Anyone Eat Wild Mussels

[Sheryl]

I have done a lot of reading lately about how to prepare and cook mussels. I remember playing with them in the local lakes when growing up in TN. Now that we are preparing to move to a warm region of BC for the winters, I am looking forward to foraging for them.&nbsp;<br><br><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.superseafoodrecipes.com/how-to-cook-mussels.html" rel="nofollow">I found this site with lots of info</a></em></strong></span>

 

[cyndi]

When I was younger we ate mussels all the time. I'd be&nbsp;leery of doing so now, in a lot of places, due to run off, e-coli and other factors.&nbsp;

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

<P>Quote from Sheryl&nbsp;&nbsp; "<SPAN id=post_message_1276259179>I have done a lot of reading lately about how to prepare and cook mussels. <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000ff">I remember playing with them in the local lakes when growing up in TN. </SPAN></SPAN>"<BR><BR>Hmmm? Reminds me of the potato my mom gave me when I was a child and told me it was a guinea pig.<BR><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff00ff">Dragonfly</SPAN></STRONG></P>

 

[longjohn]

I ate mussels when I was a kid to.<BR>&nbsp;

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

Longjohn, you were supposed to take them out of the shells first.&nbsp; Poor Sheryl, why some of us find mussels funny I don't know.&nbsp; I guess we need to grow up.

 

[cyndi]

We would just throw them on the grill and when they opened they were done and every bit as tasty as clams!

 

[longjohn]

Seriously, I did eat mussels when I was a kid. Mom removed them from the shell and fried in butter. Taste was a little unusual, but I liked them. Downside was they were rubbery tough when fried. We never tried fixing them any other way. A word of caution, mussels are bottom feeders and any pesticides, etc. in the sediments are sucked up and incorporated into the tissue of the mussel and then passed on to consumers. Of course, we didn't know this&nbsp;back in the day. The&nbsp;only way I would eat them today is in a survival situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;

 

[Sheryl]

lol! You guys are funny!&nbsp;<br><br>I have been told to be careful where they come from, don't eat them from contaminated lakes and rivers. I would like to eventually end up at Lake Cowachin on Vancouver Island. It is, from what I have read, clean enough to drink as is. It has been a goal of ours for awhile now, just leery of the ferry costs.&nbsp;<br><br><br><br>

 

[yesican]

I had mussles for the 1st time this summer.&nbsp; There are rock ledges showing&nbsp;during minus tides on the Cook Inlet.&nbsp; There are spots where large mussles clung to the ledges.&nbsp; My cousin and I picked enough for supper and he prepared them for about 6-8 people.&nbsp; He sauted them in a pan with white wine and other spices until they popped open...Wow...they were fantastic!<br><br>Rae

 

[yesican]

Well...the mussles I had were about as organic as they get..Everything in this world is polluted...Epecially the minds of those who've watched too much TV, and&nbsp;listened to too many politicians&nbsp;and too much rap music.&nbsp; You know, life would be good for all if we could just eat, drink, and be merry in moderation!&nbsp; (Even water will kill you if you drink too much of it!)<br><br><br>Rae

 

[beachwalker7]

<span style="font-size: medium;">Had great Mussels when I was up in Majust went out and scooped them up and came back to camp and cooked them</span>

 

[ccbreder]

Yes. Shell fish are filter feeders and the safety depends on the water quality where they are found. that said. I have harvested mussels from the rocks in Cape May Point park. Into a pot with some beer and quickly steamed. Wow they were good. I gag trying to eat mussels in a restaurant.<br>Shell fish. Mussels attach to pilings, rocks or ect. Oysters cement them selves to beds like rocks. Clams hang around in the mud, off shore or on the beach. Scallops swim around and have to be chased down.

 

[RV-Kitty]

Before the waters of Long Island became polluted we would get salt water mussels from the dock uprights and supports.&nbsp; Huge clumps would cover them. They were delicious!&nbsp;