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ZephyrInfernum t1_jd921y0 wrote

Reply to comment by fusion260 in Max's on Broad restaurant to close, make way for new concept by cmac6

They probably weren't purging their mussels. In addition to scrubbing the outside of their shell, good restaurants will soak the mussels in clean salted water to get them to open up and move clean water through them.

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fusion260 t1_jd95euh wrote

Right. Sort, soak (purge), de-beard, rinse/scrub, steam.

At the time, I figured that they kept running out of previously filtered mussels by the time I ordered them—thus the extra wait while everyone else got their food—and it was just a constant game of cutting corners. Except it kept happening and I gave up. I can only do so much understanding as a customer.

Now, I figure they were just cutting corners and betting on a calculated risk that only some people would complain about the sandy crunch between their teeth while the rest would be too nice to say anything 🙄 Except I don't pay to have sand in my mouth.

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ZephyrInfernum t1_jd9ewml wrote

You and I would get along.

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Danger-Moose t1_jd9ojx7 wrote

Lol, you'd probably walk into his kitchen and tell him it's filthy and then get asked to leave.

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fusion260 t1_jd9q3ho wrote

I have a cat and they get on the kitchen counters when I'm not in there in search for food! 😼

But I also wipe down my counters with Lysol wipes before cooking and watch him like a hawk when preparing food.

So far, zero reports from friends and family (or me) of foodborne illnesses from my kitchen in all my years 🤞🏻

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Danger-Moose t1_jd9qn58 wrote

I'm calling a health inspector.

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fusion260 t1_jd9si73 wrote

I know where you live and I know how to drop off delicious leftover food that has been kept in the danger zone for a suspicious (but still safe) amount of time!

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ZephyrInfernum t1_jd9y2zn wrote

I can't remember if I said this to you before, but I don't hold a home kitchen to the same standards as a commercial volume kitchen. The commercial kitchen by nature of it's volume has a higher likelihood of foodborne illnesses and so extra precaution must be taken.

At home, just like u/fusion260, my cats get on the counter and it's no big deal after a Lysol/Clorox wipedown. at least we actually wipedown our counters, which is more than I can say for Hobnob.

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