Archive for the ‘Mussels’ Category

Spiced up mussels, another variation

Posted: November 10, 2007 in Mussels

We’ve a house “Open Day” tomorrow, hence the paucity of food blogs, we daren’t use the kitchen! But tonight the mussels were demanding something a bit more seasonally warming than just, say white wine and cream. So a spiced broth in which to steam them:a glug of oil, two finely chopped small onions, a large [...]

The shame of food miles

Posted: October 13, 2007 in Mussels

From last week’s bargain shop a frozen half kilo box of prepared mussels for £1.25, all ready to reheat in their shells. The only problem – they were from New Zealand, half way round the world. And of course we have perfectly good mussels from just down the road in west Wales. So what price [...]