Salt Pond Select

"Another heavyweight from Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island (home of Moonstones), Salt Ponds are oyster-lover's oysters: big, bountiful, and intensely flavorful. If you made a demi-glace with seawater, you'd approximate the concentrated tidepool brine of a Salt Ponds. They are unusually metallic for a virginica, with hints of the iron and petrol flavors found in other Point Judith Pond oysters. These 2.5-year-old oysters are very large, heavy, and strong. The shells—bronze and black-striped on top, a lovely white-green on the bottom—shuck smoothly every time, yielding a rich meat that will take you back to childhood days of lazing around the New England shore."

brinymetallicironpetrolconcentrated

"I recently tried them again and they were even better–everything I wrote above, but bigger and sweeter. These monster three-year-olds make you want to laugh at the little girlie-oysters served up in so many rawbars."

sweetlargeintense

"Salt Pond Selects are grown in Point Judith Pond (also home to Moonstones). Their large meats have an extremely sweet and simultaneously tannic flavor with a briny finish."

sweettannicbriny

"Fantastic oyster. Meaty, salty. Great with an IPA."

meatysalty

"An all time favorite. Always large or giant. Buttery yet still meaty texture with a strong salty bath of brine. Classic 'two bite' oyster."

butterymeatysaltybriny

"Excellent. These were my favorite among seven (mostly VA/MD) kinds of oysters I tried at Pearl Dive Oyster Palace in DC. I enjoyed three raw: outstanding texture and salt."

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