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Article: Heaven on a half-shell. (Washington's oyster business)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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An eater's guide to Washington's favorite oyster towns, oyster bars, and oyster stew - plus an oyster tasting in Seattle
For some of us, few things are more sublime than the act of popping a raw, ice-cold oyster into the mouth, biting down once or twice, and then letting the partially masticated creature slip down the throat. For others, well ... that sentence probably sent them fleeing.
Now that we've cleared the room of nonbelievers, let's talk oysters, by which we generally mean Pacific oysters, a species native to Japan that now dominates the fishery. Unlike Washington's native oyster, the Olympia, which takes four years to reach the size of a quarter, ...
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Article: LONG ISLAND IN WILLAPA BAY HOME TO ANCIENT CEDARS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
June 19, 1997 ;
700+ words
... ... my story, it is the story of an island. Long Island, in Willapa Bay, is the largest island in a Pacific Coast estuary. It is ... accordance with state and federal regulations. All oysters in Willapa Bay are private property. For more information write to: Refuge ...
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