Show indian Is given credit for discovering oyster cleopatra set the fashions in the days of the poman roman empire however history leads us to believe that caesar planned the menns menus humming bird tongues on toast were used sparingly but the ostrea was plentiful and highly prized among the romans writes dorothea duncan in the wash ington post the ostrea in english speaking countries is an oyster sal lust just 86 35 B Q after returning from a jaunt to england with caesar said he could find only one good thing in the biltong they eat oysters the greeks had a word for oyster too the word means bone or sl ell the french took the term and changed it to elstro and from this our word oyster Is derived an indian Is given cred t for dincov ering the oyster in america one daa da he was fishing and seeing a peculiar looking stone in the water stretched out djs hand to it the oyster shell closed on his finger he smashed the shell from his hand with his tomahawk put his finger in his mouth and dincov ered the delicious flavor of the ouster oysters v ere so popular in early hn land that they featured in the social customs of tl e country in the mid lands at Chils Chilst tinas mas oyster suppers were given |