mussell

[marksworld]

:question:
had some green shell mussells in restraunt over the weekend and wor lass said that the mussell off the northeast coast are not good for eating is she right or wrong?. it would be great if she was wrong foe once!

 

[marksworld]

me spellin is shockin

 

[TC]

I think the FISH around the N.E. coast would agree with her, Mark....

They certainly didn\'t approve of the ones I was using for bait today

 

[marksworld]

ha, ha, ha

[Edited on 22/8/2005 by marksworld]

 

[marksworld]

i bet they would love the australian green shell lol , i did.

 

[Oblickta]

Good point, perhaps we should try spoiling them with:

Grilled mussels in romesco sause or,

cozze con fagioli (mussels with cannilini beans) or,

mussels en croustade with leeks and white wine.

I also have a recepie for: mussel, leek and saffron soup but there may be a problem baiting the hook with this one lol

Anythings worth a try these days!!!!!!!!!

 

[TC]

Lol....Aye mebbies the fish are fed up with the same menu and developing a more sophisticated pallete.........\"oh no, not mussel, lugworm, ragworm or squid again?....haven\'t you got anything DIFFERENT?\".........lol

[Edited on 22/8/2005 by TC]

 

[Oblickta]

We\'re told that \"variety is the spice of life\" so perhaps this applies to fish too.

Maybe we could do a deal like: they send up their fillets in return for a Rick Stein exotic seafood diet. I reckon the fish would be gettin\' the best deal but at least \"er indoors\" would believe that we\'d been fishing!

 

[STEVO]

You should try it tony you could be onto something lol ... I look forward to charltons catch reports... 8lb cod caught at south sheilds pier using soup lol

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Problem with using soup is you tend to knock the fish out when casting the tin !!

 

[marksworld]

but are they ok to eat! lol, come on lets see if i can prove wor lass wrong fo ONCE! lol

 

[Mike.Haley]

Mussels tend to gather and breed at the exits to sewer outlet pipes and such like. Take a good look at what is floating in the water around where the mussels are then make your own decision. If you are still in doubt just throw caution to the wind and try some. Good Luck.

 

[Red5]

Mark absolutely nowt wrong with eating the mussells off our coast as long as like Mike says you check to make sure they are not situated near an out pipe. Before they put in a treatment plant I remember watching people collecting willicks (winkles) from Longhoughton where there is an sewer outlet pipe. A recipe for a nasty case of the sh*tes, and although the water that comes out of it now is supposed to be clean I will still not eat fish I catch from the Longhoughton area.

 

[willywetegg]

My Grandad from Whitley bay always used to say that picking shell fish from our coast was fine as long as there was an \"R\" in the month. So keep off it from May till August.
I am sure there used to be warnings on ITV about the dangers of eating them during the summer.

Jim.

 

[marksworld]

thanks for all information lads
i will sleep well now lol. but you know we eat plenty of sea fish that we catch from around the northeast coast and touch wood never any probs with them and they eat the mussel and s**t and p**s in the sea lol if ya get my drift
cheers again
mark







[Edited on 23/8/2005 by marksworld]

 

[TC]

I\'ve e-mailed a lass in our Environmental Health Dept about this, Mark.

They often have cause (during the Summer) to erect notices along the South Shields coastline, warning people not to eat any collected shellfish from the area.

I\'ve asked her if this is a seasonal thing or just a precaution during the Summer months.

I\'ll post the reply....if I get one.


Personally, I generally go along with Jims\' maxim......re the \"R\" in the month.

[Edited on 23/8/2005 by TC]

 

[fishless]

My Grandad from Whitley bay always used to say that picking shell fish from our coast was fine as long as there was an \"R\" in the month. So keep off it from May till August.
I am sure there used to be warnings on ITV about the dangers of eating them during the summer.

Jim.

sry tc but as far as i know jims right about the mussels and dont eat them during that period
something to do with the higher toxin levels and pollutants in the summer and they did use to warn you and notices were erected in certain parts
if im wrong ille hold my hands up but personally i wouldnt touch them

 

[TC]

\"sry tc but as far as i know jims right about the mussels and dont eat them during that period\".........

Ermmmm......isn\'t that what I said......lol.......

\"Personally, I generally go along with Jims\' maxim......re the \"R\" in the month.\"

 

[marksworld]

just been chattin with me dad and he told me that he used to pick mussel for eating up at boulmer but stopped because of the toxin levels
he said gone are the days when most of our daily products dont have some kind of chemical in them also the farmers use chemicals, machinery etc, so maybe some of these chemicals make there way from the earth, from rivers ,from us to the sea and make the mussel not good to eat
i tend to agree with him a bit
\"times they are a changin\"

 

[fishless]

oops sry tc ,i just got in from work when i posted that and me eyes were a bit bleary ,,or im thick lol

probally the latter lol