The word "mussels" is correct in written English
It refers to a type of shellfish commonly used in cooking.
Example: "We enjoyed a delicious dish of steamed mussels with garlic and white wine."
Alternatives: "Shellfish" or "Bivalves."
I sat in a restaurant in Portonovo in Italy 40 years ago, waiting impatiently for the boats bringing fresh mussels for dinner.
Scallops, crab, langoustines, mussels and lobster are all caught in the loch itself; smoked salmon comes from Inverawe, a few miles south.
At twilight we walk out back together through the wet spring air and watch his assistant chefs turn hot stones in an open pit fire on to which they pile fresh clams, mussels, potatoes, fava beans, smoked pork, chicken and dough patties called chochoca made from baked potato, flour and pork lard.
It has a lovely garden and a cafe serving Belgian specialities, such as mussels, as well as Chilean dishes.
But let's start from the bottom up and make mussels, clams, oysters and edible seaweeds the cornerstone from which we build our program.
Serving this vast selection since before vast selections were cool, Eulogy's beers are complimented by excellent pub food, including delicious Belgian-style fries and a big steaming pot of mussels – not to be missed.
On our last visit, I had tuna tataki, mussels and red snapper ceviche with yuzu, miso aubergine caviar and beef tataki with Jerusalem artichokes.
Two brief flights south of Santiago bring me to Chiloé Island, known for its bounty of enormous shellfish, such as clams and mussels, which come into port at the capital Castro.
Main courses range from a spicy spaghetti alla busara with mussels and prawns to a vegetarian biryani, both at €12 including a glass of wine and coffee.
As an American mussel producer put it to me things like oysters and mussels are the "economic argument for clean water".
If we developed a robust appetite for local mussels and oysters we would de facto have to develop a robust economic valuation for clean water.
