In article >,
Damsel > wrote:

> Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
> the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
> butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms, but
> they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.
>
> Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
> buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They had
> mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God Himself.
> I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to me,
> but who knows?
>
> Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at first,
> then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
> hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go there.
>
> I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got it
> to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
> gynecologists look at all day.
>
Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

Since mussels are farmed in Puget Sound, we can get excellent ones here.
And we don't have to buy them pre-bagged, where every other one is DOA.
If you steam them with white wine and herbs, you've got a very tasty
meal. Putting cheese on them wouldn't work for me, but YMMV.

Cindy

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