Column & photos by Frank Hyman
Eating oysters on the half shell out with friends, I’ve noticed a few changes over the years. And not just in my friends. It seems that oyster shells have gotten deeper and the oysters, fatter and tastier.
Most curious is that oyster bars now offer oysters in summer. To me, oysters are out of season and not as tasty then. Most people know the rule that oysters are best in months that have an “r” in them, meaning that one avoids oysters in the spring and summer months of May, June, July and August. But that doesn’t seem to be the case these days. What’s going on?
Farming — that’s what’s going on. Wild-caught oysters generally grow in clumps of long, thin, flat shells.
One-year-old oysters grow as individuals in a cage rather than as a clump in the wild.
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