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Mussels taking more than 20 minutes to open and curl
I just got a mussel pot and have used it twice to make mussels. From all the recipes it’s supposed to take 5-6 minutes of steaming until the mussels open completely. I used about 125 ml of white wine ...
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How high do you stack mussels in the pot, and how much liquid if any?
I sometimes make clams for appetisers, but they are hard to find where I live, while blue mussels are easier to find and very cheap. The only problem is they are only sold in 1kg quantities, and last ...
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Clams frozen before purging
I got excited to find out my friends family vacation home is on a river where a ton of delicious clams live. TI caught a bunch of live clams, then hastily put the whole lot in a bag of water and threw ...
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Why roast mussels in an oven, rather than steam or stir fry in a stock pot?
I always just steam mussels in a stockpot — I hate cleaning my electric oven!. But this Maine restaurant serves "wood oven roasted" mussels. What's the point of roasting in a wood oven? What ...
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Soak store-bought mussels in fresh water without salt?
How to Buy, Prepare, Cook & Store Mussels
Don't soak in water
Don't immerse them in water - fresh or salt. Freshwater will kill them; if left for too long in static salt water the mussels will ...
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Debeard or purge mussels first?
In the process of cleaning mussels, should I be letting them purge, then remove the beards? Does the order not matter?
I ask because I don’t want to give the mussels any discouragement of purging and ...
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Why running tap water over mussels not kill them, but soaking does?
Why doesn't rinsing mussels with tap water kill them like soaking does? I know running water over mussels takes very little time, compared to soaking them, but the water is still entering the mussels.
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Which is the best way to de-grit clams and mussels? Salt, cornmeal, or salt + cornmeal?
What's the most effective way to de-grit clams and mussels? Apparently there are 3 possibilities.
Salt only.
Cornmeal only.
Salt and cornmeal.
Has any academic peer reviewed or researched this? ...
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Liquid sloshing around in vacuum-packed mussels?
Loblaws sells these vaccuum-sealed mussels. When I pick them up with hand, I see much liquid sloshing inside. Is this normal? Or something wrong with mussels?
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Checking for cracks in Mussels, is a symmetrical crease/crack around top and base of mussel a normal part of the shell?
Cooking some mussels.
A lot of them seem to have a elliptical crease/crack that follows the ridges on the shell around the top and bottom of the mussel. Does anyone know if this is a crack or is it a ...
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How much salt, add to tap water to purge bivalvia?
I live Toronto, and our tap water is fresh water, not salty. I talk for each LB of bivalvia like clams mussels.
How much tap water?
How much salt to add?
What g of salt per LB NEVER to outstrip? ...
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After purge mussels 6 time in salt water 20 mins each, why they still exude much grime?
I buy mussels at Pusateri and Whole Food Market for a year in Toronto. They sell them on ice and dry, not in running water.
10 s this video, Bart teaches add salt to cold water and
soak for 20 mins....
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What does flushing mussels in water with flour do?
On Serious Eats, I read the following comment under a recipe:
Why not flush before cooking? The correct spelling and translation, meuniere, means mussels a le miller’s wife. Because they add a bit ...
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In Canada, must commercially sold mussels be purged and purified in UV filtered water for 42 hours?
I live in Toronto, Canada. I buy my mussels from Diana's Seafood or Loblaws.
I wonder if the quote beneath from Mussel Myths & FAQs - The Cornish Mussel Shack
holds true for Canada too?
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Does soaking in saltwater for 20 mins help cleanse mussels?
After reading both sides of the debate (cp. beneath), I can't make up my mind!
I live in Toronto, Canada. I buy my mussels from Diana's Seafood or Loblaws.
Evidence for soaking in salt water for ...
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After steaming for 5 mins, why are live PEI mussels shriveled, but PC's mussels plump?
In both cases beneath, I steam the PEI mussels for 5 mins. on low heat, on a pan on my stove in 100 mL of white wine. I live in Toronto, Canada.
Case 1: Live mussels from Pusateri's or Whole Foods ...
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Are frozen mussels/clams supposed to be slightly open?
I used to live in a coastal town and never worried about getting fresh mussels, but now I live in inland Ecuador and today bought a bag of frozen clams and a bag of frozen mussels. They all seem to be ...
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How can I judge if vacuum-packed mussels are fresh, when they're invisible behind the seal?
I work in a small town in northern Canada that has only 1 supermarket, which sells only 1 form of mussels: see beneath. There are no other options for mussels. It feels impossible to judge freshness ...
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What can be done with left over mussel shells?
What can be done with left over mussel shells? I have heard of them being boiled to make sauces etc.
Is there any other culinary use for them once the mussels have been removed?
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Are my mussels bad?
I picked up 5lbs of mussels today for dinner and didn’t realize until I got home that they never put them on ice for transport. It’s was about 1.5 hours between purchase and the time I put them in my ...
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Accidentally killed my mussels
I bought some live mussels from the fish counter and I had been reading about 'flushing' them so I put them in a bowl of fresh water for a while and carried on perusing the internet.
I then read here ...
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What does "de-bearding" mussels mean?
Have come across this in quite a few recipes, that mussels need to be cleaned and de-bearded. First time cooking shellfish so just want to be sure I know what they're talking about. Thanks.
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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 feel ...
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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. ...
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