Pages tagged Rhode Island
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Salt Pond
Dave Roebuck's Point Judith Pond oyster, planted loose on the bottom and taken up by bull rake or diver. His floating upweller also supplies seed to farms from New Jersey to New Hampshire.
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Ninigret Pond
A Charlestown salt pond farmed by several growers, among them Behan Family Farms, whose rack-and-bag oysters never touch the bottom.
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Moonstone
A bottom-finished Point Judith Pond oyster with striped shells and a full, mineral body that Rowan Jacobsen calls fine and flinty.
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Matunuck
A Rhode Island salt-pond oyster served at the raw bar that overlooks the farm, where it is harvested off the patio.
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Watch Hill
A Winnapaug Pond oyster grown in off-bottom trays behind a barrier beach, filled and drained by the ocean twice a day.