-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Michael Loo on 07-15-19  02:57 <=-

 ML>> I found that though I'm much more tenderfooted than in the
 ML>> halcyon days, the zebra mussels weren't a problem, as their
 ML>> shells crunched satisfyingly under my soles. By the other
 ML>> way, I ate a zebra mussel - it tasted more shellfishy than
 ML>> I'd have expected.

 DS> Are zebra mussels the fresh water mussels that Stephen Haffly
 DS> harvested and cooked at the pond during one of our picnics there? 

They weren't zebra mussels... just normal ones... zebras are an invasive
species that thankfully hasn't invaded the Pond yet....

 DS> If I recall correctly, they were pretty tasteless and were discarded
 DS> in mass after a sampling of one or two by the assembled lot.

The natural wildlife finds them tasty enough, apparently, from the empty
shells one finds from time to time... and they are quite welcome to
them.... (G)

ttyl         neb

... I spent the day breaking all the culinary laws.

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