On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 17:24:28 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-10-08 3:20 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> Dead mussels aren't a good thing to eat.* Mussels with open shells
>> should always be thrown out before cooking.* Similarly, those which
>> don't open after cooking are also likely dead.* IOW, not fresh.
>>
>
> Apparently failure to open does not mean that they absolutely have to be
> thrown out. If they had just died they could be okay, but you don't know
> if they just died or have been dead long enough to have become toxic.
> My wife once got very sick on mussels. We were not sure if it was bad
> mussels or an allergy. It doesn't matter to me. If you can get that sick
> on them I am not interested in eating them.

If you cook a dead/rotten clam or mussel in a batch, believe me -
you'll know before you eat them. It will ruin the whole batch.

-sw