Conversation With a 9-Year-Old: Another Gourmand Edition

Me, at Granville Island: J, have you ever eaten a raw oyster?

J: No ...

Me: Do you want to?

J: Yes!!

[some time later, at the restaurant, he grabs one and goes to chow down]

Me: Wait! Put some lemon and stuff on it. And then you have to swallow it whole.

J: But, how?

Me: Like this.

J [tries, spits it back out]: I can't. I'm just going to chew it.

[Chews and swallows]

J: Okay, I get why you have to swallow them whole.

[proceeds to successfully down 2 more oysters]