new to humanity, and most importantly are dirt cheap to process from lovely things like "rape seed" (which is where your canola oil comes from, which, by the way, was initially used to lubricate factory machinery a century ago. You can tell if you heat canola oil up to 400 degrees for frying, it smells like machinery and nothing like food).Smoked oysters in olive oil are special. Last forever, always healthy, relatively cheap (even today).Get a can. Get some crackers, I like plain 'ole saltines. Put cream cheese on the cracker. Put 2 oysters on top. Douse with hot sauce of your choice. Enjoy.Or, get a baguette. Get some gouda cheese. Maybe avocado. Tear off some bread, add a slice of cheese, put your oyster on top. Nice trail snack.Romance:Oysters are good for men in many ways we can skip here. But.. your breath is gonna stink to high heaven. Save these for the day BEFORE date night.

This product is well packed—only about a teaspoon of oil can be drained out of the package—and it isn't too oily. I decided to try the one with chili peppers in it because I love hot spice. However, the amount of spice in each tin seems to vary rather dramatically. With one I had to reach to taste any spice at all, and with another all I could taste was spice. Each tin does contain at least one chili pepper. They appear to be red cayenne peppers, which seems consistent with the flavor since it is not a particularly flavorful pepper. It is just spice, really. That's fine, though, not really expecting anything fancy, but I feel like if I want spicy oysters I would be better off seasoning them myself with better peppers, which would come out more consistent.The regular flavor is really where it's at. Very light flavoring if any at all, but not bland. Perfect to absorb whatever other flavors I want to add to it while still tasting like smoked oysters. Another thing I noticed is that they are far less gritty than the spicy ones. Maybe that has more to do with the batches I received, but I definitely preferred the less gritty oysters.I'll just be ordering the regular flavor from now on.

The oysters are always plump and not dry, same sized and packed in a quality oil … the smokiness isn’t over powering and they just melt in your mouth … I can’t stop eating them

These oysters are absolutely delicious. Absolutely. Best oysters I've ever eaten, by far. Once you've tried them, you'll never go back. And you should try them. They are a real treat. My family gets them for special occasions a few times a year.That said, I have some caveats:1. They seem awfully expensive. Way too expensive. I don't know how much they cost to produce and ship. It does seem to me as though the company might be able to sell a lot more if they charged less. We would certainly buy a lot more if they cost a lot less.2. There are not nearly enough in one can to be satisfying so we always have two each, and we are not big eaters. Eating two cans each means they really are even more expensive than they initially appear.3. I think this next thing is because these oysters are an ocean food that is relatively fresh, and it's worth it for the flavor, but be forewarned: In my opinion, these oyster cans *really* need to be disposed of carefully or they stink. When I open them, I do so in the sink, I wash the empty tins, I wash everything up well before disposing of the tins, and the oil the oysters were sitting in gets poured down the toilet. This routine is because I discoved that if I just rinse the cans well and throw them away, they become truly rancid, stinking up the yard and/or house and the space 15-20 feet around them.

A great and tasty treat no doubt, but after eating 5 cans in 4 days, I did have a breakout of acne on my face one morning. I think this may be due to iodine and the oil its pack in.

I love smoked oysters, but I really love these spicy ones. About 1 in 10 cans are spicier then most, and about 1 in 10 are less spicy then most. Great on crackers, with cheese, or both. I mostly eat them straight out of the can. I like that they are in olive oil rather the soy, palm, etc... A great snack that is low cal, low carb, high protein and actually very nutritious. A bit pricey, but the quality is great.

They taste good.

I love serving these oysters with various crackers when I entertain guests. It’s always a big hit. Served with crackers, cheese and hot sauce…yummy.