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Can a few bad (dead) mussels harm a larger batch?
I realize there are numerous related questions on freshness of mussels:
Fresh mussels, or are they?
How do I determine if my mussels are fresh?
I couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for. So ...
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How do I determine if my mussels are fresh?
What texture should fresh mussel have?
Does mushy mussels mean they are bad? What causes this mushy texture: cooking or quality of the mussels?
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How long to cook seafood in paella?
This recipe for seafood paella says to add mussels, prawns, squid and monkfish to the paella pan 5 minutes before finishing, stir and then cover with a lid.
I made this twice and I have never been ...
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Bad tasting mussels and avoiding buying them
Sometimes when you buy mussels, you find that they taste sort of rancid or at least not very fresh, even if they are alive (or at least closed).
How can the taste get so bad if they still are alive? ...
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What is the proportion of edible meat in whole live mussels?
The price of one kilo of mussels (blue mussels) here in my town is around 60–70 SEK (9–11 USD). I think that makes a large enough portion for two people, but when checking if all of them are alive and ...
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How to tell if frozen mussels are good?
I live a far distance from any body of salt water, so the only mussels available are packaged frozen mussels.
I have always heard that cooked mussels must open or they are not good to eat, but when ...
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Fresh mussels, or are they?
I bought and cooked these mussels today. I'd like to know if there is anything wrong with the left hand mussel. Is the color, size an indicator for freshness? I'm guessing it was 'captured' (OK, ...
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Why was the cooking liquor for my mussels too dilute?
I made moule marinier, which were ok, but the 'sauce' that was left when they were cooked was more dilute than I would have liked. I cooked them in:
200ml white wine
sauteed onions and garlic
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Should traditional moule marinier have cream in it?
I'm about to make moule marinier and was surprised to see a lot of the recipes had cream in them. I'm sure I remember watching an episode of Celebrity Masterchef where they had to prepare moule ...
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How do you know when mussels are done?
I bought 1/2 pound of mussels and cooked them in a cast iron skillet with a little white wine and some shrimp stock on boiling heat.
Almost all of them opened after about 15 minutes, some did not. ...
