Are pipis and mussels the same? （內附華文版本）

Wow！ It's so delicious, this is the first word that appears in my mind when I first taste mussells fried rice. On the other day, the very same word popped up again when I taste pipis soups.

Since my first impression of pipis and mussels in New Zealand is terrific, I started looking around whether I could find something similar in our daily life in Taiwan. Luckily, we found mussels in a supermarket near our home. We excitedly picked a box and brought it home. What's more, we couldn't wait to share this good news with our uncle in New Zealand, who introduce the good food and cook them for us.

After sharing the good news and disscuss about the good food with uncle in NewZealand, I know more about pipi and mussels.

Below, I'll share it with you about whether pipi and mussels are the same, where do they usually live, are they delicious and nutritious?

Pipis and Mussels are all bivalve molluscs. What is "bivalve molluscs"? It's animal with soft body, and they usually covered with two shells. But pipis and mussels are a little bit different, the place where they live and the life before they come into our stomaches.

Pipis are free-living in sandy and muddy beaches. Pipi is wild and endemic to NewZealand, that is you can only see lively pipis at NewZealand beaches, not in any other countries nor areas. What's interesting, theres a law in NewZealand that says the harvest limit per person is 50 per day.

On the other hand, mussels live around rock shells and usually farm in bay. Mussels are cultivated super well in NewZealand with ropes. Other countries also farm them but in different ways, such as Philipines farm mussels with bamboo sticks. The most famous species in NewZealand is the NewZealand green-lipped mussels. This is also the kind that we bought from the supermarket around our home.

Both pipis and mussels are delicious. They are rich in selenium and vitaminB12. They can stable your blood sugar and daily mood. Also, they can protect your brain and good for sleep.

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水蜆、淡菜是一樣的東西嗎? 牠們通常生活在哪裡? 牠們吃起來好吃嗎、營養嗎?

哇~怎麼這麼好吃! 當我吃到淡菜炒飯時，這是第一句出現在我腦中的話。隔幾天，我吃到了水蜆湯後，同句話又出現了。

有鑑於我對紐西蘭水蜆、淡菜的印象非常好，我開始在我們日常生活中的臺灣尋找類似的食物。幸運的是，我們就在家裡附近的超市找到紐西蘭淡菜了。我們很興奮地把淡菜買回家。而且我們迫不急待與紐西蘭的伯父分享這個好消息，他就是介紹我們吃這些好食物還有料理給我們吃的貴人。

與紐西蘭伯父分享了這個好消息及討論這兩項食物後，我對水蜆、淡菜更了解了。

以下我將與大家分享水蜆與淡菜一樣嗎、牠們生長的地方、牠們美味否及營養否。

水蜆、淡菜都是雙殼軟體動物。雙殼軟體動物是什麼呢?也就是有著軟身體的動物 蓋著兩片殼。不過，水蜆、淡菜還是有些許不同，牠們生長的地方不同，還有牠們進到我們肚子前的生活也不同。

水蜆是自由生活在沙沙的、泥濘的海灘，水蜆是野生的而且是紐西蘭的地域性食物。也就是說你只能在紐西蘭的海邊看到這些活生生的水蜆，不會在其他地方看到。特別有趣的是，紐西蘭有個規定是，一個人一天只能撈50顆淡菜。

另外，淡菜被養殖在海灣的石頭上，而且淡菜在紐西蘭用繩子養得特別好。其他國家也有養殖，只是以不同方式進行，像是菲律賓有用竹棍養殖淡菜的產業。紐西蘭最有名的品種是紐西蘭綠殼淡菜，這也是我們在臺灣超市買到的品種。

水蜆和淡菜都很美味，牠們富含硒、維生素B12，這可以穩定你的血糖和心情，也可以保護腦及幫助睡眠。