I Ate a Mussell!

I love mussels, I guess that it's because my parents introduced me to
them when I was little. The unattractiveness of them didn't bother me
at the time! My dad used to get fresh mussels, steam them and then put
a little vinigar on them -- mmm they were so good! Well done on being
brave and trying one! I have yet to try beef tongue! It's those
tastebuds I can't get over! I always told my mom that I didn't want to
eat anything that could taste me back! LOL!
Jane
www.embracingwomenshealth.com

archergirl said:

brave and trying one! I have yet to try beef tongue! It's those
tastebuds I can't get over! I always told my mom that I didn't want to
eat anything that could taste me back! LOL!

That is *funny*!

MK

Damsel said:

We went to one of those Chinese

buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US.

Exactly like every Chinese buffet in the US... I seriously doubt
that... possibly like every Chinese buffet in Mini-soda.

Quoted message said:

They had mussels with cheese. I have no idea what kind of cheese they

used. Looked like Parmesan to me, but who knows?

Shellfish with cheese... oy vey... blech? And what kinda fercocktah
Chinese restaurant serves cheese anyway... that flaxen haired blue eyed
staff is not any kind of Chinese, in MN that has to be a Norse
buffet... you had the Lutefisk und Jarlsberg Viking Platter!
The Square Head Wok... by Chefs Gnome und Troll! hehe

archergirl Jane writhes blissfully:

Quoted message said:

I have yet to try beef tongue!
I always told my mom that I didn't want to
eat anything that could taste me back! LOL!
Ain't that anyone who... hehe... :-(69)

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

Damsel said:

They had mussels with cheese. I have no idea what kind of cheese
they

used. Looked like Parmesan to me, but who knows?

Shellfish with cheese... oy vey... blech? And what kinda fercocktah
Chinese restaurant serves cheese anyway...

I went to a Chinese buffet in Missouri en route to Texas. The staff barely
spoke English. But the buffet had "American" or "Americanized" items on it,
as well as yummy Chinese. For example, there were chicken nuggets that
looked like something you'd get from McDonald's and fried tater tots. I
think sometimes they try to add or modify things to fit other palates in
order to compete with "American" restaurants.

Jill

I guess LOL!!! I didn't think of that!! 🙂

Sheldon said:

I always told my mom that I didn't want to
eat anything that could taste me back! LOL!
Ain't that anyone who... hehe... :-(69)

Sheldon

Give new meaning the the term "bearded clam." (Bearded mussell?)

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:09:58 -0600, "jmcquown" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

Damsel said:

They had mussels with cheese. I have no idea what kind of cheese
they used. Looked like Parmesan to me, but who knows?

Shellfish with cheese... oy vey... blech? And what kinda fercocktah
Chinese restaurant serves cheese anyway...

I went to a Chinese buffet in Missouri en route to Texas. The staff barely
spoke English. But the buffet had "American" or "Americanized" items on it,
as well as yummy Chinese. For example, there were chicken nuggets that
looked like something you'd get from McDonald's and fried tater tots. I
think sometimes they try to add or modify things to fit other palates in
order to compete with "American" restaurants.

I don't think that the staff of these places were born in the US, either,
Jill. Very nice people, but communication is difficult.

Have you seen a Chinese buffet with pizza yet? (I have)

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel said:

Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms, but
they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.

Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They had
mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God Himself.
I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to me,
but who knows?

Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at first,
then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go there.

I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got it
to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
gynecologists look at all day.

Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

Since mussels are farmed in Puget Sound, we can get excellent ones here.
And we don't have to buy them pre-bagged, where every other one is DOA.
If you steam them with white wine and herbs, you've got a very tasty
meal. Putting cheese on them wouldn't work for me, but YMMV.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Damsel said:

I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got it
to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
gynecologists look at all day.

That a long lead in just to deliver a joke :-)

I used to eat mussels quite often. I liked them. Then one day I came home to
find my wife [censored] as a dog. She had to be driven home from work. She had had
mussels for lunch and either had a bad one or had an allergic reaction. Seeing
how sick she was scared me off them. I have had only one or two in the 20 years
since, and I ate those with trepidation. I know it's silly, but she was so
sick. It reminded me of the time I had food poisoning, and I don't ever want to
be that sick again.

Sheldon said:

Damsel said:

We went to one of those Chinese

buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US.

Exactly like every Chinese buffet in the US... I seriously doubt
that... possibly like every Chinese buffet in Mini-soda.

Quoted message said:

They had mussels with cheese. I have no idea what kind of cheese they

used. Looked like Parmesan to me, but who knows?

Shellfish with cheese... oy vey... blech?

Yup, mussels + cheeze = ICKY

I can't imagine such a thang...although I have been known to throw a can of
tuna fish into mac ' cheese.

--
Best
Greg

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:50:30 -0500, Dave Smith <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Damsel said:

I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got it
to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
gynecologists look at all day.

That a long lead in just to deliver a joke :-)

God's honest truth! That wasn't a joke!

