Pages tagged Spawning
Varieties
Desolation Sound
The BC sound whose side arm, Pendrell Sound, hits 25°C in summer. Pacific oysters spawn there in the wild, and its seed stocks farms along the coast.
Taste & Science
Oyster Seasons Explained
Oysters store sugar in the cold and spend it spawning when the water warms. Why they have seasons, and when to eat them in France, Japan, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
Taste & Science
Why Winter Is the Right Season
The R-month rule is roughly right and explains nothing. Glycogen and spawning temperature explain it, and they tell you which oysters to order as well as when.
Taste & Science
The Sugar Behind the Creaminess
The R-month rule is folklore, and glycogen is the chemistry underneath it. How an oyster's stored carbohydrate rises and falls across the year, and what that does to body and sweetness.