Salt and freshly ground black pepper METHOD
Debeard the mussels and rinse in cold water a couple of times.
We know about one such incident from a solicitor (striapchii) of the Valdaiskii-Iverskii Monastery who reported that when Peter feasted in Novgorod on 7 October 1701 on the occasion of Sergei Lapshinskii's name day, he took it upon himself to
debeard many of the guests in attendance, including Savva Borovitinov, an employee of the Novgorod metropolitan; the solicitor Iakov Lapshinskii; and the local nobleman Bogdan Neleelov.
2 Prepare the mussels: scrub and
debeard them, then tap any open ones against the side of the sink.
Mussels These mollusks are Scrub and
debeard prior to two-shelled fil?ter feeders cooking.
In addition, the section entitled aFish Basics for Greenhorns: Tips, Techniques and Termsa offers helpful tips like how to tell when a fish is done, how to gut, skin, and debone a fish, or how to
debeard mussels.