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Quadra Island Honey Mussels

B.C. Mussels, Sweet as Honey

The typical European (if there is such a person) consumes nine pounds of mussels each year; Canadians tuck into less than a pound each.

That stat may change given the early buzz on the new B.C. honey mussel. Not a true indigenous species, but rather a naturally occurring hybrid of local and exotic mussels, it’s the enterprise/obsession of Dale Williamson, owner/operator of the B.C. Mussel Company of Quadra Island. “Since our first test crop in 1999, we’ve been perfecting our methods of raising these unique, amber-shelled mussels using environmentally sound techniques,” he says.

With favourable previews last fall at the Sooke Harbour House and Wickanninish Inn and from celebrity chefs such as Toronto’s Michael Statlander, Williamson shopped his sweet morsels directly to local chefs. You can now taste honey mussels at more than 40 restaurants around Vancouver.

 

*****James Barber named Honey Mussels® INGREDIENT OF

THE YEAR and said. ”BC Honey Mussels are the best I have

ever tasted and if you get them you will agree”.

******Chef David Larsen says’ “The BC Honey Mussel is the

juiciest and most flavourful mussel I have ever had the pleasure

of working with”.

Honey Mussels® are an elite mussel, found nowhere else in the

world, produced only in the cool clean waters of British Columbia,

Canada, and marketed exclusively by the Honey Mussel Group .

A beautiful honey coloured shell, enhancing the overall presentation

of this amazing mussel, accompanies the superior sweet taste

and tender texture.

Honey Mussels® are derived from specially selected mussels.

The selection criteria was stringent to ensure only

the finest offspring were cultivated; taste, texture, and presentation

deemed critical to ensuring the highest quality

for the marketplace. These mussels are farm-raised using

the latest culture techniques to yield the finest mussels

available today.

 

For more information, please call (905) 707-8336.
Last modified: Aug.21, 2007