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Anonymous
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i'm the person who asked about the pronunciation and i find this whole discussion enlightening.
but back to the mussels, i didn't realize places sell it debearded and precleaned! i've previosly bought mussels from costco and an asian market and i'm pretty certain i had to debeard them and decided to never buy them myself again. |
Anonymous
Look, I realize I sounded a little pushy about cooking mussels at home-can't help it, it's one of my favorite treats. Bags of cleaned mussels can be found at Whole Foods, Giant, River Falls Seafood, and other venues. Let me tell you, if I had to scrub and debeared the little suckers myself, I wouldn't be making them at home all that often either. DON'T FORGET THE CLAM JUICE!!! |
Anonymous
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OP here: Thanks so much for all the advice. I am glad I didn't go in there not knowing what to do with all the sauce and extra yummy stuff.
The Mannequin Pis was great! We decided to get the mussels & the escargots en croq for appetizers. They tasted great. The dinners (salmon & trout) were good, but nothing spectacular. I think next time we go we'll get mussels for dinner. I'll be definitely going there again. |
Anonymous
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Yum OP.
19:25: Clam juice? I've made mussels for years and never used clam juice. As in we used to collect fresh mussels on Long Island Sound and bring them home and make them for dinner! By coincidence I discovered this website this week: http://www.discovermussels.com/ |
Anonymous
| Mussel zealot here-thanks for the link to a great website. Collecting fresh ones by the ocean sounds divine and you probably couldn't screw them up if you tried. As far as the clam juice, well, they won't suck without it but I've found it adds a whole new dimension of flavor. Why am I craving crusty bread, twice fried frites with garlic aioli and snails right now? |