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Q&A Why bother to fire grill mussels?

What do you gain from grilling mussels? If you're grilling them on the BBQ like the picture below, all the mussel fluid will drip into the BBQ or evaporate. Perhaps I'm just lazy, but I see no poi...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Chgg Clou‭

Question mussels
#3: Post edited by user avatar Chgg Clou‭ · 2021-02-07T00:18:55Z (about 3 years ago)
  • Why grill, instead of steam, mussels?
  • Why bother to fire grill mussels?
#2: Post edited by user avatar Chgg Clou‭ · 2021-02-07T00:18:28Z (about 3 years ago)
  • What do you gain from grilling mussels? If you're grilling them on the BBQ like the picture below, all the mussel fluid will drip into the BBQ or evaporate. If you don't want the mussel fluid, why not just steam the mussels and discard the fluid after?
  • ![](https://i.imgur.com/8mbx3DB.jpg)
  • Linda Duncan, _Mussels: Preparing, Cooking and Enjoying a Sensational Seafood_, p 147.
  • What do you gain from grilling mussels? If you're grilling them on the BBQ like the picture below, all the mussel fluid will drip into the BBQ or evaporate.
  • Perhaps I'm just lazy, but I see no point to dirtying then cleaning up the BBQ, when you can just steam mussels in a Dutch oven or rondeau on a cook top.
  • ![](https://i.imgur.com/8mbx3DB.jpg)
  • Linda Duncan, _Mussels: Preparing, Cooking and Enjoying a Sensational Seafood_, p 147.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Chgg Clou‭ · 2021-02-07T00:12:26Z (about 3 years ago)
Why grill, instead of steam, mussels? 
What do you gain from grilling mussels? If you're grilling them on the BBQ like the picture below, all the mussel fluid will drip into the BBQ or evaporate. If you don't want the mussel fluid, why not just steam the mussels and discard the fluid after? 

![](https://i.imgur.com/8mbx3DB.jpg)

Linda Duncan, _Mussels: Preparing, Cooking and Enjoying a Sensational Seafood_, p 147.