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British Mussels
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In the supermarket I noticed Scottish mussels for sale at a reasonable price for once. Haven't had 'Moules Mariniere' & frites since we left France, so I bought a 1Kg pack. It was towards the end of the day and there weren't many 1kg packs left so the assistant briskly said "2 for the price of 1" - Great! I've just prepped the mussels and have thrown away very nearly half of them.
Can someone tell me if this is the norm in the UK, please? I'm used to ditching a few. Back later, must get the 'frites' on!
Can someone tell me if this is the norm in the UK, please? I'm used to ditching a few. Back later, must get the 'frites' on!
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Geoff P also provides a recipe that they use in France using Red wine???? Jourdain Did you ever see moules marinere cooked with vin rouge.? I have always used white but why not I suppose ?
23:32 Tue 17th Nov 2015
Is your real name Cassandra, Jourdain2?
Del: “Ere, what was that starter…um…Cassandra made us last week?”
Rodney: “Moules Mariniere”
Del: “Mmm! That’s it. They were lovely moules, an’ all, weren’t they, eh? ‘Cos she’s got style, see. I mean that Cassandra is a classy lady”
Rodney: “I suppose so.”
Del: “No, no suppose so about it. I mean, a lot of people- you know, cheapos – would have used mussels – not Cassandra.”
;-)
Del: “Ere, what was that starter…um…Cassandra made us last week?”
Rodney: “Moules Mariniere”
Del: “Mmm! That’s it. They were lovely moules, an’ all, weren’t they, eh? ‘Cos she’s got style, see. I mean that Cassandra is a classy lady”
Rodney: “I suppose so.”
Del: “No, no suppose so about it. I mean, a lot of people- you know, cheapos – would have used mussels – not Cassandra.”
;-)
No, sorry, buenchico! That must be from 'Only Fools and Horses' - I never watched it, just caught the odd episode. Not being pretentious at all :) I just think of mussels cooked in white wine etc. with chips as 'moules/frites' (I did live there for 15 years...) and went to some d**m*d good M/f evenings! :)
I recall that too, Jackdaw. May I make all your mouths water by saying that they were absolutely delicious (the ones that weren't in the dustbin, that is) and far plumper and tastier than the ones I bought in Poitiers!
I bought a small bottle of Australian Chardonnay (1/3rd) to make the liquor (Broken Rock) and was a bit unsure, but it worked brilliantly.
I have some left-overs and I've frozen them to go with some left-over frozen prawns to make a spectacular fish pie at Christmas.
I'm still concerned about the amount of wastage though. To have bought one kilo would not have been enough.
I bought a small bottle of Australian Chardonnay (1/3rd) to make the liquor (Broken Rock) and was a bit unsure, but it worked brilliantly.
I have some left-overs and I've frozen them to go with some left-over frozen prawns to make a spectacular fish pie at Christmas.
I'm still concerned about the amount of wastage though. To have bought one kilo would not have been enough.
Jourdain
I recall dear Mrs retro offering her help when I was preparing moules.I bought live mussels in a mesh bag (Lock Fyne) from Sainsburys a few years back.
I put them in a bucket of water over night with bran flakes to clean them out.Helps to get rid of the sand.
She offered help so I said,"can you just scrub the shells a bit and remove the beards. Any mussels that are open just bin them they are dead and inedible"
The pile of mussels in the kitchen sing were diminishing at an alarming rate as "open ones" were discarded in the bin.
I picked up one of about 5 remaining mussels from the sink and realised she had filled up the sink with hand hot water.:-)
I retrieved them all from the bin ,washed them in cold water and just hoped/assumed they were alive before Mrs retro administered her cleaning method. We are all still around to relate the tale,in fact,the best moules I have ever cooked.That liquor soaked up in crusty bread. Fantastic. :-)
I recall dear Mrs retro offering her help when I was preparing moules.I bought live mussels in a mesh bag (Lock Fyne) from Sainsburys a few years back.
I put them in a bucket of water over night with bran flakes to clean them out.Helps to get rid of the sand.
She offered help so I said,"can you just scrub the shells a bit and remove the beards. Any mussels that are open just bin them they are dead and inedible"
The pile of mussels in the kitchen sing were diminishing at an alarming rate as "open ones" were discarded in the bin.
I picked up one of about 5 remaining mussels from the sink and realised she had filled up the sink with hand hot water.:-)
I retrieved them all from the bin ,washed them in cold water and just hoped/assumed they were alive before Mrs retro administered her cleaning method. We are all still around to relate the tale,in fact,the best moules I have ever cooked.That liquor soaked up in crusty bread. Fantastic. :-)
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See GeoffP 4th down. Some obviously do clean out mussels with water and bran. Others dont. Works for me.
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See GeoffP 4th down. Some obviously do clean out mussels with water and bran. Others dont. Works for me.
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