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How Pearl Meat Became the Freshest High-End Ingredient in Australia

Who would have thought that the once unremarkable pearl meat would one day be sold at AU$200 per kilo? Now, when you’re cracking into a pearl oyster, you’re presented with two treasures: the shimmering splendidness of the pearl itself and the luxurious delicacy of the fleshy oyster muscle.  Pearl farming was Australia’s most valuable aquaculture ...

Arianne Ayson

An oyster with a pearl and pearl meat.