2007-02-14 08:58:24 · 8 answers · asked by bar22bie 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Steam them until they open. And NEVER eat any shellfish that will not open when steamed. This means the creature inside has been dead before you started cooking them, and you don't want to eat it.
2007-02-14 09:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Courtney 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The proper way is to cook them until them open. Boil, steam, bake, grill or broil. Once they open, they are done. You can use the cooked muscles in other dished once you've taken them out of the shell. Just toss them in at the very end for no more than 30 seconds of cooking time or they'll get rubbery.
2007-02-14 17:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmy Mick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't won't a muscles to open up when there not cooked, you really didn't say where theire raw or not so I'm assuming theire raw; when a muscle is open before you steam it ,it's dead; muscles must be tightly closed before you steam them,theire cooked alive, as are clams & lobster.
2007-02-14 17:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by bird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you're talking about mussels. Just add to boiling , salted water. When the mussels open up then they are done. Remove immediately. Let them cool down a little. Remove the meat and dip in melted butter. Enjoy!!!
2007-02-14 17:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by gg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muscles, when cooked, open.
Any muscle that doesnt is most likely Bad and uneatable.
2007-02-14 17:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by skyrunner01 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you heat them up they will open... they don t close again.
2007-02-14 17:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by nadezdha87 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
steam them in wine, garlic, and pepper
2007-02-15 12:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by eehco 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, I'm not into cannibalism.
Muscles can be open or closed? I thought they could only be flexed or relaxed.
2007-02-14 17:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