Bivalve - Any mollusk like: clams, oysters, scallops, etc. that is housed between two shells hinged together and held closed by a strong abductor muscle.
Bivalve: A mollusk with two hinged shells. Examples are clams and oysters.
Blanch: To cook an item briefly in boiling water or hot fat before finishing or storing it.
Bivalve mollusks with a hard, rough gray shell and creamy-beige to pale-gray meat.
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Serve the bivalves with thick slices of coarse-textured, chewy bread (like ciabatta) toasted on the grill. When it’s golden brown, rub the toast with a clove of garlic, drizzle generously with olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt.
Mussels are bivalve shellfish that can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, intertidal areas, and throughout the ocean.
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A bivalve mollusk with worldwide distribution. There are salt and freshwater varieties. The thin shell means there is more meat compared to the same weight of clams or oysters. The yellow meat has a sweet and delicate flavor. Must ...
Scallop - a bivalve mollusk of which only the muscle hinge is eaten; to bake food in a sauce topped with crumbs.
Scampi - name for shrimp. Also, a dish of shrimp cooked in a rich garlic-butter sauce. Italian.
A clam is a type of bivalve mollusk, found in both fresh and salt water.
clam A saltwater bivalve mollusk in many varieties, generally divided
into hard-shell (see quahog), which are eaten raw or cooked, and
soft-shell, usually eaten cooked.
Clamart, a la (Fr.) Garnished with peas.
abalone - Abalone are shellfish of the univalve family, meaning they only have one shell, unlike bivalves such as clams that consist of two shells. This edible gastropod belongs to the same family as the sea slug and is related to the snail.
Cockles are the family Cardiidae of bivalve mollusks.
The rounded shells are symmetrical, heart-shaped and feature strongly pronounced ribs.
Mollusks are classified as univalves, bivalves, and cephalopods. Univalves have a single shell. Abalone, sea urchins, and conch are examples of univalves. Clams, oysters, and mussels are examples of bivalves, or mollusks with two shells.
Although usually used to mean a bivalve mollusc, an oyster can also refer to a small piece of meat found on either side of the backbone of a chicken, which is said to be the best-flavoured flesh.
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Hair-like strands attched to bivalves, such as oysters and mussels. The process of de-bearding is simple -- grab the strand and yank it out. Scrub the outer shells and you're ready for cooking or serving! ...
oyster is used for a number of different groups of bivalve mollusks, most of which live in marine or brackish water. The shell consists of two usually highly calcified valves which surround a soft body.
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The Greeks, Romans, Chinese, and Native Americans were just a few of the ancient peoples who considered this bivalve a delicacy.
Cockles: Clams or donax. (Any of various bivalve molluscs having a shell closed by two muscles at opposite ends).
One of the two sub-classifications of mollusks, which are a class of shellfish. The two sub-classifications of mollusks are bivalves, which have a hinged double shell and univalves, which have one shell and include shellfish such as abalone, conch, ...
Cockles - [Great Britain] Clams or donax. Any of various bivalve mollusks having a shell closed by two muscles at opposite ends.
Coco - [Spanish] coconut.
 See also: Shells, Cooking, Mollusk, Oyster, Water
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