Great to finally meet a Fodors legend. I always prefer gumbo and shrimp to mussels. Long wait at the Amtrak station but we did make it home.

tom: From one 'legend' to another ;)



stu: it was a joke. After your dissertation re the superiority of French mussels . . .

Superiority of French Bouchot mussels. The "other" French mussels are not any better than PEI mussels, IMO.


Stu Dudley

In France, bouchot mussels are protected by AOP (protected origin) status, meaning they have to originate from the bay of Mont Saint-Michel to carry that name. However, the species is the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), which is the most commonly farmed mussel species. So, for all practical purposes, a rope-grown blue mussel is essentially a bouchot mussel.At Element Seafood, our large blue mussels are rope-cultured and come from Prince Edward Island. [my emphases]
https://www.elementseafood.com/what-...ouchot-mussel/