Sea Urchins, Blue Mussels and Pearls

On March 29, 2010, in Food, The Farm, by TF4M

I brought home with me one blue mussel – 12 cm long – and cooked it in boiling water for 3 minutes.

This is the largest mussel I have ever eaten – possibly the largest mussel in the world :-) , it was really delicious.

There are also thousands of sea urchins but I have no experience in eating those.

I collected about 30kg worth of mussels and cooked myself a big mussel dinner with garlic bread.

Birta, the queen of Otradalur loves cooked mussels, but does not show any enthusiasm for raw mussels, even if I opened one for her.

The last big mussel has a small surprise, two tiny pearls – photos of the first one can be seen below.

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Blue Mussel Farming

On July 4, 2009, in The Farm, by TF4M

A new company has been formed to farm blue mussels in Arnarfjörður. I give them a base to operate from and eventually I will have more mussels than I can eat :-)

The first lines are being laid in the sea outside the shore of my farm.

I will add more photos as the work progresses.

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