http://dylan-salmon.squarespace.com/welcome daily 1.0 2022-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1435603328023-LU9A7ILPBY3X17X55TLJ/anchovies.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1503596517970-I757UTCDUT0LSMJX0GRL/IMG_0394.JPG Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1435603456043-FAU9MLSXSCKO98GJLSAN/COOP_06-2014_04044-817x545.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237010877-7USN1RYTEZZBN1OJP4US/IMG_5269.jpg Welcome - 20 Pappa Tango Irene and I got flown up to Martha’s Vineyard on this bird by our regular guest and friend, Dave Sinappoli last weekend for a seafood tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237018235-IDMMQY9A9MC1IQ1RG0OK/IMG_5279.jpg Welcome - Raw Clams An old sign advertising raw clams hangs in the hall of the Shuck Shack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237029501-TH30HEXH5RBYQVO914BZ/IMG_5282.jpg Welcome - Dylan & Peety We randomly met a fellow Baltiorean oyster bar owner up there in a parking lot outside of a seafood market! His mane is Peety and he has owned Coop de Ville (chicken wings) and the Shuck Shack for over 30 years! What a cool guy. He turned us on to the Honeysuckle oysters which we ended up flying home with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237038357-51VRRYT0J1JEMRK71FD7/IMG_5297.jpg Welcome - Edgartown Lighthouse Located at the top of Katama Bay, where the Honeysuckle Oysters are grown. What a view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237072478-6JUTE718KT1FWXI5IYCA/IMG_5302.jpg Welcome - LOBSTER! We ordered some chicks (1 1/4 lb) which are our favorite size lobster because they are the most tender and sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237072813-BONAOI27V3QHNFJUNFZF/IMG_5304.jpg Welcome - Seafood Feast One of our favorite New England things to do is visit seafood shacks on the water like this one, Larsen’s Fish Market. Everything here was top notch from the lobster bisque, stuffed quahogs and lobster rolls to the raw oysters that I shucked and slurped right by the dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237090646-OHI5VLKJ3ALCC7LDHU4B/IMG_5309.jpg Welcome - Spearhead Oysters CHEERS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237087014-JATEMTDGAV37YASSIZSA/IMG_5313.jpg Welcome - Goodbye Martha's Vineyard We loaded a cooler full of 200 Honeysuckle Oysters into the nose of the little plane and took off for Baltimore. This is the view of the island as we retuned home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622237092443-9RETQLC1JFI0S1PAIFZC/IMG_5318+2.jpg Welcome - Captain Irene and her Co-Pilot Dilly Boy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611783377604-U6QM35TNPFL92OEF3P6N/IMG_4078.jpg Welcome - Jacks Point - ME January 27, 2021 Grown at Norumbega Farms, these surface cultured oysters have heavily fluted, thick, white grey and black shells housing a crisp, buttery meat with a full brine that doesn’t overwhelm with any sharp salinity. Available tonight for carryout, or dine in/outdoor! These oysters are sooo good and it is hard to have just a few. The first impression is that it is going to be just salt and nothing else but that quickly gives way to a rich mineral umami taste and smooth sweet finish. Jacks Points are grown by Eric Peters of Norumbega Farms (one of the best growers in Maine) as the signature oyster for War Shore Oyster Company. Owner, Brad Blymier and I have worked together for years in the oyster world, most recently in a supplier/buyer relationship and I sat down with him to pick his brain about Maine oysters a while back. The gist is that there are so many farms up there selling their products direct to oyster bars like Eventide in Portland, but few outside of that bubble had ever heard of let alone tasted any of them. Brad has been changing that, supplying us direct with the same, extreme high quality oysters here in MD. War Shore also works with a lot of local farms (Battle Creek, Pungoteague, etc.) but their Maine connection has me really excited about the future of oyster farming not just in Maine but up and down the eastern seaboard. Happy Shucking! Dylan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611085839567-XV68P9FIGXNJ3W3N3L9K/IMG_3938.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611782144892-GOGF56FA319HFKT2XBNG/IMG_4063.jpg Welcome - Maine oyster farming boom The Damariscotta River, and why I love its oysters… The Damariscotta River in Maine has a long history of growing oysters up and down its lengths. Names like Pemaquid, Norumbega and Glidden Point have long been sought after oysters among aficionados and chefs alike due to their strong shells, crisp salty flavor and the allure/mystiqe that surrounds an industry that grows food in some of the coldest waters one can grow food in. The Damariscotta is very deep and combined with strong tidal surges makes for not only excellent oysters, but very chilly waters. The consistency of these oysters has always been very high as well, owing to the quality of the river’s water and the people who farm it. Recently we have noticed more and more oyster names popping up from the same waters and all of them are of that same consistency, quality and salty goodness we all love from a Dam oyster. With names like Whaleback, Otter Cove, Moondancer and Sugarloaf, these new farms are taking the newer farming methods and applying them to these legendary waters with huge success. One of my favorites from this new list of farms is Jacks Point (pictured) which we have on the ice as often as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611784630623-U7N7HJWI8H6NSDU8QVDQ/IMG_4072.jpg Welcome Look at these Jacks Point shells! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611086118116-VL7TBVB68I8HLTBCWEX8/chelsea+gem.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1641667762704-VMBIU4WHAM5JAGEZKU2U/IMG_8078.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1641667768050-Q99AS7OLWGHUX5B3CY23/IMG_8090.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1641667933349-S86A1Z2503AIACLZY4TZ/IMG_8081+3.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1641668082952-61USE4ST2O9ZDBTS03TF/66335644877__65CF3E5B-9EB0-4F67-B696-2ED3744D796F+2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611190215876-EG324I3N910665BNQY0X/mattytae+%2833+of+85%29.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/a8bab7a8-a8d2-4849-a1a3-152db1a20a02/IMG_2088.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Oyster Farmer Bailey Coffin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1622241324126-ETF8Q6BFRCPAG0F4UEQJ/IMG_5367.jpg Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611784381115-BBC3USWR7Q0KQ4BUNF4B/IMG_4084.jpg Welcome Brad Blymier and Eric Peters (red hat) on the river, doing what they love, talking oysters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/045cbccc-c5ef-4c50-a1ab-acc109647fbe/how+to+shuck.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1503596383623-1W7SIFJGPCG5O2T6PJQD/IMG_2861.JPG Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1437689316174-YDQ6EVYBAFU6Q954SFKI/DylansLogoFINAL.jpg Welcome http://dylan-salmon.squarespace.com/events daily 0.75 2025-05-12 http://dylan-salmon.squarespace.com/events/2014/10/2/fusce-dapibus-tellus-ac-cursus-commodo-7wsnl monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 http://dylan-salmon.squarespace.com/our-team daily 0.75 2021-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1611191877861-5HURRKFPD6T2U4RNPCI3/IMG_8724.jpg About Dylan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ecd249e4b0866fef082366/1503596263807-8G4V31RKDSWDERKJXVJN/fulltray.JPG About Dylan