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What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

Posted by LadyMarmalade, May 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM

A well-meaning co-worker gave me a jar of mussel salad, which broke on the way home, so I was off the hook, hating to throw away food, like I do, but not craving to eat mussel salad. Stupid me, I lied the next day and told co-worker that I loved it. So he gave me two more jars.

I still have that hating to throw away food thing. These two jars of mussels in vinaigrette are sitting in the cupboards of my cubicle. *sigh*

I'm thinking I might make a marinara sauce, throw in some anchovies, and then when the sauce is just about done, add some chopped parsley and the mussels. Or maybe a variation on tapenade, with the mussels rounding out (okay, I'm not sure if these mussels can really do any rounding out) the tuna. But if anyone else has any other bright ideas, tell me. PLEASE.

Food guilt, oy.

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What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

That sounds great. I've been planning a tapas/antipasto party for a while and I never thought of including the mussels, but maybe I'll include them I just made a batch of cannellini with sage which would be great for the white bean salad you mentioned. Thanks!

LadyMarmalade at 3:51PM on 05/14/08

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What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

That sounds really good. THANK YOU!

LadyMarmalade at 2:55PM on 05/14/08

From Ed Levine Eats

Inside Momofuku Ko's Bathroom

I love reading in the bathroom, and I love reading cookbooks, but combining the two, even in the comfort of my own home, always seems kinda odd. That being said, maybe if I was out to eat and I'd had some ackelhol to drink, I'd get wild and crazy and read about cookery in the restaurant WC.

LadyMarmalade at 9:37AM on 05/14/08

From Talk

Question of the Day: Any former vegetarians out there? What happened? Why'd you go back to meat?

I was a vegetarian for a while, maybe around 8 years, one of which was spent in India, where it is supereasy and superdelicious (if you love Indian, especially South Indian, food like I do) to be a vegetarian. A few years later, I moved to Brasil where it is a lot harder to be a vegetarian, but I lived in Liberdade (Asian neighborhood) in Sao Paulo, and with all the access to cool mushrooms, noodles, seaweeds, etc., I was pretty happy.

I remember reading that book "Eat Right for your Type" which theorizes that people with type A blook do better with a predominantly veg. diet and people with type O blood do better with a carnivorous diet, and perhaps there's some truth to that.

Later, I was taken to a Brazilian rodizio (meat until you can't no more) place here in NYC and all that beef was delish, although my stomach rebelled.

Since then, I still don't eat much meat - small portions and lots of vegetables. Eating meat in huge amounts seems to only perpetuate the dominant model of a few lucky people getting the lion's share of the world's resources, and the factory farming of animals to be eaten still continues to be inhumane and motivated solely by profits. Mad cow disease is still much more of a problem than the major media and the government will cop to. I'm careful where I get my meats from, and still ya never know.

LadyMarmalade at 12:40PM on 05/09/08

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From Talk

What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

I'd use them in an Italian seafood salad.

Lightly poach some fresh shrimp (about a pound), some sliced squid ( calamari), maybe a few scallops.

Slice up a couple of stalks of celery, add some sliced carrots, and a container or two of cherry tomatoes.

Toss with a fresh vinaigarette with a couple cloves of finely chopped garlic and Voila !

Serve on a bed of crisp lettuce and you have a refreshing appetizer that's good anytime of year.

Grifola frondosa at 4:05PM on 05/15/08

From Ed Levine Eats

Inside Momofuku Ko's Bathroom

That is the best restaurant bathroom I've ever seen.

I don't think I'd ever touch those books, but it's such a clever touch to put them there that I might try to get a reservation just to see the bathroom. (Of course, it doesn't bode well for the food's expected effect on diners.)

butterface at 9:47PM on 05/14/08

From Talk

What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

That sounds great. I've been planning a tapas/antipasto party for a while and I never thought of including the mussels, but maybe I'll include them I just made a batch of cannellini with sage which would be great for the white bean salad you mentioned. Thanks!

LadyMarmalade at 3:51PM on 05/14/08

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What on earth do I do with these two jars of mussel salad?

I agree with nelson5757. Keep it simple - the flavor with mussels and vinaigrette can skew itself oddly very quickly, combined with other things.

I'd simply use them as part of an antipasto set-up. A large platter with piles arranged of the mussels, some roast peppers, slices of good ham of whatever sort you prefer, celery or fennel strips, maybe a white bean salad, and perhaps even some shrimp gently poached in white wine. Fresh bread to accompany with either good butter or garlic-flavored olive oil for dunking . . . pernod with water to go with it . . . that makes a nice light easy supper. Add cheesecake for dessert and I'd be thrilled.

Reminds me of a saying: Bread of a day, wine of a year, a friend of thirty years.

Where mussels in vinaigrette fits in I don't know but I'm sure it does. :)

Karen Resta at 2:57PM on 05/14/08

From Ed Levine Eats

Inside Momofuku Ko's Bathroom

@David: AH, you've found the secret to his genius! It's all in the bathroom.

@Annie: That's why I didn't go to the bathroom until my meal was finished; I didn't want to risk missing anything! ;D You'll have to thank Raphael and Adam for asking me to take photos. I don't think I would've come up with that on my own. I mean, as though it's not weird enough that I take photos of all my food...next, the bathroom!

roboppy at 2:53PM on 05/14/08

From Ed Levine Eats

Inside Momofuku Ko's Bathroom

I thought about the Seinfeld episode, too!

I'd almost be afraid to use their restroom...

ChristinaINP at 1:54PM on 05/14/08