On 2015-01-17 2:19 PM, jmcquown wrote:
ill
>>
>> That's a joke because live mussels are 'heat and eat' - they don't
>> need cooking as such.
>>
> Point is they do sell frozen mussels in the shell. Gary just hasn't
> seen them.

Nor has Sheldon. I have.

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:30:04 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> > On 2015-01-17 2:19 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > ill
> > > >
> >>> That's a joke because live mussels are 'heat and eat' - they don't
> >>> need cooking as such.
> > > >
> >> Point is they do sell frozen mussels in the shell. Gary just
> hasn't >> seen them.
> >
> > Nor has Sheldon. I have.
>
> Fresh are common here, frozen would be laughed out of the store.

Depends on how land-locked you are. I see frozen ones in the shell.
Mostly an export from New Zealand.

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Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:01:36 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:30:04 -0500, Dave Smith
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 2015-01-17 2:19 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >> > ill
> >> > > >
> >> >>> That's a joke because live mussels are 'heat and eat' - they
> don't >> >>> need cooking as such.
> >> > > >
> >> >> Point is they do sell frozen mussels in the shell. Gary just
> >> hasn't >> seen them.
> >> >
> >> > Nor has Sheldon. I have.
> >>
> >> Fresh are common here, frozen would be laughed out of the store.
> >
> > Depends on how land-locked you are. I see frozen ones in the shell.
> > Mostly an export from New Zealand.
>
> Yes, those big, green mussels. They're supposed to be unique to NZ.
>
> <https://cook2happiness.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/green-mussels.jpg>

Yup. Still sell them here and I have gotten them a few times. They
work in some things. The main nice thing is you can have them handy if
you do not shop often so do not have fresh ones ready to use.

For now I am making up 2 recipes (weekend cooking, planned leftovers
for the week) and neither are seafood based but if I had a fast munchie
desire, I'd use those if handy. They are neither great, nor terrible.
They are a notch above canned ones but i don't knock canned ones if
that is what is around in a landlocked area.

We use snows canned clams all the time to upscale a tuna salad. Works
for us!
Carol

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On 1/17/2015 4:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-01-17 3:36 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> I give no credibility to those web sites (NONE), one is guessing and
>> hearsay, the other is from someone who has never seen the ocean. I've
>> never seen mussels sold other than fresh live and canned such as
>> smoked in sauce, I've never seen mussels sold frozen in their shell.
>
> I have. I didn't by them but I did see them.
>

Yep. Costco sells them.

On 1/22/2015 8:07 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 1/17/2015 4:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-01-17 3:36 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> I give no credibility to those web sites (NONE), one is guessing and
>>> hearsay, the other is from someone who has never seen the ocean. I've
>>> never seen mussels sold other than fresh live and canned such as
>>> smoked in sauce, I've never seen mussels sold frozen in their shell.
>>
>> I have. I didn't by them but I did see them.
>>
>
> Yep. Costco sells them.

So does Publix; I can't recall the brand but they are frozen mussels in
the shell.

Jill