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Category Archives: Oysters
Oyster Growing on a Set of False Teeth
(Weird Universe, 11/26/2012) Oysters will grow on almost any surface, including false teeth, if that’s what happens to be available. The tooth-growing oyster shown above was found in the Chesapeake Bay in 1898, and sent to the Smithsonian where they … Continue reading
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Marie and Albert Kawalski, 615 S. Bond St., Baltimore, MD (1905)
Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine (Library of Congress, 7/1909) Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Bond St., Baltimore, Md. Albert is 10 and Marie 11 years old. They worked, with mother, last winter, shucking oysters for Varn & Beard Packing … Continue reading
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The Only 7 Things You Need To Know About Oysters
By Emily Fleischaker (BuzzFeed 1/6/2013) 1. The r-month rule DOES matter. Most people will tell you that the “r-month rule” doesn’t matter anymore. They’ll say that it’s cool to eat raw oysters in a month doesn’t have an “r” in … Continue reading
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