Alt-seafood startup Pearlita announces the company recently held its first tasting of plant-based oyster. Taking place on Nov. 8 in the Bay Area, the tasting was part of a fundraising effort for Pearlita, which plans to launch its first alternative oyster into restaurants and retail in 2023.

"This is a huge milestone for a company this young"

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Pearlita staged the tasting at Wild Earth's headquarters near San Francisco, where guests were offered a full menu showcasing the oyster in a fried po' boy sandwich, raw vegan oyster ceviche and raw oysters on the half-shell. Though the company is leveraging both plant-based and cultivated technologies to develop the product, Pearlita says it is first releasing a plant-based prototype while it works on scaling its cell lines.

The plant-based prototype is made from a proprietary base of mushrooms and seaweed, along with a flavor cocktail the company says imparts a "delicate and authentic ocean flavor."

Attendees commented the oysters had the "same texture" as real oysters and that they "tasted great" and "delicious," with some even deeming them "restaurant quality."

"There was a lot of enthusiasm and excitement from the attendees," said Kassy Hickey, Head of Science at Pearlita. "This is a huge milestone for a company this young."

Improving seafood

Conventional oysters are known to carry risks of foodborne illness and are currently threatened by overharvesting and pollution. In early 2022, Pearlita opened its first research lab near North Carolina's famed Triangle Park to focus on cultivating oysters' prized flesh using cellular agriculture and plant-based techniques.

Backed by CULT Foods, Big Idea Ventures and Sustainable Food Ventures, Pearlita's future plans also include alternative squid and scallops.

More to come

"We are thrilled to have such positive feedback about our products and we can't wait to continue to blow people away with our many delicious oyster & seafood alternatives," shared Nikita Michelsen, founder and CEO of Pearlita. "We just had a tasting in Raleigh to test out our vegan California roll which was a huge success, and are currently perfecting a vegan clam chowder we can't wait to have people taste."

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I like fried rice, but this is unironically my best attempt. Rice, tumeric, curry powder, olive (and then seasame because I ran out) oil, diced chicken breast, white mushrooms, lots of peas, couple eggs, oyster sauce, and soy sauce

Looks pretty good ngl

Starches frick up my stomach and make me feel bloated. I might have a slight gluten allergy but nothing like having IBS. Anyhow, just wanted to keep everyone in the loop. Cheers!

Edit: This means no beer but I'm allowing myself to drink tequila in small glasses served by a bartender.

Edit: "How can you be so starchless!" -

Why do brits invent the worst foods

This recipe from King Arthur Baking is a good place to start making excellent homemade bread. The dough comes together easily, the shaping doesn't matter too too much, and it's better than any bread you can buy from the grocery store, and many bakeries tbh. Not to sound like a giant fricking glib nerd, but the most important ingredients when it comes to bread are time and temperature, and I suspect dramatards have an abundance of free time.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/hearth-bread-recipe

Make bread. It's good for your soul. I will be posting more bread, Inshallah. Maybe next week I post my poolish baguettes.

Decided to eat here after the so-so quality of Moab Diner, glad we did. This place is awesome, one of the best breakfast places I've eaten at.

I ordered the Traditional Breakfast with eggs over medium and pancakes (to make up for the lame ones at Moab Diner). The pancakes had actual flavor and were quite nice, the bacon and sausage were packed with flavor and really good, the hashbrowns were great, and the eggs were cooked perfectly.

The other two people ordered omelettes, one bacon and one ham, with English muffins. They were amazing, it's rare that an omelette of this style isn't dry or wet, and this was the rare exception. English muffins were really nice, good flavor. Coffee was really good, they use a custom coffee blend from a place down the street called Luckman Coffee Company.

I'll pin more photos, forgot to take them before we got back to the hotel, so sorry for low quality.

Overall this place was great, a touch expensive but absolutely worth the money. Would recommend to anyone stopping in woodland or in the area.

>You can't keep eating like this

too many “people” saying that they have done similar, or “can vibe with this”

spent a few mins going through posts and every single one is of something disgusting and the comments are just “oof ngl i would eat that”

That's Keith Floyd, full-time drinker and part-time TV chef, trying to present a TV show in South Africa while in a very advanced state of liquid refreshment. To be fair, I think that's a pretty good Pink Lady he somehow manages to mix.

Keith Floyd ran every restaurant he started into the ground. He was belligerent, argumentative and prone to fits of rage. For example, the time he stormed off set and refused to do a skit at Gilbraltair, forcing his producer to film the bit for him. Or the time he got drunk shooting a bit mid morning and accused his director of using cocaine:

Despite this, he was never out of work on TV and has been cited as an inspiration by Rick Stein, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Fricking Ramsay.

This is because he was very entertaining, fun to work with and had a great sense of humor. He was always the first to laugh at himself and to take criticism. Here he has his cooking demolished by an uppity frog. He translates her withering put down completely:

Here he ruining fish which he has decided to cook in a pan full of salt for some reason:

Here he is setting a boat on fire:

Floyd was a heavy smoker and, I'm sure you will have noticed, liked a drink.

In October 2002 Floyd was reported to have suffered a mild stroke, although he denied this in his autobiography. In November 2004 he was banned from driving for 32 months and fined $1.700 after crashing his car into another vehicle while three-and-a-half times over the legal UK alcohol limit. In the summer of 2006 he was diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition.

In August 2007, he was hospitalised in Thailand after collapsing drunk in a restaurant. He collapsed again at a pub in Chesterton, Staffordshire, on 29 January 2008 and was in a coma in hospital on a life-support machine. He was discharged on 22 February, travelling to his home in France to recuperate. He made a full recovery. On 14 September 2008, exactly a year before his death, he collapsed and was hospitalised for several days.

Floyd died of a heart attack, aged 65, on 14 September 2009.

Most of his shows are on YouTube and I recommend them very highly. He was a good chef and often cooked great food, but his shows were far more entertaining than just that.

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chicken noodle soup

Went to Moab diner during our trip north, was pretty decent depending on what you get.

I ordered the #2 pancakes with sausage patties and eggs over medium. The pancakes were dry and kinda bland, and the eggs were more easy than medium. To be honest I would skip the #2.

Someone else got the #1 with hashbrowns, ham, English muffin, and scrambled eggs. They accidentally served over easy (cooked unevenly) instead, but was painlessly replaced. The other person said the ham was awesome and the hashbrowns were great, the scrambled eggs were vastly better than the over easy/medium as well.

The third person got #5 (The days special) "Sweetwater Skillet" and said it was pretty good, they didn't have much to add.

The place was packed, we went on a Saturday at about 10 am and every seat was sat and it took about 15 min to be seated. Everyone was working like a machine, so things moved quickly.

Overall the food was a mixed bag, I think the meats and scrambled eggs were very good, however the pancakes and eggs over medium were mediocre at best, bland at worst.

Imo if you are here to get the meats or potato sides, I think you would be pretty satisfied. However if you wanted good pancakes, or eggs over easy/medium, I would look elsewhere.

The secret ingredient is love. And homemade roasted bone broth.