The alias of mussel is mussel.

The mussel, or "mussel", is also known as the "sea rainbow" in some parts of the Bohai Sea (but is used as a name for a type of crab in Tianjin). After drying, it is called "mussel". Distributed in the southern East China Sea and the South China Sea coast, Bohai Sea area. Often live in the intertidal zone to the shallow seabed, in the seashore in addition to rocky reefs, but also in the driftwood, the bottom of the ship and other places.

How to choose the mussels

1, choose the mussels, pay attention to, tightly closed shell mussels, and after touching the mussels can be selected by closing the shell, if the hand touching the mussels, shells are still open mussels is already dead mussels.

2, some people in the selection of tamarind, always put the tamarind on the hand weighing, think heavy is good, is more meat. Or into the water, that sinks to the bottom of the water, is good, more meat. In fact, when the tamarind in the water, there are openings in the tamarind, the water naturally enters the inside, the tamarind will be heavier.