O le maualuga o le salinity o le Chesapeake Bay ma ona lapoʻa tetele e lelei mo le lagolagoina o le tofo tele o shellfish. O Virginia oysters o loʻo avanoa i faleaiga, maketi o le sami ma faʻatau faleoloa i le ogatotonu o Ausetalia.
O tamaiti uma e ola i le talafatai i sasae o ituaiga lava ia, e igoa ia Crassostrea Virginia. O mea manogi e ave i ai le tofo o le vai lea e seleseleina ai. Faʻatasi ai ma nofoaga eseese e fitu o le talafatai, o meaʻai o Virginia oysters e maua mai i le suamalie i le vailaʻau suamalie.
O nisi o vaitafe i Virginia Eastern Shore e le sili atu i le maila le mamao. Ae ui i lea, o tagata taʻitasi mai itumalo taʻitasi e faia ni eseesega i meaʻai, foliga ma foliga vaaia.
Oniva Regions i Virginia
Vaitafe o Virginia e afua mai i le umi o Virginia i East Shore , i le Chesapeake Bay, vaitafe o le talafatai ma lalo i le Lynnhaven Inlet o Virginia Beach. O le sami e aofia ai le tele o salinities mai le salinity 5-12ppt, salinity medium 12-20ppt ma i le salinity maualuga i le 20ppt.
- Vaʻa
- Upper Bay Eastern Shore
- Lower Bay Eastern Shore
- Upper Bay Western Shore
- Ogatotonu o Western Western Shore
- Lower Bay Western Shore
- Tidewater
O le seleselega
I le tala faasolopito, sa na o meaai na 'aina i masina na i ai igoa o le "R". O le lelei na le lelei i le taimi o le taumafanafana aua ua faatoa uma lava ona gagau. O le seleselega o le uumi po o le faatoaga ua tupu i tausaga talu ai nei, e faʻaogaina ai le faʻaleleia atili o agaifanua ma faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi.
Triploid oysters e le lelei, ola vave ma mafai ona seleseleina i le tausaga atoa. O loʻo ola aʻe i luga o vaʻa poʻo i luga o le sami i se auala e faʻaleleia ai le siʻosiʻomaga e tausisia ai manaoga o tagata faatau. O vai ma oloa o Virginia e faʻatulafonoina e ofisa o le malo ma le setete, e aofia ai le FDA, le Virginia Department of Health, le Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, le Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, ma le Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Taumamafa Oysters
O meaʻai e mafai ona 'ai faʻatasi, vavao, kuka ma falai. E mafai foi ona kuka i totonu o se uʻu. E masani ona faʻaaogaina ni meaʻai e tele i le sua o le tipolo, vine po o se faʻamalolo. E pei o le uaina lelei, ua i ai ni manogi manaia o sami. Afai e te 'ai soo, o le ae aʻoaʻo e vaʻavaʻai faʻamaʻi mai i vaipanoa eseese ma iloa poʻo fea mea e te manaʻo ai.
Vaʻai i le sili atu i le 50 talo o le talo i le About.com's Guide to Southern Food.
Tausaga Faʻaletausaga Taaloga i Maryland ma Virginia
- Chincoteague Oyster Festival - Oketopa - Chincoteague, VA. O le mea na tupu e faamanatu ai iʻa i le lotoifale ma taʻaloga a le aiga, ola faafiafiaga ma faʻailoga laiti-taulaga.
- Taaloga Oyster a St. Mary's County - Oketopa - Leonardtown, MD. Fale o le US Oyster Chocking Contest & National Oyster Cook-off.
- Urbanna Oyster Festival - Novema - Urbanna, VA. O le tausamiga e aofia ai fale tafao, o meaʻai, musika ma galuega taulima. O le mea sili ona maualuga o le tauvaga lea o le tauvaga o le tauvaga lea e maua ai tagata maimoa mai le salafa o le lalolagi.
- Chatham Vineyards Terroir Merroir Event - Novema - Machipongo, VA. O le tovine i 'au a East Shore ma taumafataga i le tausaga taʻitasi i le uaina, meaʻai ma musika ola.
- Chesapeake Oyster ma Beer Festival - Fepuari - National Harbour, MD. O Mea Uma E Te Fafagaina, 50 ituaiga o pia, uaina ma agaga.