Anyone tried them?
How were they?
Any special prep needed?
2014 Key West 203DFS
1987 Landau
they’re great, but nobody around here seems to eat them. I like to get them from areas near inlets to ensure good water and increased flushing (typically found in the high marsh mud and often go weeks without water between neap tides), but finding them in high energy environments usually means you want to purge them in a creek (or maybe a bucket of seawater) for a bit to get the grit out.
they are a great addition to a creamy pasta dish, and also as an appetizer steamed in wine/garlic/lemon/herb to be dipped in butter and eaten with crusty bread and broth!
only disclaimer is that I’m not sure if they exist in state law as “shellfish”, so I’m always sure to pick them during open shellfish dates and from approved harvesting areas.
Damit wang…now I’m hungry!
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Originally posted by barbawangthey’re great, but nobody around here seems to eat them. I like to get them from areas near inlets to ensure good water and increased flushing (typically found in the high marsh mud and often go weeks without water between neap tides), but finding them in high energy environments usually means you want to purge them in a creek (or maybe a bucket of seawater) for a bit to get the grit out.
they are a great addition to a creamy pasta dish, and also as an appetizer steamed in wine/garlic/lemon/herb to be dipped in butter and eaten with crusty bread and broth!
only disclaimer is that I’m not sure if they exist in state law as “shellfish”, so I’m always sure to pick them during open shellfish dates and from approved harvesting areas.
So, would you put them in a crab trap or something and hang them off a creek dock for a few days to let them filter some ‘cleaner’ water?
2014 Key West 203DFS
1987 Landau
yep, milk crate or croaker sack work too! a day or two seems like all you need to get them to purge the sand from their stomachs usually
?? I never purged them - they say you’ll eat a pound of dirt before you die. I’m probably way over that
They taste horrible!
Leave them there.
For me.
Yep, called sweetwater mussels around here. Very good, better than the one’s you get at restaurants IMO.
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Originally posted by InshoreAnglerYep, called sweetwater mussels around here. Very good, better than the one’s you get at restaurants IMO.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Does the shell have ridges on it or is it smooth?
it is formally called the atlantic ribbed mussel, and has ridges on the shell that differentiate it from the blue and green mussels typically found in restaurants
you know you’re local when you call em croaker sacks
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Originally posted by PeaPodyou know you’re local when you call em croaker sacks
That guy catches spottail bass not redfish
right on.
met an 80 yr old native in hanahan yesterday. you can guess what he called the fush.