[Sca-cooks] Seafood, was Re: Seljuk/Rumi/Sufi Cuisine

[Audrey Bergeron-Morin]

> For fresh, in the shell, mussels you need to make sure they are clean - put
> them in clean cool water to let them get the sand out themselves.  You'll
> also need to remove the beard (that dark wire-y stuff that hangs off of
> them) and brush them.

If they're freshwater, you can do it this way (are fresh water mussels
eaten at all?). If they're saltwater, make sure to put a good amount
of salt in the water, otherwise they'll probably just stay shut and
won't get much cleaner than they were before you put them in water.