Fresh Water Mussels

[trigger_andy]

We have mussels in Brittany that grow to around 25cm-30cm.
A contractor dredged a lake at a chateau and I went mudlarking. Found some decent bottles, a clip from a Mauser and dozens of giant mussels.
  Stuart

Did you eat them?

[dumper]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

 

Did you eat them?

 

 

At 100 yrs old and having filtered the shit out of the bottom of the lake for the whole of there life would you?

[Peasgood]

I wouldn't eat a snail either, answer the question.

[trigger_andy]

10 minutes ago, dumper said:

At 100 yrs old and having filtered the shit out of the bottom of the lake for the whole of there life would you?

I don’t know to be honest? I eat mussels from the sea but I don’t know how old they are, they eat the same kinda stuff. Oysters live for 20 years and we eat them. I’ve had Conch in both Key West and Tonga and they live for 40 years. So I don’t see longevity and what they eat being an issue. 
 

So in hindsight yes, if they where edible I’d eat them. 

Edited May 2, 2021 by trigger_andy

[dumper]

The problem with freshwater crustaceans is heavy metals, mussels and oysters are very young when eaten, I don’t know about the more exotic ones 

[trigger_andy]

The problem with freshwater crustaceans is heavy metals, mussels and oysters are very young when eaten, I don’t know about the more exotic ones 

 

 

Me neither, that’s what I asked if he ate them and if they where in fact edible I’d give them a go. Although they may well live up to 100 years does not mean that they all are anywhere near that age. You could just toss the biggest ones if it was an issue.

 

And keep in mind other freshwater crustaceans get eaten here in the U.K. and the US in abundance. I think I’ll just carry on and worry about the heavy metals later in life. [emoji849]

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello, **************** no.

The lake was being dredged as it was full of foul black silt. 

I was more in awe of their size and number. The shells are very thin so make easy pickings for crows.

   Stuart

[Billhook]

1 hour ago, dumper said:

 

Duck mussels are found in a more domestic situation usually of an evening when returning from a large intake of alcohol but can be found during the day best avoided 

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[s o c]

There’s a big problem here at Lough corrib with zebra mussels, not good for the trout stocks apparently .

I think they got in stuck to boats that were also being used on infected lakes in the midlands.

ironically , some of the lakes in the midlands were very badly polluted 20 or so years ago from slurry run off etc and the zebra mussel is thought to have cleaned the water back to levels that fish could live in again.

[breffni]

6 hours ago, s o c said:

There’s a big problem here at Lough corrib with zebra mussels, not good for the trout stocks apparently .

I think they got in stuck to boats that were also being used on infected lakes in the midlands.

ironically , some of the lakes in the midlands were very badly polluted 20 or so years ago from slurry run off etc and the zebra mussel is thought to have cleaned the water back to levels that fish could live in again.

I remember Lough Sheelin was terribly polluted when i was young.