aghhh
schoolboy error. You should decant the sauce/stew into smaller pan then add the mussels for a minute until they open. That way you get to keep the sauce.
neer mind, I'm sure it was lovely. I'd have chanced freezing it as soon as it was cooled.
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Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Wed 22 Oct 2008, 18:52,
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