On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 13:16:25 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 10:08:52 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 13:05:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 11:13:56 AM UTC-10, RichD wrote:
>> >> I read something a few month back, can't recall the source,
>> >> warning about tainted mussels.
>> >>
>> >> Said first, toss out any which open before cooking Â*
>> >> (steaming). Â* Then, discard any which fail to open as
>> >> they ought, ~ 5 minutes.
>> >>
>> >> I don't get this. Isn't steam antiseptic? Are there microscopic
>> >> critters that would survive?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rich
>> >
>> >That's a good question. All the mussels sold here are dead and frozen so we're living on borrowed time. They're also sold only on the half shell. Mussels are like the tilapia of the bivalves. They're cheap and tasteless.
>>
>> Frozen mussels maybe. Who eats frozen mussels?
>
>The Hawaiians. I believe that all the mussels sold here are previously frozen. I think they might be already cooked too. Why is that? I do not know. I don't care much about mussels - unless they've got dynamite sauce on them! Yahoo!

Maybe you can try some fresh nahawele 'ili 'ili.