I still remember when I was a child, I followed my father on a business trip to Zhuji, the pearl town of Zhejiang. The local pearl market is located in YamashitaHu Town, we drove there, along the way we saw a mountain of mussel shells stacked on the side of the road, although the taste was not good, but the adult said that it was all pearls. It is said that in the past, as soon as the local residents arrived in the summer, everyone carried a large back basket to the river to catch "mussel shells", and at that time, the mussel shells were large and numerous, and there were dozens of pounds of mussel shells at random.
<h3 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > touch the mussel shell and go home to feed the ducks</h3>
Like other shellfish, the mussel shell has a large piece of mussel meat inside in addition to the hard outer shell. But in the past, it was not popular to eat this, usually more snails. At that time, people were just looking for pearls, and they could buy a good price, but the mussel shells that did not grow pearls were not high in economic output, so these were broken mussel shells, took out the mussel meat, and took it back to feed the ducks. Ducks that eat mussel meat grow faster and fatter than those fed with ordinary feed, and can also sell for a good price, and they do not waste their own efforts.
<h3 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > mussel shells to make high-end cuisine</h3>
Don't look at these mussel shells in the local area, once in the big city it has become a high-end food. In line with the trend of the times, in terms of diet, more people do not care about whether they can eat enough, but care about whether the taste is good or not, the nutritional value is not high, as a high-quality aquatic product ingredients, mussel shell is one of them. It not only has therapeutic effects, but also has certain medicinal value, and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxification and nourishing the yin and nourishing the eyes.
Once, when I went to Guangzhou with a friend, I recommended a dish called "Xi Shi Tongue" at a local restaurant, the main ingredient of which is the mussel shell taken from the river. The fishy smell that I once smelled, now I didn't expect it to become a delicacy on the plate of diners.
You really can't ask the price first, because a question is the color you can't afford to eat. I thought that this kind of local goods used to feed ducks in the countryside could be bought at a price of one or two hundred once cooked by the chef's spoon, and it was also very popular in big cities!
<h3 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > there is a difference between river mussels and pearl mussels</h3>
Not all mussel shells can produce pearls. Generally, the basic river mussels we catch in the river are ordinary river mussels, unless like Zhuji local, pearl mussels may be fished, but now most of them are artificially farmed. However, whether it is a natural pearl or an artificially cultivated pearl, it is due to the fact that shellfish are irritated by the outside world under accidental conditions, and enter the mussel shell, and contact its mantle membrane, which secretes a pearly substance after being stimulated, and after a period of layer wrapping, the debris becomes a crystal clear pearl.
<h3 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the delicious way to eat river mussels</h3>
Due to the relatively large size of the river mussel, unlike other shellfish, it can be cooked directly under the pot with shell and meat. Usually the outer shell is removed, the mussel meat inside is removed, after a series of intestines and sandbags, washed and cut into pieces, stewed with pork belly, that is, a "river mussel stew". And red pepper, pickled dried radish and cucumber, stir-fry to make another dish [braised river mussels]. Or add bacon, bamboo shoots, tofu and other ingredients, simmer the soup, and another [river mussel salted meat tofu soup] is completed.
Do you like to eat river mussels? What is your favorite approach?