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An Irish foodie fantasy

“Our shells clacked on the plates. My tongue was a filling estuary, My palate hung with starlight:As I tasted the salty PleiadesOrion dipped his foot into the water.”
—Seamus Heaney

he lines of this Irish poem capture the essence of my memory feasting from platters of freshly shucked oysters pulled from the coastal waters of County Clare just hours before. Could there be

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