JB Hook's Restaurant

Crab and Lobster get a lot of attention as people's favorite seafood items, but they aren't the only dishes that deserve our love. As the best seafood restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks , JB Hook's is diving into the delicious seafood delicacies you are going to want to try! Keep reading to learn all about scallops, mussels, clams, and oysters and how you can enjoy each of them at JB Hook's .  SCALLOPS What Are Scallops? Scallops are one of the most popular kinds of shellfish across the world. Technically a mollusk, scallops belong to the same family as snails, sea slugs, octopi, mussels, and oysters. During their life in the ocean, scallops live and move by opening and closing their shells rapidly. Their shells also help them catch their own food - plankton. The scallop’s adductor muscle is the part that we enjoy as one of our favorite seafood dishes. It is white and shaped like a medallion with sweet and rich flavors. They are often served in butter for an even mor...

Mussels and clams sometimes get mistaken for one another. Read on to learn more about what sets them apart and find out how you can enjoy both delicacies at JB Hook’s . Our legendary seafood at the Lake of the Ozarks is beyond compare! Size and Shape Clams and mussels are both enclosed by shells with somewhat similar shapes. If someone looked closely, though, they would find that clams are more circular or oval, while mussels have a longer, thinner shape. Mussels are some of the smallest species of mollusks, typically measuring around two inches long. Clams can grow much larger. In fact, giant clams grow up to six feet in length. Can you imagine the pearl from a clam that big? One such pearl discovered in a giant clam weighed in at 14 pounds! How They Behave in Their Environment Mussels, much like oysters, root to where they grow and prefer to remain in one place. They can live in both freshwater and saltwater. Clams can only live in freshwater, but they are also...