oysters slightly different flavours. luc and perrine s family oyster business has 700 bags of oysters out in this bay. each grows for around three years before it is considered for market and lots of care goes into making them taste their best. well, these are the big ones to go to markets and restaurants and such. essentially, every three or four weeks we turn them because there is growth in them. i will show you all this white and purple, that is all new growth. yep. so that breaks off. we turn the bags to break that off, which makes the oysters harder and makes the shells nice and round. so, you pick the bag up. yep. and turn it on its side. then you let it go and back up again and hit it. other way, hit it and back over. if they are on the sea the seabed, they would just roll, the shells would keep rolling down and make them round and harder. that is the shape we want to go to.
are those oyster beds out there? yeah. 0yster beds down there. fantastic. do we go out on the truck? yes. let s do it. do wejustjump on? yes, jump on! along the coast of northern ireland, inlets off the sea like killough bay have developed as an ideal place to farm oysters. they say each bay with its distinct conditions give sea oysters slightly different flavours. luc and perrine s family oyster business has 700 bags of oysters out in this bay. each grows for around three years before it is considered for market and lots of care goes into making them taste their best. well, these are the big ones to go to markets and restaurants and such.
with its distinct conditions, give the oysters slightly different flavours. luc and perrine s family oyster business has 700 bags of oysters out in this day. each oyster grows for around three years before it is considered for release to market and lots of care goes into making them taste their best. these are the big ones ready to go to the markets and restaurants and such. so, we turn them. every three or four weeks we turn them because there s growth in them. i will show you all this white and purple, that s all new growth. that breaks off. so, we turn the bags to break that off, which makes the oysters harder and the shells nice and round. you pick the bag up and grab it on the sides, turn it on its side. then you let it go and back up again and hit it. let it go, back up again, other way, hit it and back over. if they are on the seabed,