keeping mussle's

[gsfgaz]

how do you keep mussle's , do you have to cook right away ,or can you cook them and freeze them... i cant eat anymore today

 

[gorilla]

cook and freeze, freeze and cook - both ways fine (though i'd freeze then cook if possible)

 

[trixx]

Cook and freeze is the best way to do it, and don't keep them for too long in the freezer before eating them.

Freezing and then cooking makes it more difficult to pick out any potential bad mussels since the act of freezing them will kill them.

There's a debate about whether you need to discard unopened mussels after cooking. It seems to be a bit of an old wive's tale, although that advice is in most of the recipes/cooking instructions. I've known some people freeze live mussels and cook them afterwards, but there have been some spectacular cases of projectile diarrhoea as a result.

 

[Adze]

+1 for what trixx said. My general rule of thumb is: if it's dead before you cook it, freeze it uncooked. If cooking is what kills it, freeze it cooked. Steak/chicken/sausages/fish et al all killed before, sometimes days or weeks before if it's done right, freeze them uncooked. Shellfish and crustacea or anything else alive, cook+freeze-thaw-reheat+eat - do not refreeze.

 

[Retired Member southey]

I genrally like to work them for at least an hour, intesively then rest for a few hour to let them cool, the shock them again with a quick fast high reps, low weight session, I find this keeps the toned and healthy, but I don't think i'd eat them how ever they were cooked.

 

[Adze]

...there's always one... and today it's you

 

[Simon]

I genrally like to work them for at least an hour, intesively then rest for a few hour to let them cool, the shock them again with a quick fast high reps, low weight session, I find this keeps the toned and healthy, but I don't think i'd eat them how ever they were cooked.

What do you think you're eating when you are chewing on a nice juicy steak? :togo:

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cow guns!

 

[Simon]

Cook and freeze is the best way to do it, and don't keep them for too long in the freezer before eating them.

Freezing and then cooking makes it more difficult to pick out any potential bad mussels since the act of freezing them will kill them.

There's a debate about whether you need to discard unopened mussels after cooking. It seems to be a bit of an old wive's tale, although that advice is in most of the recipes/cooking instructions. I've known some people freeze live mussels and cook them afterwards, but there have been some spectacular cases of projectile diarrhoea as a result.

as a rule I test every shell prior to cooking; I tap open ones to see if they are alive (they should start to close). I throw away any cracked shells unless I can see a definite sign of life there.

I'm OK with unopened ones after cooking as long as the meat looks fresh

I would not trust freezing then cooking, but i would cook and then de shell and freeze the meat (althoug they are far better fresh)