{"id":4126,"date":"2018-06-08t10:31:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-08t10:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2018-06-08t18:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08t18:53:03","slug":"the-very-cool-maine-mussel-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/the-very-cool-maine-mussel-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"the very cool maine mussel salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4127 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mussels.jpg\" alt=\"mussels\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>did you know mussels are one of the most healthful, economical, delicious and versatile foods to grace our case?<\/b> well, they are! simple, steamed with shallots, garlic, wine &amp; parsley; stuffed with pancetta and parmesan; mussels in a soup, stew or paella; coconut curry mussels; in a marinara or with chorizo, you can do so much with them!<\/p>\n<p>over the years we have sampled and offered mussels from many sources. <b>everything from wild mussels covered with barnacles and beards, to the clean farm raised mussels that we sell today. <\/b>the largest north american supplier by far is prince edward island (80% of the market). we\u2019ve also offered mediterranean mussels, green lipped from new zealand, penn cove from the puget sound and big plump beauties from maine.<\/p>\n<p>prince edward island mussels have been our mainstay mussels in recent years because they are a good, consistent, medium size and they are usually firm, sweet and full. <b>this time of year when we want to make cold mussel salads i like to bring in the larger mussels from maine. <\/b>bangs island mussels of casco bay and acadia aqua farms of bar harbor both offer excellent plump, good-sized mussels.<\/p>\n<p>right now we&#8217;re thinking about quick meals so we can get outdoors. try this marvelous <a href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/maine-mussel-salad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mussel salad with a simple vinaigrette<\/a>&#8211; lots of fresh herbs, roasted red peppers and a few thin slices of ortiz anchovies.<b>\u00a0<em><strong>serve as an appetizer or over greens with a baguette for lunch or a light supper. perfect, portable, picnic fare!<\/strong><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>did you know mussels are one of the most healthful, economical, delicious and versatile foods to grace our case? well, they are! simple, steamed with shallots, garlic, wine &amp; parsley; stuffed with pancetta and parmesan; mussels in a soup, stew or paella; coconut curry mussels; in a marinara or with chorizo, you can do so<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/the-very-cool-maine-mussel-salad\/\">+ read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[108,99],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}