Boutique Oyster Farms Gain Ground
October 17, 2012 | 1 min to read
URBANNA, VA. — Deborah Pratt walks purposefully into the Urbanna Oyster House, unsheaths her knives and lays them out on the bar.
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She looks nice, but don’t let that pretty smile, the strand of pearls or her sweet-talking ways fool you. The woman knows how to use a weapon.
She thrusts a knife into the lip of an oyster. “I Love You,” she says, punctuating the words with three deft twists of her wrist. Just like that, the shell pops open, revealing a glistening oyster.
“It’s a gift. But there’s an art to it,” says the champion oyster shucker whose prowess has brought her international accolades.
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