Sine-Saloum Delta · Smoked Dried Oysters
Yokhoss
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The tiny island of Fadiouth, in the Sine-Saloum delta, is built on centuries of discarded oyster shells — its ground is literally made of them.
Mangrove oysters are hand-harvested from the roots of the Sine-Saloum delta's mangroves, then boiled and sun-dried or smoked into small, intensely savory nuggets called yokhoss. They're sold in market bundles and stirred into rice dishes and stews rather than eaten raw.
Why it's made this way: Oyster gathering and processing along the Sine-Saloum's mangrove channels has long been women-led work, and drying the catch into yokhoss lets a coastal delicacy travel inland as a shelf-stable seasoning.
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