How To Use Oyster In A Sentence
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You can have sea bass, lobster, herring, turbot, sturgeon cusks, haddock, mullet, eels, crabs, oysters and mussels.
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Shore bird numbers are declining, he says, particularly among oystercatchers, red-capped dotterels and beach thick-knees.
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Serve the oysters topped with the shallot relish and lemon wedges.
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There were mussels and abalones and clams and rock-oysters, and great ocean-crabs that were thrown upon the beaches in stormy weather.
CHAPTER XVIII
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Flip the lid and down it in one, like an oyster.
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The sumptuous VIP room - the Krug Room - is an intimate setting where indulgence is accompanied by fine delicacies like oysters and caviar.
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The food eaten may be oysters, fresh fruit or vegetables, water, ice, or bakery products.
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He could see the potential for lobster farming and later in Australia would experiment with the aquaculture of oysters, pearls, and pearl shells.
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We went through a period of oysters being supped from the shell, but now there is a return to cooking them.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue
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Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
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Dinner parties, cookery demos, oyster shucking championships, plus music and comedy.
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Butter the escalop dishes, and put in a layer of crumbs and then one of oysters.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
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Some of these have images etched onto them - the background to the window shows some of God's creations which my father thought were especially lovely - tormentils, oystercatchers, skylarks and of course St. Margaret's Church.
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The particle is an irritant, which causes the oyster to produce a lacquer-like substance called nacre.
Daily Readings from Love Your Life
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Luckily, the banks of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in Scotland, are ideal for cultivating both oysters and mussels.
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Also avoid raw fish, especially shellfish such as oysters and clams.
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Back in the 1950s, Dutch ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen conducted now-classic studies of the bird's incubation behavior and discovered something astonishing: When presented with a choice between brooding its own small egg and the giant egg of a much larger bird, the oystercatcher invariably chose to sit on the giant one.
From 'The End of Overeating'
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And after a satisfying day of bird-watching, treat yourself to a scrumptious meal of Maryland's famous blue crabs, oysters, or a freshly caught fish.
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With that object in view, therefore, it will be needful to devise suitable legislative enactments to protect our oyster fisheries and to foster ostreiculture at the same time.
The Art of Living in Australia
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I would hope they exist in oyster's and I believe that they do.
Your Right Hand Thief
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In winter Miranda is home to birds from New Zealand's South Island, particularly wrybills, pied oystercatchers and kotuku (white herons).
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Below Greyabbey, I watched the oystercatchers breaking cockle shells on the rocks.
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I use my Oyster card, one of those new-fangled ‘smart cards’, to navigate quickly throughout the London Transport network.
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Food Matching: Grilled sardines, moulds, prawns, oyster, little frying, vegetable terrine, goujeonnettes sole, fresh goat cheese.
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Mantle from an oyster with pink nacre on its inner shell will produce a pink pearl, even if it's put into an oyster with a black shell.
PEARL COVE
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The world is his oyster to discover, as he stumbles on through life towards his future retirement as the ex-leader of the National Party.
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Put the right portamento into the first movement's violin part and you also have a case for the finest fresh oysters.
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I opened a gummed eye which shrank from the light like a live oyster to a squeeze of lemon.
A DARKENING STAIN
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For shiitakes and oysters, remove the entire fibrous stem.
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That the BP oil spill may be twice as bad as earlier estimates was hard news to hear but no surprise to Christian Delos Reyes, a 39-year-old oyster dredger.
Former EPA Chief On Gulf Oil Spill: 'It's Going To Blow The Record Books Up'
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Then turn an angle of the rock and advance a few paces, when your lights flash upon the gaping oyster-shell.
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Seynt Symeon: and with oute the cloyster of the temple, toward the northe, is a fulle faire chirche of Seynte Anne, oure ladyes modre: and there was oure lady conceyved.
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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I was born back from tidewater and don't know as the barnacle does stick to the oyster.
Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands (version 1)
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But after mechanical fishing dredges destroyed the oyster reefs early in the 20th Century, the water became increasingly turbid and oxygen deficient.
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On a good day, each employee will shuck 3,500 oysters.
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The starfish alone has both the strength and tenacity to force an oyster open.
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On a recent Saturday, Kyle Needham shucked oysters from Nova Scotia, while a Salvadoran immigrant peddled $9 pupusa platters.
Flea Market for Foodies
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So he went to Wheeler's and celebrated in oysters and a half-bottle of champagne.
LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
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In the U.S., the most widely grown oyster is the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), which is farmed down the East Coast and Chesapeake Bay.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue
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For the transcriber, the collection is a treasure trove of little discoveries -- the antiquated use of "farinaceous" instead of today's "pasta"; the remarkable preponderance of oyster dishes; the revelation that steaks cost twenty-five cents, not twenty-five dollars.
The New York Public Library: All Hands on Deck: NYPL Turns to the Crowd to Develop Digital Collections
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Its oysters with a raspberry shallot vinegar and lemon and mussels in a garlicky white wine sauce are renowned.
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The oyster knife might work but please don't try this at home.
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On to Redlands Quarry where oystercatchers wheeled around gantries and mountains of gravel.
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Clearly this is still one of the most important, if not the most important factor controlling bill shape, otherwise we wouldn't have curlews, ibises, sword-billed hummingbirds, flamingos, crossbills, or all those oystercatcher polymorphs.
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The middens from the city around the 8th century are full of shells from fresh water oysters.
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Gulf shrimping and inshore oystering are the only remaining marine commercial fisheries in Texas not under a limited entry program.
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Oyster beds can really get messed up by a big storm coming through.
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Football Hole, just around the corner, is a small sandy bay that's perfect for a picnic while you watch turnstones, oystercatchers and female eider ducks that bring their crèches of ducklings here to learn crab-catching skills.
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RAPD analysis was used in the study of 54 commercial strains of oyster mushroom.
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Parisian, that is to say, to rebound forever, like a shuttlecock between two battledores, from the group of the loungers to the group of the roysterers.
Les Miserables
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Seafood is used in such delicacies as oysters in black bean sauce, prawns wrapped in seaweed, cucumber crab rolls, and clam and winter melon soup.
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The notion of failure ( "the sand in the oyster that isn't a pearl", as he wrote in Anyone Can Whistle) was quickly incorporated as a theme, along with ambivalence, mild irritation, petulance and panic - states and sentiments that traditional musicals shove aside for the bigger, blowsier ones.
Culture | guardian.co.uk
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Beware of the razor-edged oyster-shells or the stinging fish (theli meen) in the muddy marginal waters.
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Hulking guys serve up platters of prawns, steamed crabs, and just-shucked oysters glistening in brine.
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Four men engage to go half - price to the play at night, and top up with oysters.
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It's a joke, says Campo, a third-generation oysterman.
Gulf oil spill victims weary of wait for payouts
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The cooks are dressed in blue jackets and gray caps, and the counter is propped with jars of squid and cans of pimenton next to oysters on ice.
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Molluscs, barnacles, mussels, oysters, tortoises, hedgehogs, armadillos, porcupines, rhinos all grow their own.
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Although the breeding success remained low, number of breeding pairs increased markedly, suggesting that the absence of gulls made the nesting area more attractive for oystercatchers.
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The lines of supporting buoys have been adopted by cormorants, gulls, guillemots, eider ducks, oystercatchers and even the odd heron.
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Hors d' oeuvres included soup of mussel and saffron, salmon gravalax with oyster beignets and citrus dressing or salad of baby gems with tiger prawns and beluga caviar.
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Everybody who does this job has an epiphany moment, says Brett Bishop, the fifth generation of his family to work the Little Skookum inlet, an oysterman in arguably America's greatest oyster grounds, Washington's South Puget Sound.
The American Oyster Paradise
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The canal offers a rich array of shellfish, including oysters, clams, mussels, and Dungeness crab, which can go from water to table in less than two hours.
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Some, such as the oystercatchers, redshank and curlew, were still finding food by probing with their beaks.
Country diary: Burghead, Moray
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Then there's this oyster pink backless evening gown, from the mid-1930s.
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Oyster culch, which is crushed oyster shell, will provide flat surfaces on which juvenile oysters can attach and grow.
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You're young and healthy and you have no commitments - the world is your oyster.
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After the island came a long beach stroll; oystercatchers plundered the mussel beds and crows feasted on small crabs.
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[29] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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The eastern slope has numerous large oysters on the rocks, guarded by loyal moorish idols and bicolour parrotfish.
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Go for the famous local oysters, and stay for the equally delicious potted shrimp.
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But we weren't just in town to shuck oysters and draw butter.
