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May 5, 2011

Mures Mothers Day Specials

Treat Mum with Hobart’s best seafood!

Tiger Prawns $38.90 kg Save $10.00 kg
Half Shell Oysters $11.90 doz  Save $2.00 doz
200g Mures Smoked Salmon $11.90 pack Save $2.00 pack
Fresh King Morwong Fillets only $17.90 kg

On sale Thursday to Sunday whilst stocks last

Check in store for other fresh seafood available

Mures Hobart Victoria Dock 62312815
Mures Kingston Channel Court 62292232
Mures Claremont Claremont Village 62498209
Mures Factory Outlet Glenorchy 62734598

Mures Fish Tales

A Great Gift for Mum!

 MURES Fish Tales & Tasmanian Seafood $19.95

 A snapshot into the history of the Mures family &

 Collection of Mures own tried and tested seafood recipes

Are Closed Blue Mussels Safe To Eat ?

There is a strong urban myth that mussels that don’t open are not okay to eat. It is a completely false belief, originating in the 1970s and being repeated in cookery books and by word-of-mouth ever since. It is believed to have stemmed from a cook who was referring to certain European mussel beds with serious pollution issues at the time (1973).
Fisheries Biologist Nick Ruello recently spent 32 months conducting experiments to see where the truth really lay... and discovered that perhaps 370 tonnes of good mussels in Australia (worth at least $3 million per annum) were being thrown out because of an old wives’ tale!
Nick Ruello’s research found that the percentage of mussels in batches of 50 to 100 that did not open after typical cooking times ranged from zero to 53% – averaging at about 11%. Some mussels would not open even after excessive cooking times, yet proved perfectly okay to eat. “Rather than being discarded, closed mussels should be opened with a knife to check their condition and cooked a little more if deemed necessary. These could then be regarded as safer to eat, given their greater exposure to heat,” he said.
Renowned Melbourne seafood Chef Michael Bacash knows from experience that eating closed mussels is fine and says consumers should have the same confidence. “The bottom line is that if the mussel is fresh, you cook it and it doesn’t open, but it smells good, it’s more than fine to eat,” he said.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AustralianMussels

An excerpt from Melissa Marino’s Story in the June 2007 Fish Magazine

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