Pacifics

But only variations in merroir explain how, for instance, the Lentz family's Chelsea Gem Pacifics from the Eld Inlet can be so mild, creamy and sweet, while Little Skookum's Pacifics are so robust and earthy.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

I operate out of frigate foxtrot 99 using two c boats that look like this called Pacifics (ph).

CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2007 2007

Using two seaboats that look like this called Pacifics and we were arrested in this location here.

CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2007 2007

We are shucking the Bishops 'plump Pacifics, Kumamotos, and native Olympias -- with their curious tang of iodine and copper -- and skimming the shells into the glassy, camo-green water.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

American connoisseurs took to the Pacifics in fits and starts.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

With their deep cups and occasional oversize plumpness, the Pacifics don't look much like most of the oysters back East, but they do share the trait of adapting, chameleonlike, to their specific growing sites.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

"And the places where I grew Olys when I was a kid are still the best places for growing Pacifics today."

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

Everyone I asked at Taylor's headquarters   had   a   favorite among the company's oysters -- opinions   diverged   among Pacifics, Virginicas, Kumamotos, and Olys -- but five out of six specified Totten Pacifics or Totten Kumamotos.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

The fact that Puget Sound is the only place in the United States to produce four species -- Pacifics, Virginicas, Kuma-tomos and Olympias -- creates one kind of variety.

The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010

Nellie's company has been the link to connecting great NYC chefs and restaurants to West Coast shellfish farms for the past 25 years - supplying premiere oyster hubs like The Grand Central Oyster Bar with famed West Coast oysters like Totten Inlet Virginicas, Pacifics, Kumamotos, Fanny Bay Oysters, Kusshis, Olympias and European Flats.

Liza de Guia: Why East Coast Natives Should Eat More West Coast Oysters (VIDEO) 2010