Quoted message said:

I used to eat mussels quite often. I liked them. Then one day I came home to
find my wife sick as a dog. She had to be driven home from work. She had had
mussels for lunch and either had a bad one or had an allergic reaction. Seeing
how sick she was scared me off them. I have had only one or two in the 20 years
since, and I ate those with trepidation. I know it's silly, but she was so
sick. It reminded me of the time I had food poisoning, and I don't ever want to
be that sick again.

I've had my face in the toilet most of the morning, but I don't think I can
blame one mussel for that.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:47:46 -0600, Damsel <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms, but
they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.

Why would you expect something so many people like to be horrible? I
can understand people objecting to andouillettes, haggis, or
jellyfish, although I don't myself. But mushrooms?

Spread out now, and try some more interesting mushrooms.

Quoted message said:

Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They had
mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God Himself.
I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to me,
but who knows?

Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at first,
then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go there.

It might be good to seek out a Belgian restaurant to try mussels
again. They take a religious view of mussels and are unlikely to goof
them up.

Once you know how they should come out, they are really quick and easy
to do at home.

Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

"Biologists think they are chemists, chemists think they are phycisists,
physicists think they are gods, and God thinks He is a mathematician." Anon

Cindy Fuller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel said:

Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms, but
they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.

Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They had
mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God Himself.
I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to me,
but who knows?

Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at first,
then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go there.

I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got it
to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
gynecologists look at all day.

Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

make that two! They may be very good but just lookin' at 'em gives me
the willies.

--
Steve

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
Autograph your work with excellence.

Rodney Myrvaagnes said:

Why would you expect something so many people like to be horrible? I
can understand people objecting to andouillettes, haggis, or
jellyfish, although I don't myself. But mushrooms?

I used to dislike mushrooms, but now I really like them. What surprises me is the number
of people who absolutely hate peas. I don't understand what there is not to like about
peas.

But speaking of mushrooms. I used to work with a crew that included a father and son.
The father was a funny old guy whose idea of a good meal out was a hamburger. They came
in to work one night and the father was in a foul mood. His son kept pestering him to
tell everyone why he was so upset. After an hour or so the son told us why his dad was
angry.

It seems that his wife had made Swiss Steak for dinner. Old Mort loved it. He had seconds
and thirds, and when he went back for a fourth helping the son said "Here, If you like
mushrooms so much have some of mine.". Old Mort hated mushrooms and was incenses that
his wife would feed him something he didn't like. Never mind that he had already had
three helpings.

Steve Calvin said:

Quoted message said:

Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

make that two! They may be very good but just lookin' at 'em gives me
the willies.

LOL! Make that three! When I brought home my first geoduck, wife said
"Wow, it looks sorta like a pxxxx!"

So when it came time to slice it, my legs became very weak. LOL!

MK

Damsel said:

Quoted message said:

I went to a Chinese buffet in Missouri en route to Texas. The staff barely
spoke English. But the buffet had "American" or "Americanized" items on it,
as well as yummy Chinese. For example, there were chicken nuggets that
looked like something you'd get from McDonald's and fried tater tots. I
think sometimes they try to add or modify things to fit other palates in
order to compete with "American" restaurants.

I don't think that the staff of these places were born in the US, either,
Jill. Very nice people, but communication is difficult.

Have you seen a Chinese buffet with pizza yet? (I have)

Pizza, fries, lasagna. There is a chain of Chinese buffet restaurants that
recently opened an outlet near my mother's place and we took her there for new
Years dinner because she loves the place. At $21.99 per person on the weekend
and $16.99 during the week it was a pretty good deal considering that they
included crab legs in the buffet. I got my money's worth in crab and shrimp. My
mother could not figure out why they had pizza and fries. I figured it was a no
brainer. It was an attraction for children who didn't like Chinese food. They
could stuff themselves on cheap filler.

Michael L Kankiewicz said:

Steve Calvin said:

Quoted message said:

Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

make that two! They may be very good but just lookin' at 'em gives me
the willies.

LOL! Make that three! When I brought home my first geoduck, wife said
"Wow, it looks sorta like a pxxxx!"

So when it came time to slice it, my legs became very weak. LOL!

http://www.shellfishnw.com/images/geoduck1a.jpg

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Quoted message said:

Cindy Fuller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel said:

Some of you long-timers may remember back a few years ago when I went to
the store, bought a single button mushroom, sliced it and sauteed it in
butter, ate it, and lived to tell the story. I still avoid mushrooms,
but
they're not as horrible as I'd thought they'd be.

Fast forward to earlier this evening. We went to one of those Chinese
buffets that's exactly like every other Chinese buffet in the US. They
had
mussels with cheese, served in a little dish made directly by God
Himself.
I have no idea what kind of cheese they used. Looked like Parmesan to
me,
but who knows?
Anyway, I took one, and I ate it. Tasted a lot like a clam to me at
first,
then the flavor got fishier as time went on. Altogether, it wasn't a
hideous experience. I'd probably grab a couple the next time we go
there.

I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got
it
to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
gynecologists look at all day.

Geoduck clams have the same effect on some men I know (well, at least
one).

make that two! They may be very good but just lookin' at 'em gives me the
willies.

How many?