friday food files with molly watson: grilled mussels.
Do I date myself too much by confessing that mussels always make be think of Squeeze and the song “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)”? They do this despite being one of my big-time food memory foods, you know, those foods that food folks remember vividly form childhood, those eating moments on which we look back and realize that our lives in food were, perhaps, a bit set in stone before we even knew it.
Mussels are almost always – I’m going to say nine times out of ten? – steamed. Steaming is a great way to cook mussels, no doubt. Grilling mussels, however, is even easier, less messy, and about a thousand times more fun. Throw them on the grill, leave them on until they open and cook, then eat them. Seriously, grilling mussels is just that easy.
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I have never grilled mussels, what a good idea, trying that next time, so easy as you say.
I just had Tomales Bay Grilled Mussels last night and let me say INCREDIBLE!!! Love Love Love this recipe! Merci!
Thanks again for this, Molly – love seeing this here! :)
Grilled mussels … OF COURSE. Now why didn’t I think of that! Your first picture of the mussels looks like it could hang in a museum, or at least in my apartment. Reminds me of the sea. ;)
so with you on the squeeze reference!
So so glad people want grilled mussels, but ecstatic that I’m not alone with Squeeze.
fyi….squeeze is coming to the fillmore!