Show us your mussels
Mar 18, 2020
3 minutes
Tom Parker Bowles
THERE seems, at first glance, to be precious little linking the mussel and the mouse. One is an edible bivalve mollusc that dwells in waters both salted and fresh. The other, a furry rodent with a penchant for cheese. Yet the word ‘mussel’ is derived from the Latin word , meaning mouse. Not because the shellfish squeaks, runs up clocks or can be fried up and given to children as a cure for bedwetting (yes folks, get your arcane folklore remedies here). Rather, the shell resembles the body of a mouse. Seriously,
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