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Penn Cove Select Oyster

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Penn Cove Select Flavor Profile Characteristics

Penn Cove Select Oysters are a Pacific Northwest oyster from one of the North Puget Sound oyster appellations in Washington State.  They start as an Intertidal Beach Cultured Oyster in Samish Bay but are then taken to Penn Cove on Whidbey Island to be finished in the rack & bag method.  This is opposite of how it is usually done, which is to go from rack & bag to the beach.  This process allows them to fatten-up before harvest on the nurtrient rich waters of Penn Cove.

Penn Cove Select Oysters

Location

Samish Bay, Bellingham & Penn Cove, Whidbey Island

Species

Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

Oyster Availability

September - July

Size

up to 4"

Oyster Cultivation

Beach cultivated in Samish Bay, then Bag suspened in Penn Cove

Oyster Flavor Profile

Penn Cove Select Oysters have firm meats with a bright brininess and a cucumber finish.

Map

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See proper shellfish storage methods for the best way to maintain the shelf life and flavor of your oysters. Also, check-out our list of where to buy raw oysters.

Chef's Resources lists over 50 varieties of Atlantic Coast oysters and 60 varieties of Pacific Coast oysters. Follow the links to these oyster varieties
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