"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/15/2013 1:50 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> On 12/15/2013 1:26 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 12/15/2013 12:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:45:25 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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>>>>>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:27:17 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> True, but as I mentioned to Dave, picking the meat out of mussel
>>>>>>> shells
>>>>>> >from a bowl of soup also sounds terribly messy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So then you've never actually eaten mussels... eating mussels is
>>>>>> no more messy than eating shrimp or chicken... in fact eating mussles
>>>>>> is not messy at all, the shells pop open and the meat practically
>>>>>> falls out on its own... you don't need to touch them other than with
>>>>>> your fork... you do use silverware?
>>>>>
>>>>> Uh, you still have to pry them away from the adductor, which usually
>>>>> requires some stable leverage by holding the shell lightly.
>>>>>
>>>> All I was saying is I don't like the idea of picking shellfish out of
>>>> hot soup to get to the meat from the bivalve.
>>>>
>>>>> So pick the meat out before serving if it icks you out to do at the
>>>>> dinner table.
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, sure. I'm not really a fish soup fan.
>>
>> Mussels are not obligatory in Bouillabaisse or Italian Cioppino. I've
>> had both without the shellfish. You are really missing out if you don't
>> like fish soups by which I also mean the different varieties of Clam
>> Chowder and soups from Mexico and Thailand. I have to admit that shell
>> fish and crustaceans are "fish" to me.
>>
>>
> I love clam chowder but I've only made it once. (Seems to me I got the
> recipe from gloriap years ago.) I had some wonderful NE style clam
> chowder at The Naked Fish when I was on a business trip in Waltham, MA.
> Good stuff! But that's about the extent of my interest in "fish soup". 
The only place I ever had it was a fish restaurant in Aberdeen. I loved it
but never had any since, neither have I ever been inclined to make any
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