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Janet

In article >,
says...
> I will agree with you on the price of fish because I was with my
> mother at the A&P when she bought halibut for $.17/pound (we ate a lot
> of it because it was cheap -- even in Wisconsin) I have a hard time
> with you recounting mussels tossed in for free. Mussels required work
> to free them from the shell, giving them away would be negative
> profit. It would make more sense to just leave the mussels in the
> ocean
>

He's talking about scallops not mussels.

Scallops and mussels are completely different shellfish (in looks,
lifestyle, how to prepare and cook them, and taste.)

Janet UK