Scallop + Oyster

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(1) 成都火锅业者“宣誓”废弃老油火锅. BBC Chinese, Aug 4, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110804_sichuan_hotpot.shtml
("日前，媒体报道说成都的火锅店家将客人食用后的火锅锅底回收，经过过滤、称之为'老油'，加温之后再出售给其他客人食用。媒体的报道还说，这是成都火锅店的惯常做法；店家对此解释说，老油是成都火锅的传统制作工艺")

(2) 中国中产种菜确保吃得安心. BBC Chinese, Aug 4, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110804_china_allotments_food.shtml

(3) 唐山养殖户不满油污事故调查结果. BBC Chinese, Aug 4, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110804_china_oil_spill.shtml

Note:
(a) 扇贝  scallop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallop
(marine (as opposed to freshwater); The name "scallop" is derived from the Old French escalope, which means "shell"; sections 5 Seafood industry, 6 As food, and 7 Symbolism)

* scallop aquaculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallop_aquaculture
(China and Japan account for about 90% of the reported production)

There is no need to read the rest of this Wiki page.
(b) Cf
pecten (bivalve)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecten_(bivalve)
(used as the logo of Shell petroleum company)
(c) The Making of a Logo.
http://www.yilubbs.com/HT/con_218_M.1312481662.A.htm

(4) Jennifer Levitz, Scallops Ride to Rescue; Demand, Rising Prices Keep Former Whaling Port in Massachusetts Above Water. Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303499204576389461875981484.html

Quote:

"Scallops account for New Bedford's status as the largest U.S. commercial fishing port in terms of value at $249 million in 2009, according to the latest federal fishery statistics. And scallops, unlike lobster, have proven remarkably recession proof with prices rising steadily through the downturn even as the amount caught held relatively steady.

"Many expect to see higher demand for scallops from China [despite its status as world's largest scallop aquaculture nation], which banned Japanese seafood because of concerns about radiation following the March earthquake and tsunami.

"With demand growing, Eastern Fisheries [of New Bedford] is this month opening a scallop farm, to cultivate smaller bay scallops, off the coast of China.

Note:
(a) New Bedford, Massachusetts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts
(nicknamed "The Whaling City" because it was, during the 19th century, one of the most important whaling ports in the world)

Quote: "Bedford Village[] was officially incorporated as the town of New Bedford in 1787. The name was suggested by the Russell family who were prominent citizens of the community. It comes from the fact that the Dukes of Bedford [named after Bedford, England], a leading English aristocratic house, also bore the surname Russell. (Bedford, Massachusetts [another town in Massachusetts, to the West of Boston] had already been incorporated by 1787; hence 'New' Bedford.)"
(b) Moby-Dick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
(a novel first published in 1851 by American author Herman Melville; Captain Ahab; section 1 Background)
(i) Ahab (pronounced EY-hab) is a king of Israel, husband of Jezebel, and rebuked by Elijah. Old Testament  I Kings 16:29--22:40.
(ii) Herman Melville
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville
(1919-1891)

Quote: "Near the end of 1840 he once again decided to sign ship's articles. On January 3, 1841, he sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on the whaler Acushnet, which was bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was later to comment that his life began that day. The vessel sailed around Cape Horn and traveled to the South Pacific. [At the end of a] 18-month cruise * * * Melville deserted the Acushnet in the Marquesas Islands[, French Polynesia] in July 1842. * * * He boarded another whaler bound for Hawaii

(c) Placopecten magellanicus is the Atlantic sea scallop, native to the western Atlantic Ocean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placopecten_magellanicus
(d) endive
(i) baby endive
http://willows95988.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/10/endive.jpg
(ii) grown
http://gardener.wikia.com/wiki/Endive

(e) Sperry Top-Sider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperry_Top-Sider
(the original brand of boat shoe designed in 1935 by Paul Sperry)
(i) Click "boat shoes" and you will learn the appearance and its invention.
(ii) For siping, see
sipe (n): "a groove or channel in the tread of a tyre")
Word Reference.com English Dictionary
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/sipe

* tread (n): "the part of a wheel or tire that makes contact with a road or rail"
All English definitions from this downward (inclusive) are from www.m-w.com.


(5) Danielle Pergament, Collecting Wellfleet Oysters With the Best. New York Times, May 29, 2011
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/travel/collecting-wellfleet-oysters-with-the-best-explorer.html?scp=18&sq=oyster&st=cse
("we made our way over to her oyster racks: rows of mesh containers suspended just above the sea floor so the oysters can soak up the tidal nutrients. 'My 3-year-olds are doing so well,' Ms. Austin said, examining some of the bags that hold her nearly 250,000 oysters.")

Note:
(a) Wellfleet, Massachusetts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellfleet,_Massachusetts
(section 1 History; Settled 1724; Incorporated 1775)
(b) Havianas is the name of a company making and selling flip-flops (also known as thongs or  sandals).
www.havaianas.com
(c) splat (n; imitative): "a splattering or slapping sound"
(d) The "hearty" in hearty souls."

(n): "enthusiastically or exuberantly cordial : JOVIAL"




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