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Default Cockles & Mussels Alive, Alive-O!

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:05:36 -0500, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>> Does this sound about right?

>
> Good luck! IMO: If they are already frozen they are dead. I tried
> frozen once and it was a complete flop. Never again.


Well, he's had them before and told me they open up. Most people know you
should not eat mussels that don't open. So really, I can't imagine why
they'd sell them this way if they knew they were dead.

Jill