Can anyone provide me with a convincing reason to actually swallow these revolting creatures?
Like chicken, it's all in the sauce. You want a spot of Moules Mariniere and be sure to grab a soup spoon to slurp the sauce. I've had them done well Thai style and with a tomatoey sauce too. They're not great as far as seafood goes (clams are better) but they're fine.
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I am sorry but I cannot. I wouldn't ever touch them with a stick. I saw some French bourgeois people slurp them with champagne over the border for breakfast, and still cannot get over the trauma.
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DB you will love them. When you're 96 and signing the last version of your will I'm sure you won't be thinking,"I'm just so glad I never tried mussels!". Raw oysters I can see balking at (though I love them), but cooked mussels?- delicious.
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DB it's a well know fact that in Scotland the biggest, fattest mussels are found around what is fondly known as the 'shitey pipe' meaning the sewage outlet in the sea. Tell your better half that since these adorable creatures filter what is basically poo from the water you will of course be eating this too !
If it doesn't work give me your address and I will come eat them as it clearly doesn't bother me lol
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Not only do they look and smell revolting, but posh people and French people eat them, too.
Looks like it's crackers and cheese for tea, then...
Im from essex so def not posh but I like Mussels. Bit like cockles and winkles without the sand . Didnt when i was a kid but got past the ...err not eating that its shit routine .. and now enjoy them all the time. If a frog can eat them so can I.
I wouldn't try to convince you: and I live in a fishing town where fresh mussels abound in many local restaurants. Judging buy the number of people who eat them here, they must have some merit.
I just can't stop thinking about their eating habits. (The mussels, that is, not the locals - Though some of those are not too special either.)