Species Name:Crassostrea virginica Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Oysters from Canada When:Available year-round Where/How:Where – Neguac, New Brunswick (on Canada’s Acadian peninsula) How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics These tasty oysters come from the same farm as another wonderful Canadian oyster – Beau Soleils. According to our friends at JP Shellfish, “French Kiss oysters are …
Oysters, Kumamoto
Species Name:Crassostrea sikamea Sustainability Rating:Green – Best choice What:A unique oyster originally from Japan. When:Available year-round Where/How:Where – California and Washington How – Farm-raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics This small, deeply cupped oyster is named for its bay where it originated on the Japanese island of Kyushu, although ours are currently grown here on the West Coast. In spite of …
Oysters, Kusshi
Species Name:Crassostrea Gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Pacific Oysters When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – the rich waters of Deep Bay off Vancouver Island – British Columbia, Canada How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics This small, deeply cupped Pacific oyster is grown to mimic the Kumamoto, through a unique process. Tray raised, and tumbled to reduce the length of …
Crayfish
Species Name:Procambarus clarkii Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Red Swamp Crayfish are the most commonly farm-raised species of Crayfish raised in the U.S. When:Available year-round Where/How:Where – Louisiana and N. California How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics You can keep it simple with a crayfish boil, or incorporate these tasty crustaceans into soups, bisques, gumbo, étouffée, crayfish …
Oysters, Effingham
Species Name:Crassostrea gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Pacific Oysters When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Effingham Inlet in Barkley Sound (West Coast of Vancouver Island) How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Effingham Inlet oysters have plump meats with balanced brine and bit of lettuce on the finish. They have a nice deep cup and a hard shell. For …
Oysters, Eastern
Species Name:Crassostrea virginica Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Eastern oysters harvested from Delaware, the Chesapeake area and as far north as New York’s Long Island Sound. When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Delaware, the Chesapeake area and as far north as New York’s Long Island Sound. How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics With their firm, plump meats and briny …
Oysters, Crystal Point
Species Name:Crassostrea gigas Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farm Raised Pacific Oysters When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Hood Canal, Washington (the only glacier carved fjord in the continental United States). How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Each one of these deeply cupped oysters is bursting with the rich and intense cucumber-like flavor that the Canal is renowned for …