Oyster Blog
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Mystery fish identified! We sent the photos to Teri King, with the Washington Sea Grant Program, and she said that it looks like a mangled sailfin sculpin. Apparently he didn't really like his ride on the oyster barge. We put...
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Giant white piles adjacent to the shucking plant aren't anything new... although normally they're made of oyster shell, not snow. The winter storm of 2008 is turning out to be the most persisent in living memory, which is why we've...
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Adam and Nathan out on the barge this morning, as the sun peeked through the clouds during a snow flurry. The Hama Hama bridge at dawn.
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For Christmas, we wish the following: 1. That it doesn't get so cold that the oysters and clams freeze to death out on the tideflats. 2. That it snows enough so that we can go cross-country skiing.
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One night in early December, 2007, 8 inches of snow fell on the Hood Canal area, with bigger accumulations up in the high country. Then, overnight, the temperature jumped up 20 degrees and it rained 11 inches. The next morning...
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First there was a flat spot: Then, after lots of permitting and complicated plumbing work, there was another, harder flat spot: And now we have a flat spot with walls! It's really exciting. Here's our builder, Cory, looking happy it's not...
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Each year we comb through our brick-and-mortar store for delicious holiday treats to offer online. This year we've put together a Northwest sample pack, featuring chocolate from Theo Chocolates, cheese from Mt. Townsend Creamery, crackers from La Panzanella, and smoked salmon and...
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A packet of thank-you letters arrived in the mail today from the elementary school kids who recently toured the oyster plant. Here are some selected shorts: Thank you for giving us the tour. I liked all the eels and the...
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Last Friday the Hama Hama mobile shucking crew made a guest appearance at the French-American Chamber of Commerce's 15th annual Seattle Beaujolias Nouveau festival, held at the Lake Union Armory. We shucked 80 dozen oysters in a little under 3 hours,...
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Yesterday we were inundated with hordes of 6th graders from nearby Hood Canal School. The kids were on a field trip to learn about salmon and shellfish. They travelled to local rivers to see salmon spawning, and then came down...
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Oysters are stocking up on good karma. Recently Louisiana researchers discovered that a fatty substance found in oysters may cure cancer. (Eat up, folks!) The sneaky bivalves have also been transmitting messages from on high... or at least answering the...