How to clean mussels - cooking tutorial

The mussels are a good and quick meal to prepare, but you need to clean them well beforehand: Sonia will show you how to do, on the cooking tutorial by YellowSaffron.

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The mussels are a good and quick meal to prepare: to avoid bad surprises, you need to clean them well befOrehand.
Let's see how to do.
When buying the mussels, make sure the shells are undamaged, tightly closed and don't stink.

Pull off the beard that comes out of the shell; if it doesn't come loose, use a knife.

Using a scouring pad or a stiff brush, scrub the mussels vigorously one by one, perhaps under running water.

With the blade of a knife, scrape off any barnacles attached to the shell.
Once cleaned, wash the mussels under running water.
Now the mussels are ready to be cooked; to open the mussels, put them in a pot and cover with a lid. Once opened, they're ready to be cooked as you like!

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[RajeshPach]

Still the mussels meat needs to be cleaned right? There is a black portion needs to be removed from the mussels.

[yellowsaffron]

@RajeshPach To open the mussels, you have to cook them in a pan, so the meat is already cooked and you don't need to clean it further

[glenfieldmathk1]

You should have mentioned that you shouldn't eat them if they aren't open after heating!

[yellowsaffron]

@glenfieldmathk1 Of course you're right, sorry for not mentioning it!

[Quillons1]

@CuteTeef Then don't. This recipe isn't for you then. Stay away from clams, mussels, lobster, cra and a few others and you won't have to cook something that's alive

[CuteTeef]

don't like cooking things alive to eat :(

[stingray970]

@glenfieldmathk1 This is a bad method to determine is they are done. Micro organisms can still live when the shells are open, you have to cook them for a certain amount of time ( too lazy to look it up )

[dar482]

If they don't open after cooking, don't eat.

[roxanneworld11]

@glenfieldmathk1 ok, thanks! I also did not know about that point either...much appreciation! :oD

[roxanneworld11]

I love to make seafood dishes at home. But I did not know how to prep mussels before this video - thank you!

[treanyo]

nice! :D

Btw, i still dont like mussels :P

I went to Vienna with my parents, and very close to the spinning restaurant tower/thing there was a restaurant with 10/20 euro per person(dont exactly remember)and you could eat as many mussels as you wanted. Either with cheese sauce or tomato sauce