Penn Cove Mussels

[Keith Talent]

I'm going to be on Whidbey Island this weekend and would like some fat Penn Cove Mussels. Are they in season and if so where do you get them on the south end of the island. We're going to be camping with four couples and two or three hundred preschool aged children. (And granted when you add up the number of kids in each family you get a sum total of seven, but when you stand and observe the general level of hooliganism and chaos, you too would conclude that there's at least two hundred, the noise level points to an estimate closer to three.) We'll be at South Whidbey State Park if that helps with suggestions.

Any other lunch or grocery (artisnal cheese?) suggestions welcome also.

Thanks.

[MikeyMike]

I usually go to Toby's when I'm visiting. Nothing fancy but the mussels are good.

http://www.tobysuds.com/

[Keith Talent]

Sorry, as cool as that tavern looks, I should have clarified I want them at retail for cooking. And if I had no kids, I could waste a fair amount of time in Toby's

[LEdlund]

Wow, that sounds..............................fun

I used to spend a lot of time on south Whidbey and we would buy the mussels from a friend of my grandmothers who sold them out of the back of his pickup truck. I'm sure he's no longer there (I swear he was 108 years old even back then). But I bet you can call Penn Cove Shellfish direct to see where you can buy them locally.

You should have some great weather this weekend, have a great time.

Lauren

[MikeyMike]

This is one of the Mussel Farms in Coupeville I don't think they sell retail but they may be able to point you in the right direction.

Penn Cove Shellfish, LLC

1900 Penn Cove Rd

Coupeville , WA 98239

(360) 678-4803

e-mail: shellfish@penncoveshellfish.com

web site: www.penncoveshellfish.com

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Edit: I guess I should read the previous post before I comment.

Edited August 3, 2005 by MikeyMike (log)

[chuck]

I've pulled up to the Penn Cove office on the water to buy mussels right out of the bay. No dice. They recommended the Safeway in Coupeville. Seems like if you call them ahead of time and ask for a large quantity, more than about five pounds, they should be able to accomodate you in some way. I've just never planned that far ahead.

Let us know. It'd be fun to head up there with a bunch of people, pick up ten or twenty pounds, then have a cookout on one of those fabulous beaches.

[Peter Johnson]

Too bad. Wescott Bay on San Juan lets you do that--very cool, straight from the source!