Oyster Blog
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We don't know where this drill snail is headed, but we wish him happy trails.
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Either the Port of Hoodsport has really amped up its shipping business, or this guy took a wrong turn coming down the Straits. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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One Saturday a few weekends ago at least ten customers came into the seafood store asking for mussels. And that got us thinking: why don't we sell mussels? There are plenty out on the beach. So last Friday Nathan and...
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Last night the Hama Hama Hammers, two-time defending champions in the Olympia Parks and Recreation volleyball league, took a serious digger, losing against Airborne in the semi-finals to finish 3rd. Fortunately for all involved, it's just a silly adult volleyball...
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We've heard rumors and murmurings about oyster ice cream for several years. Apparently it's big in Japan, and was popular with Dolley Madison (wife of President James). But we tip our hats to Lorraine Eaton, a reporter with The Virginian-Pilot,...
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We found this pearl yesterday while parboiling some medium shucked oysters.
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This bobcat was spotted in the Hood Canal uplands earlier this week. Bobcats have nothing to do with oysters, but they are pretty cool, and they do occasionally visit the salt water.
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This little darling divided the Hama Hama crew into two camps: those who thought it was a squid, and those who thought it was a juvenile octopus. In truth, it's neither. Stubby squid aren't true squid, have a lot in...
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We are very proud.
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Last fall one of our friends found a vein of petrified clams while building a road near Mineral, Washington. The three foot thick, forty foot long clam vein was found at 2800 feet in elevation. We were intrigued by the...
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The other day a customer in the retail store informed us that we needed to restock our display tanks because all the oysters in it were dead. But the oysters weren't dead, they were just eating. All the oysters had...
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How's this for food photography: For the past couple of months Adam has been collecting saltwater and giving the samples to Pete Becker of Little Skookum Shellfish. Pete examines the water under a microscope and looks for shellfish food. Now,...