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Kathleen[_4_]

wrote:

> Mussel Stew
>
>
> Ingredients:
>
> 4 large mussels
> 3 potatoes, diced
> 1 onion, diced
> 2 tomatoes, diced
> 2 tablespoons canola oil
> 3 cups water
>
> 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
> 1/2 teaspoon basil
> 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
> 1 teaspoon salt
>
>
> Directions:
>
> Bring water to a boil. Add the mussels and boil for five minutes.
> Add the potatoes and onion and boil for ten more minutes. Add the
> tomatoes, canola oil, pepper, basil, garlic powder and salt and simmer
> under low heat for 10 more minutes.
>
Umm...

This isn't Mussel Stew, it's potato stew. Or broth. Or dishwater.

The cooking time is barely adequate for the potatoes but should serve
nicely to turn the mussels (all four of them!) into something resembling
the texture of pencil erasers.