BLACK SEA mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)- a unique water purifier .
mussels meat - a delicacy .
mussel edible completely , except for a rigid shell and locking the muscles inside the case. Mussels can be used without the herbs and spices, but sometimes they are eaten by pouring lemon juice. Also popular is the large mussel pilaf .
Keep in mind that a lot of spices or sauce can spoil , or rather, to score a taste of mussels. Mussels in shells cooked in water , wine or broth in a few minutes, as soon as doors open clams in a saucepan. Those mussels that do not open should be discarded .
Today, the Black Sea mussels are bred in special marine plantations, the largest of which is located next to Sebastopol in the Bay of Balaclava .
This is a very profitable industry. On one plate of cement per year and a half grown mussel total weight of three kilograms - with no dressing.
mussel colonies destroy marine debris and clean the bottom , and filtered sea water by passing it through itself . They are a source of food for the local marine fauna.
Unfortunately mussels taste like , not only individuals but also rapane , marine predators, recently brought to the Black Sea.
Leach (Rapana thomasiana) a terrible predator , the bulk of devouring oysters on the oyster banks, the Sea of Japan . In 1947 rapanu first discovered in the Black Sea ( Novorossiysk Bay ), but in later years it was widely settled almost the entire basin . In the short term , it literally wiped out the oysters Gudauta fishing banks.Believe that the brine has penetrated into this inner sea basin of the Sea of Japan through the transfer of its clutches , attached to the bottoms of ships shellfish .
So far, our mussels are opposed to this overseas predator, especially since he also became a popular dish among gourmets.
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