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If you speak of an acanthopterygian, it is plain that you are not discussing perch in reference to its roasting or boiling merits; and if you make an allusion to monomyarian malacology, it will not naturally be supposed to have reference to the cooking of oyster sauce.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
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Lay an oyster on top of the cucumber salad and garnish with the remoulade.
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They themselves were youthful, ambitious artists channeling the hubris of their own oyster-worlds into these coltish, intelligent alter egos.
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I thought the world was my oyster, or at least my littleneck clam, but I found soon enough that the shimmering surface of unpaid drama festivals was just a thin veneer that covered a worm-ridden table beneath it, not to wear out my metaphoric welcome or anything.
Me and Alfred Jarry at the 10-Minute Play Festival
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Who would put mountain oysters in white wine to marinate?
Think Progress » Palin: Obama could win reelection if he ‘played the war card’ and declared ‘war on Iran.’
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Bivalves like oysters, mussels and scallops are particularly prone to contamination because of the way they feed.
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Six Ceduna Bay oysters were chilling on a bed of ice, topped with a mixture of shaved leek, soy sauce, lemon juice, wasabi and delicately garnished with a thin sheet of nori.
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On 31 December 1995, four dishes were served to the President and his guests: Marennes oysters, foie gras, roast capon, and ortolan.
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Between the hall and chancel, fronting the great castle gate, was a large chamber, with several rooms, and a cloyster under it, pulled down A.D. 1700; for which, when standing, in the reign of King Henry VIII., there was one suit of hangings of the story of Hercules; which are supposed to be those still remaining at the seat of Lord Howard, of Walden.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832
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You can buy crabs and their own farmed oysters to take away.
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Some of the workers - who are employed as cooks, waiters, oysterman, and dishwashers - have been working at the restaurant for as long as 30 years.
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Waitresses shuttled among hungry patrons with trays of fried shrimp, grilled grouper and raw oysters.
Tourism returning a year after the Gulf oil spill
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They have a peppery taste and we sprinkle them over oysters.
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Farms were closed after traces were claimed to have been found of a virus causing gastro-enteritis and diarrhoea in oysters harvested in the inlet.
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Currently, visitors to the flats are likely to see sandpipers, avocets, oystercatchers, godwits, dowitchers, plovers and other shorebirds on their way south.
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There was also a very large seafood platter, which included oysters.
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Now the Grand Hotel Europe has all the sushi, sashimi, oysters, and sevruga caviar you can eat, at the jazz brunch on Sundays, in the beautiful dining room with its painted, vaulted ceiling.
Sleepless in St. Petersburg
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The creature, three times the size of an average British edible oyster, was discovered in the bottom of a box of fish bought by a Cornish fishmonger, Peter Randall.
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If you don't want to go beyond white, update your color with tone-on-tone neutrals like ecru, oyster, almond or biscuit.
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Predatory snails, including Oyster Drills, whelks, sponges, especially the Boring Sponges, and fish all find oysters a tasty treat.
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The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
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I'll never forget her shepherd's pie, cooked with oysters in the old-fashioned style, or her parkin.
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To serve, pour a ladle of broth onto a plate, place the cooked turbot on top and top with the tempura oyster.
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The ore was usually found in water less than twelve feet deep and was raised by men in large, flat-bottomed boats wielding drags, rakes, or heavy, powerful tongs similar to oystering tongs.
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I had lost my oyster virginity in Whitstable a while back, and was keen to re-kindle my relationship with these beautiful bi-valves.
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Delights included a kind of caviar martini: oyster "tartare" at the bottom, black jelly of oyster next, haricot cream and a garnish of caviar and gold leaf on top.
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With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
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Oh honey, when you knit, it's "purl" not something you'd find in a oyster.
The real housewife
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Having fun with words can involve creative rhymes (“I do not roister with an oyster”) and nonce coinages (“my family was a scribacious lot”).
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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In that same year he, with some 'other gentlemen,' engaged in an adventure for hidden treasure: they 'played the hazel rod round about the cloyster,' and digged, in the place indicated, six feet deep, till they came to a coffin; but they did not open it, for which they were afterward regretful, thinking that _it_ probably contained the treasure.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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Two lakes nestle among the 35 acres, which attract an array of birds such as oystercatchers, ducks and snipes.
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Loch Fyne is Scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the Loch Fyne Oysters company farms oysters and mussels for consumption in its own restaurants as well as in many others in Britain.
