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Julian Vrieslander

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> Incidentally, I used farm-raised New
> Zealand mussels. These were large sized and they did not have that
> kinda "shitty" taste that mussels usually have. The farmers must have
> controlled their diet so that they would have a smooth, mild taste. I
> agree that a stew made with the conventionally shitty tasting mussels
> might not be particularly enticing.

Where do you live and where do you get your mussels? Maybe the stuff
you are buying is not very fresh.

In Seattle, where I am, we are fortunate to be living just a few miles
from Penn Cove, one of the largest mussel farming areas in the US. At
better local markets we can find shellfish (mussels, clams, oysters)
that are out of the water only a day or less. When they are fresh, Penn
Cove mussels have a very nice clean briny/sweet taste. Not sh*tty at
all.

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Julian Vrieslander