In Carantec, in Finistère, oyster farmer Gireg Berder discovered an exceptional oyster in mid-December. This indeed weighed 2.22 kilos for record measurements, namely 26cm long and 13cm wide, says Le Télégramme.
It happens regularly
It is in fact an oyster “forgotten” by this family farm, and which has been able to live its life, buried in the sand. According to the professional, this mastodon would therefore be around fifteen years old.
To open it, you have to go “with a hammer and a chisel”
However, this specimen is not unique and discovering such giant oysters is in fact commonplace. “My father, my grandfather found such big ones. It doesn’t happen every year, but it’s regular. When I cleared the park this year I found five or six like this. “Assures the owner of the oyster farm to our colleagues in France 3. Even giant, the mollusk remains edible, even if to open it, you have to go” with a hammer and a chisel “assures the professional.
Already, in October 2020, a giant oyster had also been discovered and also weighed more than 2 kilos. Ironically, the discovery had already been made in Carantec, in Finistère.