Mussels harvested from the sea

Mussels harvested from the sea - Mussels can be smoked, boiled or steamed. As for all shellfish, mussels should be alive just before they are cooked because they quickly become toxic after they die. A simple criterion is that live mussels, when in the air, are tightly shut; open mussels are dead and should be discarded. The mussel shells open by themselves when cooked. At this photo, Mr Nola just collected some mussels for his lunch