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You could see the influence in his deep-fried oysters and the beetroot and goats' cheese ravioli.
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Between the two, there's a warm goat cheese croquette with beet tartare, oysters Rockefeller, and other seductive offerings.
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Oysters, clams and other shellfish thrive in bays and inlets, as do many species of crabs and fish.
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He had, indeed, that strong aversion felt by all the lower ranks of people towards four-footed companions very completely, notwithstanding he had for many years a cat which he called Hodge, that kept always in his room at Fleet Street; but so exact was he not to offend the human species by superfluous attention to brutes, that when the creature was grown sick and old, and could eat nothing but oysters, Mr. Johnson always went out himself to buy Hodge's dinner, that Francis the black's delicacy might not be hurt, at seeing himself employed for the convenience of a quadruped.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson
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The shocking results from the county are that no breeding pairs of curlew, lapwing, redshank, snipe or oystercatcher were recorded on the sites surveyed.
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In 2007, some 6,000 women in The Gambia organized into the TRY Women's Oyster Harvesting producer association, creating a sustainable co-management plan for the local oyster fishery to prevent overharvesting and exploitation.
Danielle Nierenberg: State of the World 2011 Symposium in Washington DC and Live Streaming Online
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A comprehensive menu includes pork tenderloin and fresh oysters which are always favorite choices for diners.
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Such was the popularity of these drinking dens that to meet the demand at the height of the boom in 1760, the Firth of Forth yielded 30 million oysters a year.
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The tempura of oysters sounded good.
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And the reader will see (in the paragraph preceding that memorable one which winds up with the diseased oyster) that he must be a worthless creature for daring to like the book, as he could only do so from a desire to hug himself in a sense of superiority by admeasurement with the most worthless of his fellow-creatures!
The Kickleburys on the Rhine
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended Oyster Creek's license for another 20 years in 2009.
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Mounds of oysters, long sides of smoked salmon and busy chefs cooking right in front of you are assurance enough of simple stuff done well.
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They reply with the air of people turning down a ticket to the opera or a dozen oysters.
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Look at those children diving for oysters over there!
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The memory still makes me cringe, like lemon juice on an oyster.
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In 1944, the Louisiana Supreme Court ordered the Texas Oil Company to pay damages to oysterman Ludwig Doucet for dumping chemical waste on his leased property.
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Have the oysters shucked at the market up to 1 day ahead; set, cup side up, on a rimmed tray; cover and chill.
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Where once you could stand and hear the sound of curlews and oystercatchers, all you can hear now is the roar of engines.
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And I'd be interested in experimenting with other kinds of peppers in this dish - serranos, maybe - and perhaps oyster mushrooms…
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The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop.
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France is now the world's largest oyster producer and consumer, fuelled by the oyster beds in Normandy, which produce the vast majority.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue
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There are the usual oysters, crab, shrimp, scallops, mussels, fish and just about any other edible sea creature you can think of are all there, plus some prime cuts of beef and a few chicken dishes.
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Served in tubs, they're easy to consume. Flip the lid and down it in one, like an oyster.
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But thanks to candyman Rob, you can bring home a dozen oysters for only $9.99.
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'set-jetting' destination with limited edition Oyster card wallets, VisitBritain is raising awareness of the new film and Britain's popularity as a 'set-jetting' destination as international travel buyers arrive in London for the annual World Travel Market at ExCeL.
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When we shucked fresh oysters (his favourite) off the rocks and dreamt of finding a black pearl that would make us be rich forever.
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The Ellison family feasts on oysters, and intellectualism takes priority over religion.
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Gordon Ramsay suggests chestnut mushrooms, Simon and Lindsey, and James Martin flat black mushrooms, Delia a mixture of dried porcini, soaked before use, and chestnut, and Madelene a veritable melange of oyster, chestnut, shitake and girolles.
How to cook perfect beef wellington
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With many generations to come, the name of César de St. Auban must perforce be familiar as that of one of the greatest roysterers and most courtly libertines of the early days of Louis XIV., as well as that of a rabid anti-cardinalist and frondeur, and one of the earliest of that new cabal of nobility known as the petits-maîtres, whose leader the Prince de Condé was destined to become a few years later.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes
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In the Mangrove creeks we found Telescopium, Pleurotoma; and heaps of oyster-shells, for the first time on our journey.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845
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Caviar and oysters on ice are generally considered the ultimate luxury foods.
