tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433592680910190185.post4689633110300482705..comments2008-10-18T04:49:45.776-04:00April R. Stammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03396249315644131370aprilruth99@yahoo.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433592680910190185.post-89201985569287787302008-10-18T04:49:00.000-04:002008-10-18T04:49:00.000-04:00Re: discarding unopened mussels.<BR/><BR/>This is an old wives-tale. <BR/>There is no need to discard unopened mussels. In fact the most healthy mussels are the ones that do not open, due to a very strong and responsive adductor muscle.<BR/>Just use a knife to open the shell.<BR/>And leave it to you nose to judge a bad one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433592680910190185.post-14454981385419171052008-09-14T20:44:00.000-04:002008-09-14T20:44:00.000-04:00Remember when mom used to boil the peas till they looked like Mother Theresa after getting out of a long bath... and then you had to put them in your mac n cheese.... ahh, I'm glad those days are over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433592680910190185.post-8576202021471083922008-09-03T21:01:00.000-04:002008-09-03T21:01:00.000-04:00Thanks April!<BR/><BR/>Surprisingly, one can get mussels here on the mountain in Tennessee. I'll have to make this for Anne on Sunday.penguin_poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10285772298700281119noreply@blogger.com