Penn Cove Select Oyster

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	See Penn Cove Select Oysters Map

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