10 OYSTER FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
Mar 10, 2020 18:42:39 #
the troller
Loc: Downers Grove, il.
Get ready to be a connoisseur, because after you read these oyster facts, you’ll be able to impress your savviest friends and family with your oyster information. You might even change the way you eat oysters and enjoy flavors you never knew were there.
Oysters change their gender.
One of the most interesting oyster facts is that oysters change their sex during their lives, starting as males and usually ending as females. The shape of oysters varies and depends mainly on how many crowd about them in the bed as they develop.
An oyster can filter 1.3 gallons of water per hour.
Oysters filter water in through their gills and consume food, like plankton, in the process. Oysters can maintain the balance of a marine ecosystem by reducing excess algae and sediment that can lead to hypoxia, or low oxygen levels, causing other marine life to die. The oyster population of Chesapeake Bay used to filter the entire water volume of the bay in just three days.
Oysters are shaped by their beds.
Once an oyster attaches to a bed (a surface occupied by a group of oysters), it grows and forms around the surface it attaches to as well as the other oysters around it.
Pearls don’t only come from oysters.
All oysters are capable of producing pearls, but not the shiny, pretty pearls of value. In fact, most pearls are harvested from an inedible type of oyster as well as from freshwater mussels.
Humans have been eating and cultivating oysters for thousands of years.
Oysters have been eaten by humans since prehistoric times and cultivated at least since the times of the Roman Empire. The Roman Sergius Orata was the first person known to cultivate oysters by building a system that could control water levels.
Most American oysters are of the same species.
Get your oyster facts straight — oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay and off the coast of Virginia are all the same oyster, Crassotrea virginica. This oyster species is native to the Gulf Coast and the East Coast. However, this does NOT mean they all taste the same.
Gulf oysters used to have different names.
Other than Gulf oysters, you may have tried Blue Points or Quonset Points. These are all the same species of oyster, but they are named after the specific locations where they are harvested. Once upon a time, Gulf oysters were also named after specific bays, but distributors started to group them all into the same category. This may change again in the future.
Oysters get their flavors from their environments.
Although most American oysters are the same species, they have different flavors. Because oysters filter so much water, they develop a flavor profile from their environment. Different bodies of water have varying levels of salt and different kinds of nutrients.
Like wines, Oysters have a variety of flavor profiles.
The flavor of oysters can be categorized mainly by the following flavor characteristics: briny, buttery, sweet, metallic and mild. Experts can break down these flavors even further, picking out flavors like melon, cucumber, mushroom and more. Keep this tidbit of oyster information in mind next time you try an oyster on the half shell.
Oysters are rich in vitamins and nutrients.
Oysters contain a variety of vitamins and nutrients including zinc, calcium, magnesium, protein, selenium, and vitamin A. They also contain especially high levels of vitamin B12, iron and monounsaturated fat – the “healthy” kind of fat that you also find in olive oil.
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Oysters change their gender.
One of the most interesting oyster facts is that oysters change their sex during their lives, starting as males and usually ending as females. The shape of oysters varies and depends mainly on how many crowd about them in the bed as they develop.
An oyster can filter 1.3 gallons of water per hour.
Oysters filter water in through their gills and consume food, like plankton, in the process. Oysters can maintain the balance of a marine ecosystem by reducing excess algae and sediment that can lead to hypoxia, or low oxygen levels, causing other marine life to die. The oyster population of Chesapeake Bay used to filter the entire water volume of the bay in just three days.
Oysters are shaped by their beds.
Once an oyster attaches to a bed (a surface occupied by a group of oysters), it grows and forms around the surface it attaches to as well as the other oysters around it.
Pearls don’t only come from oysters.
All oysters are capable of producing pearls, but not the shiny, pretty pearls of value. In fact, most pearls are harvested from an inedible type of oyster as well as from freshwater mussels.
Humans have been eating and cultivating oysters for thousands of years.
Oysters have been eaten by humans since prehistoric times and cultivated at least since the times of the Roman Empire. The Roman Sergius Orata was the first person known to cultivate oysters by building a system that could control water levels.
Most American oysters are of the same species.
Get your oyster facts straight — oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay and off the coast of Virginia are all the same oyster, Crassotrea virginica. This oyster species is native to the Gulf Coast and the East Coast. However, this does NOT mean they all taste the same.
Gulf oysters used to have different names.
Other than Gulf oysters, you may have tried Blue Points or Quonset Points. These are all the same species of oyster, but they are named after the specific locations where they are harvested. Once upon a time, Gulf oysters were also named after specific bays, but distributors started to group them all into the same category. This may change again in the future.
Oysters get their flavors from their environments.
