We spent an afternoon with Elodie and her mother digging for clams, oysters and mussels on the coast. You have to wait for a very low tide, then you walk kilometers out onto the ocean bed and collect shellfish using special rakes. We came home with several kinds of shellfish, including
palourdes (a kind of clam), a
pied de cheval (a flat oyster), mussels, and
coques (small clams), and had more than enough to enjoy a delicious meal. We ate some of the
palourdes raw with vinaigrette, and others we stuffed with butter or cream. The mussels were prepared
mariniere (steamed in white wine).
Collecting mussels.
A flat oyster, a wild oyster, and various clams.
We spent an afternoon with Elodie and her mother digging for clams, oysters and mussels on the coast. You have to wait for a very low tide, then you walk kilometers out onto the ocean bed and collect shellfish using special rakes. We came home with several kinds of shellfish, including palourdes (a kind of clam), a pied de cheval (a flat oyster), mussels, and coques (small clams), and had more than enough to enjoy a delicious meal. We ate some of the palourdes raw with vinaigrette, and others we stuffed with butter or cream. The mussels were prepared mariniere (steamed in white wine).
Collecting mussels.
A flat oyster, a wild oyster, and various clams.
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