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Steamboat Wharf oysters

Steamboat Wharf

Steamboat Wharf Oyster Company
📍 Rappahannock River · Virginia
SpeciesEastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
SizeSmall · 2.0"-2.5"
MethodOff-bottom (cages/bags)
Salinity
MildBriny
Oyster profile
SweetMeatyPlumpButteryLightly BrinyMineralMushroomVegetal

About Steamboat Wharf

Named for a vanished steamboat dock and cannery in the small town of Morattico, Virginia, where riverboats once carried produce and wild-tonged oysters to Baltimore, D.C., and Philadelphia.

In plain words: sweet, meaty, plump, buttery, lightly briny, with mild salt.

Where it grows

Harvest region
Windmill Point
Growing region
Rappahannock River
State
Virginia
Country
United States
Steamboat Wharf Oyster CompanyThe farm · 1 oyster on Shucks
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What do Steamboat Wharf oysters taste like?

Steamboat Wharf oysters are described as sweet, meaty, plump, buttery, with mild salinity.

Where are Steamboat Wharf oysters grown?

They're grown in Windmill Point, Rappahannock River, Virginia, United States by Steamboat Wharf Oyster Company.

How salty are Steamboat Wharf oysters?

Mild: 1 out of 5 on the Shucks scale. Barely salty. Soft, sweet and easy, a good first oyster.

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