Success! The family wanted pasta with mussels today and all we had was this ribbon pasta. It actually went very well with the mussels. Seasonings were butter, red pepper flakes, parsley, and garlic. Even though I burnt the garlic, everyone still mopped up the broth, either with bread or potatoes. Thanks for the help.
I always scrub and debeard fresh mussels. Sometimes I can’t get all the beards off, no matter how hard I try (using a pair of pliers.) The frozen mussels already come cleaned, although a stubborn beard or two will sneak through. The packaging warns against fully defrosting, but I did once and I couldn’t remove the leftover beards. For the price, $2.50 at Aldi for 14oz farm raised from Chile, I can’t complain. In fact, today I used the frozen ones and only had one beard (luckily in my plate.)
