Should You Eat Shellfish Only in Months with an 'R'?

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 17:30 in Earth & Climate

"Only eat oysters in months with an 'R.'" This little pearl of folk wisdom carries more truth than you might expect — since the months without the letter R in their names coincide with summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

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