Man Finds Pearl In His Fried Oysters
Remember that story about a man finding a rare pearl in his steamers at a Lake Worth restaurant? Now, just two weeks later, someone else has found a pearl in his fried oysters in New Jersey:
WASHINGTON BOROUGH, N.J. — Two weeks after a Florida man found a rare pearl in his seafood, it's happened again — this time to a New Jersey man who was eating fried oysters.Unfortunately, the pearl doesn't appear to be worth much because it's misshapen and discolored, but still. Makes for a cool souvenir and a great story.Mike McHenry thought he had chomped down on a piece of shell Wednesday night and instead spit out a pea-sized pearl.
"You might break your teeth on it if you crunch down too hard," the 60-year-old Washington Township man said of his discovery at Russo's Ristorante in Washington Borough.
McHenry's find was rare, according to Gef Flimlin, a marine extension agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, who said 95 percent of pearls are cultured for production, unlike the naturally formed pearl McHenry found.
"It's unusual to find one in this type of oyster," McHenry said. "Like one in a million."
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Russo's owner, Rick Giacobbe, said McHenry's discovery marked the first time in his 33 years in the restaurant business that a customer found a pearl in an order of oysters. He said the guy he orders seafood from is flummoxed, too.
"He said maybe once in a couple of years his girls will find something and it's a teeny tiny thing," Giacobbe said. "This was half the size of a jellybean."
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