I was really disappointed with my yesterday's hunting of "Noah's Ark shells" and whole situation about protecting and not protecting undersea environment and all about that you can check here.

So today, I went straight for mussels!

They are easier to find and I know some spots that nobody visits. It is not so approachable and you have to leave your car 1 kilometer far from there, but when you see all those mussels, it really doesn't matter!

Hello, Steemers, here I am!

And here are the mussels! And there are a lot of them!

But I need only some for myself!

Only tools that I need are gloves! Picking only big ones!

The reason because not many people come here are boats! The engine can make the sea blur and it's a little bit dangerous to dive around here if you don't have any experience and basic knowledge.

This is my catch today! It took about 20 minutes.

And I had to clean them from the sea grass and limpets.

The meal that I decided to prepare is called "buzara" in Croatia, but I couldn't find a word in English except stew. But this is definitely not a stew.
The thing that I needed were some olive oil (I have my own, domestic), garlic (also domestic, from my grandma), parsley (my own, domestic), a branch of rosemary (my own, domestic) and my uncle's domestic white vine.
Two little tomatoes are what I had in my fridge and they don't originally come in "buzara" but I placed them there just because of color.

If you add some bread crumbs, it can make your meal even better.

The olive oil and garlic come first in the pot. Then, mussels and those two tomatoes.

For five minutes, all mussels should open. Then I added vine, parsley and rosemary.

Nobody in my family eats these shells except me, but luckily, my friend was there to help me eat them. This is a photo of open shell in his hand.

I really enjoy the summer and the fact that I don't have to go somewhere for warm sea and great beaches. I hope that I'll make more posts like this.

Thank you!