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Sunday, June 12. 2022

Mussels for Supper

Mussels were not commonly considered food in the US until after the war. It's a shame they were overlooked for so long. The Indians ate them, as do crabs and diving ducks.


Mussels have a remarkable capacity for holding on to things. Photo shows mussel farming, on ropes, in deep New Hampshire waters. 


Our Atlantic Blue Mussel is the edible variety - not the deeply-striated Horse Mussel. I can eat pounds of them, steamed in white wine and shallots, but Mussel Soup is good too. In my experience, kids love mussels.


Try cookin' up some mussels this weekend, with some good bread fried in olive oil to sponge up the juices.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Food and Drink at 15:00 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Watch the sand.
#1 rightwingprof (Link) on 2006-09-01 11:03 (Reply)
That's the nice thing about mussels - no neck to strip, no sand to wash off. I think they have a nicer, more delicate flavor too. I like to partially boil them, and then get them into a skillet with some garlic and shallot in butter, scallions, white wine, and then some fresh lemon juice once they're done. Yum!
#2 Aggie on 2022-06-12 15:23 (Reply)
I have enjoyed then broiled in a shallow dish with a thick mixture of olive oil and minced garlic and minced onion, basil (Lots) and tomato paste with some oregano, black pepper and salt. Broil until all shells are opened and turn them, so the juices and sauce get mixed up. Serve hot from the oven with crusty garlic bread.
use bread to sop up the sauce.
#3 polimath on 2022-06-12 15:25 (Reply)
First time I ever ate mussels they were fresh water mussels and simply dropped on the coals of a camp fire until they opened and appeared to be fully cooked. They were OK. No wine or shallots. In fact no salt or butter either, just mussels and boiled water. But, hey! it was camping not fine dining.
#4 OneGuy on 2022-06-12 16:24 (Reply)
When I was younger, I lived on the coast of California. One day the wife and I went down and harvested a batch of mussels off the rocks. I got out my best Italian cookbook and cooked a batch of mussel stew. It was so bad the cats wouldn't even eat it.
#5 snopercod on 2022-06-13 07:10 (Reply)
I love mussels. I even had them when I was in Koln ("Cologne") Germany. They were poached in kolsch (of course) and served with a hunk of gnarly German bread. The man told me they were from the North Sea. Yum.
#6 Hairless Joe on 2022-06-13 08:48 (Reply)
One of our favorite restaurants nearby offers a pound of steamed mussels in garlic for a not-bad price. With a sprinkling of hot sauce, it's absolutely delicious.
#7 RebeccaH on 2022-06-13 13:05 (Reply)
Growing up along Normandy coast in FR, I ate mussels all the time in just about every way you can imagine
#8 Joe B. on 2022-06-13 15:20 (Reply)

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