We shuck 'em, you suck 'em: A slogan every master oyster sommelier loves
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USA TODAY
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🗓️ 4 June 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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You might like oysters. You might even love them. But what does it take to become a master oyster sommelier? Find out as USA TODAY National Correspondent Marco Dellacava sits down with oyster master sommelier-in-training Jeremy Benson and his instructors Julie Qiu and Patrick McMurray.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's try that with a whole boatload of grapefruit. |
| 0:07.7 | That was great. |
| 0:08.7 | I mean, that was a lot of grapefruit, which I'm not complaining about. |
| 0:16.5 | Hello and welcome to Five Things. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm Marco Delacaba. |
| 0:19.9 | It's Sunday, June 4, 2023. |
| 0:28.9 | Today we're talking about oysters and what it takes to become a master oyster sommelier. |
| 0:34.8 | Now even if you're not a fan of the Bivalves and we see you, there's something in this |
| 0:39.0 | story for everyone, including a Guinness Book of World Records holder for the most oysters |
| 0:43.9 | shocked in a minute. |
| 1:03.6 | Jeremy Benson is the general manager of Crave Fishbar on New York's Upper West Side. |
| 1:08.8 | And when it comes to oyster expertise, Jeremy has it. |
| 1:12.3 | In spades. |
| 1:13.3 | What can I say? |
| 1:14.3 | Do we have any more? |
| 1:15.3 | Is that the last one? |
| 1:16.3 | Oh, I think we can do one last malpeck. |
| 1:18.2 | I think the most important thing to know about the oysters and oysters in general is how |
| 1:22.5 | environmentally important they are. |
| 1:25.3 | We're heavily involved with the Billion Oyster Project. |
| 1:27.5 | The Billion Oyster Project is New York City's attempt at cleaning what used to be a really |
| 1:32.4 | filthy harbor and restoring it as a healthy and vital estuary. |
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