Seafood is one of the most valuable delicacies around the world. And seafood in Montenegro is a favorite delicacy of every tourist that comes here. From young to old, everyone tries all the diversity that the Adriatic Sea gives to his friends and guests. Actual prices on the fish market in Montenegro You can read in our article «Fish and seafood in Montenegro - prices».

Mussels

Mussels are a popular seafood delicacy. They are bivalve sea molluscs, which can be eaten. Mussels have a delicate peculiar taste and have a high nutritional value. Due to its many beneficial properties as a food product, mussel meat stimulates and has a good effect on human health: increases the body's vitality, enhances immunity and improves metabolism. Mussels meat in different forms can be fried or baked, steamed or smoked, and of course added to various fish dishes. The slightly oblong body of the mussel is covered with a symmetric shell of a rounded wedge-shaped form with a dark color.

Oysters

Oysters are also bivalve molluscs. The unusual exclusive taste of oyster meat and extraordinary value attribute it to delicacies and expensive products.

Frequent eat of oysters can significantly improve the physical and emotional state. Oysters for a long time have been considered as a natural aphrodisiac.

Scallops

Scallops, although belonging to the family of marine bivalve molluscs, are clearly different from oysters and mussels. The scallops meat is white, possibly with a beige tint, tender, with a slightly sweetish taste. It is used to prepare a variety of dishes, as well as eat raw with various spices. They have an asymmetric shell with a size from two-five to twenty centimeters with small «ears». Their light brown beautiful shells with a unique black and white pattern have been used for jewelry making for hundreds of years.

Shrimp

Shrimps - from the crustaceans order. Shrimp meat is very rich in calcium and protein. It contains fewer calories than fish. A dish made with shrimps is a great delicacy and a source of good cholesterol.

King prawns are larger. They have a larger head and a relatively small tail part of the body.

Local tiger shrimps are named because of the «tiger» colors with dark stripes on the surface of the shell. They have juicy and tender meat, so beloved by gourmets, as well as a large amount of substances that are beneficial to human health.

Lobster

Lobsters are a family of large marine crustaceans. Delicious nutritious lobster meat is firmly included to the menu, not only gourmets, despite their expensiveness.

Crayfish

Crayfish is an invertebrate animal that can be classified as a crustacean. It is an easily digestible, low-calorie, nutritious food. These properties allow it to be quite a popular element of the diet. Also large marine crayfish called lobsters (lobster, spiny lobster)

Blue Crabs

Carapax or another name for the blue crab is the marine representative of the crustacean family. As a rule, males of this species are much larger than females, while the color of both is bright blue, less often gray or brown. Gentle blue crab meat is also often used in the diet, as it contains a lot of useful substances.

Squids

Squids - marine cephalopods class. The high content of protein in meat, which is almost completely absorbed by the human body, is its main value. Tender white squid meat is highly appreciated by gourmets around the world.

Squid has a round, streamlined body that resembles a torpedo, which facilitates movement at high speed. Along the length of the body there is a cartilage in the form of an arrow (gladius), which supports it, and five pairs of flexible tentacles

Octopuses

Octopuses - one of the most popular cephalopods.

In many nations, octopus is a daily product for preparing various dishes. Sushi is prepared from octopus meat, and also consumed in a dried-salty form or in the form of various «sea cocktails».

Octopus - the source of many vitamins. Before cooking octopuses you need to get rid of extraneous odors, mucous membranes and «ink».

Octopuses have a small, soft-to-the-touch, oval, bag-shaped body. The oral opening is located at the junction of the tentacles. The mouth has the similarity to the beak of a parrot with two strong jaws. Head with eight tentacles-arms.

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish - a class of cephalopods, an order of molluscs. Excellent cuttlefish meat is rich in minerals and contains several high-grade unsaturated acids that reduce the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system, prevents the formation of blood clots and blockage of blood vessels. Cuttlefish live mostly off the coast of warm seas, they can swim, but are usually found at the bottom. Body color varies from brownish on the back with light stripes and spots, to light on the belly. The inner shell is a skeleton.

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