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On 5/17/2017 10:32 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2017 12:30:31 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
> I'm sorry. I thought they all came in a shell. I thought scallops
> were of a general group of mussels. Scallops don't have a shell?
> Janet US
>
Of course they do. They just aren't sold in the shell and aren't
generally called "mussels".

Jill