Although most American oysters are the same species, they have different flavors. Because oysters filter so much water, they develop a flavor profile from their environment. Different bodies of water have varying levels of salt and different kinds of nutrients.
Like wines, Oysters have a variety of flavor profiles.
The flavor of oysters can be categorized mainly by the following flavor characteristics: briny, buttery, sweet, metallic and mild. Experts can break down these flavors even further, picking out flavors like melon, cucumber, mushroom and more. Keep this tidbit of oyster information in mind next time you try an oyster on the half shell.
Oysters are rich in vitamins and nutrients.
Oysters contain a variety of vitamins and nutrients including zinc, calcium, magnesium, protein, selenium, and vitamin A. They also contain especially high levels of vitamin B12, iron and monounsaturated fat – the “healthy” kind of fat that you also find in olive oil.
Now you are an expert! Impress your friends.....
www.fishingfacts.net
Mar 10, 2020 18:56:57 #
the troller wrote:
Get ready to be a connoisseur, because after you r... (show quote)
A good read, thanks, troller.
Mar 10, 2020 18:57:09 #
Can't wait to tell the waiter "six males,six female oysters please"...."Oh' and which ones contain the Viagra"
Mar 10, 2020 18:58:46 #
If that was 10 facts. I remember an 11th that is usually always brought up. Actually a 12th as well. One is you don’t want any during a red tide to avoid shellfish poisoning. I’m sure someone else knows the other.
Mar 10, 2020 19:00:33 #
There's a place over on the coast on Tomales Bay, north of San Francisco, called The Hog Island Oyster Company that has its own oyster beds. They harvest daily right there on the bay, and you can't get any fresher than what they sell. My wife and I get over there at least twice a year to eat. They serve raw on the half shell with "hog wash" and barbecued on the half shell with bourbon butter. I don't know which one I like better. You can check them out online and they have recipes for the hog wash and the butter. Another place I order from is Wallala Oysters out of Washington. They harvest and ship the same day. I've never been disappointed.
Mar 10, 2020 19:00:33 #
Jeremy wrote:
If that was 10 facts. I remember an 11th that is usually always brought up. Actually a 12th as well. One is you don’t want any during a red tide to avoid shellfish poisoning. I’m sure someone else knows the other.
Don't eat if already opened
Mar 10, 2020 19:38:24 #
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Mar 10, 2020 19:46:07 #
My best friend has a retirement place on Wilipa Bay. They owned it for a very longtime. Now there is a house and shop. We used to just camp there and have campfires etc tour the local area.
You can walk or ride quad to GoosepointOysters. They ship etc.
The oysters in Wilipa Bay Washington are excellent. Now the C02 in atmosphere has stopped the Oysters from naturally reproducing. Now the Nesbits ( owners ) have a place in Hawaii to nurse the young Oysters to make young to ship to Wilipa. The acidity caused from Co2 will not let the young Oysters form a shell. Once they are nursed in Hawaii they are shipped to Washington and placed in Wilipa Bay then harvested at whatever size desired. The acidification has only started within the last 10 years. So when people say global warming is not happening and Co2 doesn’t do anything go read about it all. It’s happening no matter if you want to believe it or not. I have been getting Oysters there for decades.
You can walk or ride quad to GoosepointOysters. They ship etc.
The oysters in Wilipa Bay Washington are excellent. Now the C02 in atmosphere has stopped the Oysters from naturally reproducing. Now the Nesbits ( owners ) have a place in Hawaii to nurse the young Oysters to make young to ship to Wilipa. The acidity caused from Co2 will not let the young Oysters form a shell. Once they are nursed in Hawaii they are shipped to Washington and placed in Wilipa Bay then harvested at whatever size desired. The acidification has only started within the last 10 years. So when people say global warming is not happening and Co2 doesn’t do anything go read about it all. It’s happening no matter if you want to believe it or not. I have been getting Oysters there for decades.
Mar 10, 2020 19:48:36 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
Don't tell that to Shirley.
Her dad would surely not want her or anyone eating them anytime before taking Shirley to any location
Mar 10, 2020 20:23:32 #
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Mar 10, 2020 20:36:43 #
charlykilo wrote:
Don't believe the B S. One time I ate a dozen. Only 4 worked.
Only 4 worked? Worked on the farm for minimum wage and put their money together to buy a dozen Oysters? 4 worked didn’t need the other 8? Enquiring Minds want to know!
Mar 10, 2020 20:57:14 #
I knew Shirley's dad, Vern. Nice man, but..............don't let him catch you eatin oysters with his daughter.
Mar 10, 2020 21:07:29 #
There's a place in San Diego, actually Carlsbad, that has an oyster farm.
I believe that you can buy them right there.
I believe that you can buy them right there.
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