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New Year’s Eve: oysters, largely absent from French tables?
New Year’s Eve: oysters, largely absent from French tables? – (France 2)
They are usually the stars of New Year’s Eve, but are not at the party this year. After the Arcachon basin, certain Normandy oysters are prohibited for sale, enough to fuel a form of unjustified psychosis among consumers.
With the basket under his arm, this customer will not eat oysters for New Year’s Eve on Sunday evening. “We’re going to eat with friends who aren’t used to it, so that sows doubt”, he explains. Since the morning, many customers have canceled their orders and come to get refunds. “It’s a pretty busy time of year at work. We like to take it with pleasure. Being overworked like that, having to justify yourself, it’s complicated and a little stressful”comments Marion Quénet-Lejeune, oyster farmer.
Purification with sea water, a guarantee of health safety
Especially since the ban on the marketing of oysters does not concern the town of Lestre (Manche). 8 km away, Simon Lejeune is crossing his fingers that the contamination does not spread. “Norovirus can be everywhere. We are lucky not to be affected, but unfortunately we could be there tomorrow”he said, before assuring: “For the moment, there is no problem”. The oysters are passed through a seawater purification tank, a guarantee of health safety.
