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Most recipes call for cleaning the mussels and pulling off the “byssus” – beard – before cooking. Since about 90 percent of the world’s mussels are farm-raised, you’ll find them mostly beardless. To ...

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Add the mussels to a large bowl with cold water. Taking one at a time, scrub them well all over with a clean scrubbing brush, strip away any beard and place them in a colander. Repeat the process with ...