What's up with mussles?

[Bishop169]

Rye beach at low tide is a great place to walk and pick.. Found a nice 2# lobster in the tidal pools there too..Wonder if that was legal

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by Bishop169

Rye beach at low tide is a great place to walk and pick.. Found a nice 2# lobster in the tidal pools there too..Wonder if that was legal

no.

[Rockport24]

anybody have any advice about how to pick good ones?

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

anybody have any advice about how to pick good ones?

Here's the deal from my afore mentioned co-worker.

1. If birds are eating them, they are most likely VERY safe to eat. Birds have a much lower tolerance to pollution than we do.
2. stay away from red -tide, obviously.
3. High current areas produce better tasting mussels.
4. Thin shelled mussels, have grown VERY fast. Therfore are more meaty and more tender. (His eye lit up when he descrinbed these)
5. Stay away from polluted areas.

That's it. He has eaten the ribbed shelled mussels. He HATES them.

[fishsmith]

Aren't the 'ribbed mussels' for her pleasure

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

Here's the deal from my afore mentioned co-worker.

1. If birds are eating them, they are most likely VERY safe to eat. Birds have a much lower tolerance to pollution than we do.
2. stay away from red -tide, obviously.
3. High current areas produce better tasting mussels.
4. Thin shelled mussels, have grown VERY fast. Therfore are more meaty and more tender. (His eye lit up when he descrinbed these)
5. Stay away from polluted areas.

That's it. He has eaten the ribbed shelled mussels. He HATES them.

dude this is great advice, looks like I'm bringing a nice bucket on my next trip!

[Backbeach Jake]

Jenn and I had mussels steamed with linguica for supper last night. Funny this came up. Ribbed mussels we called horse mussels back in the day. Seems that there were more them than now. Our last struggling wild bed was wiped out in a week by starfish about 6 years ago. Last night's dinner was farmed-plump and sweet. Buy a bag for about 3 bucks only 1 iffy discard in 2pounds. Yuuuum!

[Bishop169]

Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

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no.

Good thing i got rid of the evidence