Oyster Blog
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...and specifically, the joys of harvesting your own oysters and clams at Potlatch State Park. We probably couldn't say it better: Moss-covered alders lean together over the roadway; the Olympic Mountains are mirrored in the glassy, cold water. The icy...
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We spent the entire day processing a couple of boat loads of Hood Canal spot prawns. Now we're totally exhausted, but excited about the super tasty shrimp. If you want to experience the thrill of fresh shrimp (and that sounds...
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Both the weather and the sea cucumbers cooperated for last weekend's open farm day. About 20 people came to pick oysters, eat oysters, and explore the tideflats. The day involved lots of pointing and exclaiming over all sorts of creatures,...
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Mystery solved! To everyone except native Lilliwaupians the blood oyster is known as a rock oyster, or jingle shell. Officially, the animal is called Pododesmus cepio. Other names include Pacific jingle, blister shell, false jingle shell, green false jingle shell,...
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We don't know what this is. And neither did these three graybeards, who between them have nearly a century and a half of experience in the Hood Canal oyster industry: Nathan is the only one who wasn't shocked at the...
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While cleaning the seed racks Nathan stumbled upon a covey of molted (and apparently very sociable) hairy hermit crabs. Hermit crabs have soft, curled abdomens that have specialized pads on them to keep the crab in place once inside a...
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Domestic oyster stout is alive and well at the Oyster House Brewing Company in Asheville! The brewery, located in The Lobster Trap restaurant, adds oysters to its signature Moonstone Stout. According to headbrewer Billy Klingel, Moonstone is characterized by "delightful...
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But it sure looks like one! When the tide goes out, juvenile gunnels take shelter from the elements by hiding beneath oyster shells, emerging only to surprise and delight beachcombers. Pictured above is a penpoint gunnel, which can grow up...
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Some people get really into oyster plates. And you can love oyster plates without loving oysters. As this site put it: In the Pacific Northwest, oysters are still a popular seafood choice; however, even if you shudder to think of...
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Saturday was cloudy and rainy... a good day for vampires but not for the rest of us. And only a few hardy souls braved the drizzle to attend the first ever Open Farm Day. Being optimists, we consider it a...
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The other day the oyster farm was crawling with Monterey dorids. Nudibranchs (pronounced nudi-branks), or sea slugs, are gastropod molluscs and come in a crazy variety of shapes and colors. (The Monterey dorid is a rather tame looking sea slug,...
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The sad thing is that these both came out of the same oyster. IMHO: The pearl on the left is the most terrible, because it looks like a dental horror story.