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Seed clams were planted in cages in the spring. Now in the fall they are removed and placed in larger lanes where they will grew for a couple of years. Then they can be harvests. Lanes are covered by nets to protect the clams.
Paired with Duggan's #5 Asian Lager, Matt prepared a shellfish salad with avocado puree. So very tasty!
Shellfish, such as owl limpets (left) and mussels (right), are common inhabitants in Southern California’s rocky intertidal communities
Photo credit: Ralph Vasquez
取自 diagram adopted from Van de Kam et al. (2004) Shorebirds: An illustrated behavioural ecology. Pp 86. KNNV publisher.
In early November 2018, the Camp Fire swept across the town of Paradise, 80 miles north of Sacramento. Paradise was burned in its entirety, with over 6,000 buildings destroyed and 27,000 people displaced. By November 10, the Camp Fire became the most destructive in the history of California, burning through more than 100,000 acres.
200 miles to the south, the smoke reached the Bay Area on November 9: the ashes of forests, homes, stores, pets, and more than 20 individuals trapped in the fire.
The afternoon of November 10, the shore at Half Moon Bay was covered in an eerie light, barely filtering through the smoke clouds.
Deb Lewis, a well known TO events planner and personality behind Toronto City Events website wrote about her visit to the Shlurpin and Schmakken Shellfish Feastivul at Bier Markt until July 1st 2012 on her personal blog.
The water is rising slowly up the shells of these shellfish with an interesting play of water surface tension against their surfaces.
I remember as a child seeing my dad and brother float a 2 shilling coin on the surface of a cup of water. Surface tension is fun - even Jesus seems to think so - for he walked upon the water.