Welcome to the Annual Milford Oyster Festival

Annual Milford Oyster Festival
Food Court located at Fowler Field
Saturday August 18, 2007

 
Sponsored by:                
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ANNUAL MILFORD OYSTER FESTIVAL
&
EAST COAST SHELLFISH GROWERS ASSOCIATION

  providing fresh oysters on the half shell

"The Annual Milford Oyster Festival & East Coast Shellfish Growers Association Oyster Garden" will be located directly behind the library. Oysters from at least 12 companies will be sold at the Festival representing some of the most prominent oyster growers on the east coast.  Eat one or eat a coupla' dozen.  Enjoy oysters both salty and sweet grown from Maine to Virginia.  Many of the growers will be at the Festival with their oysters so you can ask them how they do it and why their oysters are the best.
Participants in the Annual Milford Oyster Festival Food Court
include the following civic non-profit organizations
Please support authorized Festival Vendors
ON THE MENU THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
The 2008 menus are currently

Oyster Menu

All of the oysters are being provided by members of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, dedicated to the production of delicious, nutritious and sustainable shellfish.

We are currently working on our 2008 Oyster Menu -
                           here is a sample of our 2007 Oyster Menu
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Down East Oysters - Harrington Bay, ME
A petite oyster that bites back! These beauties are the northernmost oyster grown in Maine. Our strong ocean currents naturally give them their clean appearance and the distinct "Taste of Maine". Best served on the half-shell. Available May - December.
Karrie Anderson, sales@maineshellfish.com  (207)483-2030
Scorton Creak Oysters® - Massachusettes
Scott Mullin, Massachusettes Aquaculture, greatmarsh@verison.net
Cedar Points - Norwalk, CT
A Conecticut oyster closely related to the Bluepoint with good oyster flavor with medium salt.
Mark Errico, Norm Bloom and Sons, Norwalk, CT
Chincoteague Salts - Chincoteague, VA
From waters fed daily by ocean tides, these "salts" have a highly desirable briny flavor. Chincoteague Island oysters have been considered the aristocrats of all American oysters.
teaquafarms@verizon.net
Island Creek Oysters - Duxbury, MA
Grown in the cold rich waters of Duxbury Bay where 14 foot tides sweep the beds twice daily the Island Creek oyster have a plump sweet buttery meat with a distinctive briny finish.
Skip Bennett, (781) 934-0442
Salt Works Oysters® - Virginia
Dick Cantwell (757) 442-7510, captoyster@gmail.net
Moonstone Oysters® - Narragansett, RI
A rich, full-bodied, briny flavor makes the Moonstone Oyster the first choice of true connoisseurs. We are fanatics about freshness, food safety and quality - committed to bringing you the best possible product since 1986. "Harvested Naked - Eaten Raw"
Bob Rheault, sales@MoonstoneOysters.com  (401) 783-3360
Matunuck Oysters - East Matunuck, RI
A crisp, briny flavor with a clean and slightly sweet finish. Matunuck Oysters offer a true tast of Rhode Island.
Perry Raso, Perry@OceanStateAquafarm.com  (401) 932-4946
Mystic Oysters - Fisher's Island Sound, CT
Sweet, plump oysters with a deep cup and a robust shell.
Jim Markow, Noank Aquaculture Cooperative (860) 460-4558
Saddlerock Oysters - Northport, Long Island, NY
In the 1800's, the Saddlerock was the predominant bluepoint oyster sold. We've dusted off her name and allowed the Saddlerock to shine again. Hand selected and packed to our own exacting specifications, they are the best tasting bluepoint ever - plump and salty, with an ocean taste.
Distribluted exclusively by K&B Shellfish,  www.kandbseafood.com  (631) 261-8161
York River OystersTM - Yorktown VA
Grown in the clean, clear waters of the lower York River near its confluence with the Chesapeake Bay, York River Oysters are both sweet and briny, plump and picturesque - simply an unforgettable oyster. "Buy an original"
Tommy Leggett, chessie -  shellfish@hotmail.com  (804) 642-2240
Olde Salts - Butylo, Virginia
The truest taste of the ocean, our Olde Salt Oyster brings together a bold sea-side brinniness with a sweet, clean follow-through. It's more than a classic, it's a legend.
Ryan and Travis Croxton, Rappahannock River Oyster Company, Butylo, Virginia  sales@rroysters.com
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