The Mussel Myth

If you read any reference to cooking mussels post 1990 it will almost invariably tell you to not to eat mussels that have remained closed after cooking.Prior to the 1970s revered cookery books such as ‘Larousse Gastronomique’ in 1965 and ‘Italian Food’ by Elizabeth David in 1966 made absolutely no mention of discarding unopened mussels. The myth seems to have been started by the English food