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While Tisci focused on black and oyster, Lacroix used a vast array of colors and along with the rich details of beads, laces, corsets, flounces and satin.
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Why do they dump this stuff in the creek and you can't go oyster where you oystered as a boy?
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I like to mix a few fish: whole oysters, chopped scallop and a bit of finely sliced white fish or tuna works well.
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Hardly pearls discharged by oysters, but rather those who choose to find something that fits them better.
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Serve with fish pie or raw oysters.
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We did noodles in oyster sauce and got emotional.
The Sun
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To begin, it is important that everyone realize that this boat was originally built to dredge for oysters.
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The flagship resto is Pure Spirits Oyster House and Grill.
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At the banquet the king took his station, incog. in a little closet made out of the cloyster of St. St.phen's, on the right side of the hall.
Coronation Anecdotes
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Put an oyster and some Bordelaise sauce in each shell and top with a pinch of romano and a squeeze of lemon.
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Santley was a true pantophagist, but he was worsted in his first encounter with the American oyster: "I had often heard of the celebrated American oyster, which half a dozen people had tried to swallow without success, and was anxious to learn if the story were founded on fact.
The Merry-Go-Round
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It was every bit as delicious as it sounds, a cacophony of flavours in which the oysters still managed to hold their own.
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If you don't want to go beyond white, update your color with tone-on-tone neutrals like ecru, oyster, almond or biscuit.
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And also Mapo beancurd, fish flavored pork and lettuce with oyster sauce.
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Ray's touching "goodbye" is a must-read, as is Mark's tribute at Toulouse St. Labels: ashley morris, oyster posted by oyster @ 12: 04 PM
Archive 2008-04-01
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What makes it worth it here, in what A Geography of Oysters author Rowan Jacobsen calls Washington's "oyster nirvana," is the belief that these waters, and these skilled farmers, have something singular to offer shellfish gourmets.
The American Oyster Paradise
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It was three-deep at the bar, with icy platters of oysters and glasses of sparkling wine littering the marble top.
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Charging $150 to my card, I had seeds that promised to be carrots, zucchini, beans, peas, corn and something called salsify, which someone said tastes like oysters when cooked.
Berks county news
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The gourmet delights include steak, corn on the cob, ice cream and oysters.
The Sun
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One day, Chris watched an order go out of the kitchen and it was just a plate of smoked salmon and some oysters.
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Hurricane Katrina has left many Gulf Coast fisheries and oyster beds in ruins, leaving the region's fishermen, oystermen, and shrimpers to face a lengthy recovery.
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Deep fry the skewered oysters in low heat until crispy . Drain and brush with honey . Serve.
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I had fillet of cod topped with an oyster fritter and served with smoked haddock brandade and cherry tomatoes poached in olive oil for €44.
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oysters spat
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Fresh oysters, priapic asparagus, Italian waiters; all these suggest a dining experience with added aphrodisiac qualities.
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With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
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You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster.
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Oysters are always thought of as the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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To all the obsessed foodies of the nation, fretting over the choice between Malpeque and bluepoint oysters for the stuffing, the Rev. Ed Miller of St. John's Episcopal Church in McLean, Va., has a word of advice, and it comes from Matthew 6: 31-33: "Therefore do not worry, saying 'what shall we eat?' or 'what shall we drink?' ... but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Rites Of Comfort
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Most of the solid and hard mineral herbs or shells are directly calcined, such as dragon's bone and oyster shell.
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If you speak of an acanthopterygian, it is plain that you are not discussing perch in reference to its roasting or boiling merits; and if you make an allusion to monomyarian malacology, it will not naturally be supposed to have reference to the cooking of oyster sauce.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
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The oysters, fried in a fine-textured breading instead of the usual Gulf Coast cornmeal, fairly popped with juices.
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Hardly pearls discharged by oysters, but rather those who choose to find something that fits them better.
Times, Sunday Times
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He has made fortunes in railroading, newspapers, salmon-packing, an oyster monopoly, a lumber combine, and has dabbled in politics, been president of the chamber of commerce, mayor of the city, state senator, and is considered a prime candidate for governor.
“Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?”
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The kitchen, inattentively watched over by chef Robert Gadsby, wholly disrespects oysters.
Mussel Bar: Wiedmaier's latest is a letdown, bar none
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Open the oysters and scallops.
A Passion for Food
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He deftly shucks three oysters for his visitor.
