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Now is a great time to enjoy the mussel season ~ sweeter flavour and a creamy texture

Now is the best time for mussels. Winter mussels from EP Seafoods are plump, juicy and have a sweeter flavour. The best mussel season is March to November and in June and July the mussels begin to spawn. This is a great time to enjoy Australia’s very best mussels from the Eyre Peninsula.

Eating mussels for the family meal became a habit that we all enjoyed

Busy? Aren’t we all! Since we came out of a lockdown it can feel like the days are moving faster and we have less time to do those things that are important to our health. Whilst the lockdowns were hard, we found we had more time and more reason to make time for our own wellbeing and that of our two children. Mussels for the family meal became the norm.

Black mussels and blue mussels are found on the menus of leading restaurants

Black mussels dominate the menus of the world’s leading restaurants. Native to the waters of Southern Africa, the Arctic Ocean, the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans the similarity of black mussels to blue mussels grown in the Southern Ocean of mainland Australia is beginning to gain a great deal of attention with many Australian chefs.

Eating mussels as part of your weekly routine is a very healthy choice

Europeans and New Zealanders have been feasting on mussels for centuries. Our New Zealand cousins lead the world in both consumption and export of mussels, having adopted traditional European culinary habits of eating mussels as a staple rather than a delicacy.

Blue mussels – An Aussie staple

Blue mussels are an Aussie staple. We see them everywhere; their shells are often strewn across the rocky outbreaks of beaches. Australians have a familiarity with them, born from days at the beach and summer cook-ups.

How to cook mussels – the perfect start

Cooking mussels is fun, quick, very clean and healthy. The best way to start is using the Kinkawooka steam method. Once the mussels have been steamed, you can add them to just about any combination. When cooking mussels start with steam then unleash your imagination.

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