Mussels are a seafood with high nutritional value. However, after the mussels were bought, they found it difficult to clean. The surface contained a lot of seaweed and shells, which made people look worried. So how do you clean the mussels?
What is the hair inside the mussel?
The grassy "hairy" inside the mussels is indeed part of the body of the mussels. It also has a unique name called the foot silk.
The main function of the foot silk is to anchor the mussel on the seabed rock or other casual things. On the foot of the mussel, that is, the big tongue, there is a small hole, which is the hole of the foot. The silk gland in the foot releases a weakly acidic protein gel that forms a foot after encountering a weakly alkaline seawater. In order to fix the mussels more firmly, the foot silk will be fixed at a certain angle and fixed on the stone. At the contact point between the foot and the stone, there are many special and sticky proteins, which are the foot silk. It is firmly bonded to the stone.
Method for cleaning mussels:
1. Use a brush or gauze, such as a toothbrush or a brush to wash the pan, to brush the surface of the mussels and brush off most of the algae on the surface; use a knife to scrape the shellfish on the surface of the mussels and rinse with water. Sandy or moss, can not be eaten, should be scraped off, the black spots are larger, look at the color after the hair is good, if it is still black, you can scrape it to see if you can remove it or scratch it to see if it is sandy. If it can not be scraped or has sandy quality, it proves that the quality of the mussel itself is not good. The best mussels should be yellow or light yellow after rising, and the whole body should be free of motley.
2, then pull out the moss that was born on the meat of the mussels, slowly pull it out by hand, sometimes need a little effort, so be careful.
3, pour the mussels into a pot, add the right amount of water, so that all the mussels are immersed, add a little salt, let stand for about 1 hour, let it fully spit out the mud, you can change 1-2 times in the middle.
4, in addition to the above cleaning methods, you can also use a knife and other tools, the two shells of the mussels are opened, as follows, so directly flush the meat, if it is brought to the barbecue and so on.
5, there is a cleaning method that only wants to keep the meat, that is, put the mussels in boiling water for a few minutes, after the mussels are opened, pick out the mussel meat one by one, then rinse with water, but This method is only suitable for diners who do not have a high demand for mussels, because this method will lose the sweetness of the mussel itself.
Method of cleaning mussels:
1. Wash the mussels with water for a while, then put them in hot water for one or two hours to rise, wash them out and wash them with water.
2. After washing the dried mussels, remove the black stomach in the center with hair, remove the sand, and rinse again in the water.
3, when cleaning dry mussels need to pay attention to, there is a "black thing" inside the mussels dry, this is the "yellow" dried mussels, its nutrition is also concentrated here, so be careful not to break when cleaning, so as not to cause Nutritional loss.
4. There are some small hairs on the outside of the mussels. This is a dry simmer of mussels. It is very suffocating and has a lot of sand. It must be peeled off. This is one of the main processes for dry cleaning of mussels. When peeling off, be careful not to tear off the dried meat of the mussels.
5. After all the mussels have been dried, wash them with water once and they are ready for use.
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