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Cut lemongrass stalks into thin skewers and pierce an oyster on each.
Times, Sunday Times
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A walk along Whiffen Spit, the sandbar that curls around Sooke Harbour, turns up harlequin ducks, oystercatchers, plovers, and, if you're lucky, orca sightings.
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The Religious getting up at that Hour, going through the Cloyster to their Church, to chaunt Mattins, they found this young Gentlewoman sprawling in the midst of the Cloyster, almost dead with the Fall: They took her up, and put her into a warm Bed, let her blood, and apply'd all other
The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen
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In the same way that there is big difference between typing the word oyster and actually swallowing one, I am not suggesting that you swallow the idea that guardian angels are real.
The Sacred Promise
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It was something fearful to see him eat escalloped oysters.
Mark Twain
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I should like to have you opposite me in any mood, whether the facetiously discursive, the metaphysically discursive, the personally confidential, or the jadedly CURSIVE and argumentative -- so that the oyster-shells which enclose my being might slowly turn open on their rigid hinges under the radiation, and the critter within loll out his dried-up gills into the circumfused ichor of life, till they grow so fat as not to know themselves again.
Familiar Letters of William James I
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Or tread the cloyster gloom with weeds oergrown & damp
Letter 16
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Or the oyster might adopt the attitude of the stoic whose sign is the stiff upper lip.
Christianity Today
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From among a cluster of shacks and lean-to's and concrete outhouses, clinging to the central building like barnacles on an oyster, you could see the outlines of what had once been a magnificent palace.
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Other subjects of this new run include wolves, oysters and roses.
Times, Sunday Times
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In another experiment, Tinbergen showed that a mother oystercatcher, a shorebird, may make an equally strange choice.
Birdology
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This evening I served the steak with pak choi, oyster mushrooms, snow peas, slow roasted tomatoes, soya and lime vinaigrette and horseradish oil.
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National claims the launch in Wellington earlier in September included a lavish breakfast of muttonbird, champagne and oysters.
Radio New Zealand News Headlines
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Oysters are most often served in the shell on a bed of crushed ice - although some purists argue that this dulls their flavor - with thin slices of rye bread, salted butter, and lemon juice.
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Some oysters and also the bivalve Spondylus were found attached to the dinosaur bones.
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For main, if your'e feeling decadent, why not go for the lobster platter; langoustines, mussels, whelks, oysters all surround the halved lobster on a bed of ice.
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_eyster_ for _oyster_ as early as the fourteenth century.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
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[Greek: 'kouroi anarriptein ala pêdô,'] in their showy uniforms, push out from Ryker's; some bound upward past the oyster-beds of Fair Haven, away up among the salt-marsh meadows, where the Quinnipiac wanders under quaint old bridges among fair, green hills; some for the Light, shooting out into the broad waters of the open bay, their feathered oars flashing in the sunlight; some for
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.
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) The oldest part of the house, made of wood, was kept freshly painted, oyster-white shingles that glowed like radium in early dusk.
MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
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Sonny's intervention comes complete with an oystering trip with Cornell's uncle.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Carnival Time for Treme: I Know Your Heart
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Oyster beds are dead and dying with the offspring unable to survive due to changes in membrane viscosity caused by the dispersant.
Jerry Cope: Corexit Use Still Appears to Be Prevalent in the Gulf, Despite Official Statements
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A wide range of spicy sauces like chilly bean sauce, hoisin sauce and garlic oyster sauce are a must with the food and accompaniments like steamed/fried rice and mixed hakka noodles.
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Not only are oysters reportedly aphrodisiacal - Casanova famously feasted on them every day - they are a sensuous, zinc-rich texture food full of squelchy, salty juiciness.
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It will be well to note that the two shells of an oyster, which are called _valves_, are held together by a single muscle, known as the _adductor muscle_, that lies near the center, and that this muscle must be cut before the shell will open readily.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish
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The island has an untouched oyster bed while the general area has mussel and cockle beds.
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They unloaded the boatful of oysters onto the lawn at the side of Charlie's house into two waist high mountains, Jon's and Charlie's, and to the side Jelly's miniscule pile.
Working Title: "Third Persons"
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Parts of this spread cater to more sophisticated palates - those oysters on the half-shell, for instance, with a rice vinegar, cilantro, shallot, and jalapeño sauce.
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Starters include prawns, oysters, crab-sticks, salmon and cold cuts, plus salads and various sauces.
