Cooking mussels with beer, my first attempt
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
October 8, 2018 2:27pm CST
My supermarket had a discount on mussels from the bay of Mont Saint-Michel today, sold 6 Euros the box of 1.4 kg. Very cheap for these high quality mussels. But they were bulk mussels and most of them small.
I had read that it was better to cook small mussels with beer (the Belgian way) than with wine (the French way), I searched a recipe online and I gave it a try. I boiled my mussels and shaked them until they were opened, then I added some thyme, laurel, garlic and, instead of white wine, a 33 cl bottle of a Waterloo triple blonde beer, which is a good Belgian beer despite of its dubious provenance. Then I went away. I should not have trusted this guy telling that it was the same recipe than «moules marinières», except that white wine was replaced by beer. I was away 10 mn, and when I came back it had overflown everywhere. I would perhaps have heard something with a gas cooker, but with induction, nothing. «Waterloo, gloomy plain !» like wrote Victor Hugo.
Maybe is it because of the brand of the beer, but I would be more tempted to strangle the author of the recipe, or at least to invite him to clean the pot and the cooker.
A bad experience with an online recipe ?
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10 responses
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
10 Oct 18
Sorry that things didn't work out. Maybe next time you will do better.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
10 Oct 18
@topffer So in spite of what happened they still turned out good?
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Oct 18
@1hopefulman Despite of the flood, they turned to be correctly cooked
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@much2say (53907)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Oct 18
For sure I've had bad online recipes. That's why if possible to save me some trouble, I like to read the reviews/comments that come with online recipes - although they are not always there.
As I've been cooking a lot for my parents lately, I found a miso butter recipe to go with Japanese Murasaki sweet potatoes. It sounded like all the rage with most of the reviewers . . . but one person said it was gross. They said perhaps because of their Japanese upbringing, all those flavors did not go together and they found it pretty horrible tasting. One reviewer also suggested different proportions of the ingredients - at least I followed that. It wasn't bad, but it was strange - I couldn't really decide if I liked it or not. I don't know if my parents really liked it either . . . although they would normally like miso anything. It wasn't an expensive waste, but well, most likely I won't be trying that recipe again 
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When something is very flavorful in the first bite, they sometimes call it a taste explosion. I don't think you were expecting this kitchen explosion 
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When something is very flavorful in the first bite, they sometimes call it a taste explosion. I don't think you were expecting this kitchen explosion !1 person likes this
@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Oct 18
More a flood than a volcano eruption, maybe because I had not covered the pot.
I think I had miso only once in a soup in a Japanese restaurant. I go to Japanese restaurants mainly for crude fish, sashimis and sushis. I am a primitive liking crude meat and fish. My only attempt at Japanese cuisine was with a sushi kit. It came with 2 molds, 1 knife, little tablecloths, chopsticks, some rice, seasonings and recipes, but the Japanese cook was missing, and I cannot tell that I have been very satisfied by my sushis. I have decided that it was more reasonable to buy them.
. My only attempt at Japanese cuisine was with a sushi kit. It came with 2 molds, 1 knife, little tablecloths, chopsticks, some rice, seasonings and recipes, but the Japanese cook was missing, and I cannot tell that I have been very satisfied by my sushis. I have decided that it was more reasonable to buy them.1 person likes this
@much2say (53907)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Oct 18
@topffer I agree - I sure wouldn't do it for free. But she does whatever is asked of her by these coaches - she feels quite obligatory to do it (maybe a Japanese thing?). The coaches are hardcore Russian apparently - everyone at the gym apparently does as they request.
Hopefully the tasty mussels made up for the flood!
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@anya12adwi (6030)
• India
12 Oct 18
Yes, I wanted to make lemon rice, sorry to cook it.. But, it seemed more of spiced up Fried rice.. Not to make me feel bad about it, my moma ate it all.. Thank god that she did not fall ill..
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@anya12adwi (6030)
• India
12 Oct 18
@topffer You are such a great grandchild.. Hope, she did not taste it and knew that you were keeping her heart only
You are such a great grandchild.. Hope, she did not taste it and knew that you were keeping her heart only1 person likes this
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Oct 18
I am not good at cooking mussels. If I have to cook them, perhaps I will just steam them because this is the easiest way and it won't go wrong Sometimes we can't completely trust the online recipes. This is why I only upload the recipes which I tried and I can succeed it without problems. I remember in the past I tried a bread recipe but it failed and my husband teased it for a long time.
Sometimes we can't completely trust the online recipes. This is why I only upload the recipes which I tried and I can succeed it without problems. I remember in the past I tried a bread recipe but it failed and my husband teased it for a long time.1 person likes this
that you had a bad experience.
