On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 17:41:45 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>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.Â* Mussels with open shells
>>> should always be thrown out before cooking.Â* Similarly, those which
>>> don't open after cooking are also likely dead.Â* 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.

Jill didn't know.