1 Can you eat the whole mussels

You can eat them if they are clean.

Mussels often live in the intertidal zone to the shallow seabed, is a kind of growth in the sea environment is relatively clean shellfish, generally speaking, mussels within the meat, viscera, etc. are edible, but because it is a filter-feeding organisms, can be ingested from the seawater particles and colloidal organic matter, but also from the seawater to directly absorb the organic matter, if it is in the sea environment is not too good, it is recommended that the water for a period of time, filter out the dirty viscera, and remove the mussels from the water. If the sea environment is not very good, it is recommended to filter out the viscera after a period of aquaculture, and clean the mussels and cook them well before consumption.

2 mussels inside how a handful of black hair

Because mussels belong to the shellfish, shellfish in general need to rely on this handful of fluff to filter a variety of microorganisms are adsorbed on it in order to eat, in the water when this handful of fluff should be white, but after salvage, the fluff on the microorganisms such as bacteria will be oxidized to become black, so that people look at the feeling of unclean, it is recommended to soak the mussels in salt water, filtering out the viscera, and then cook them. It is recommended to soak the mussels in salt water first, filter out the visceral spoils, and then use a brush to scrub the shell of the mussels as well to ensure the safety of consumption.

3 mussels poisonous

Not poisonous per se.

But in the spring, summer and early fall seasons, the eutrophication of the water body will lead to more red tide, and red tide microalgae with strong toxicity, shellfish with strong toxicity resistance, some of the poisoned is still alive, easy to be ignored, such as consumption of ingested red tide organisms infected with toxins after the mussels, which may lead to the human body to ingest red tide toxins, and further headache, nausea, muscle paralysis of the limbs, skin rashes, fever, even Respiratory arrest and other symptoms of poisoning.

Recommendations

During the red tide period, do not consume shellfish, usually the best seawater, salt water will be shellfish temporarily, the toxin will be slightly discharged, should be purchased from the large supermarkets, regular farmers (seafood) market and other places to ensure that the selection of vitality, no odor shellfish to eat.

4 mussels have parasites

Cooked and eat without worrying about parasites.

The risk of parasites in seafood and river food has always existed, but as long as attention is paid to the consumption of shellfish and other seafood and river food cooked thoroughly, parasites will not have the opportunity to take advantage of, in addition to the Internet legend mussels every one inside a white translucent stripe, which is parasitic.

But in fact this is a shellfish digestive organs - crystal rod, and crystal rod is a mollusk digestive tube in the translucent gelatinous rods, is a unique shellfish secretion of digestive juices organ, its role is to secrete digestive enzymes, to help digestion, conch, razor clams, oysters and other shellfish within the crystalline rod is non-toxic and edible! Normal tissue, at the same time, the crystal rod can not only secrete digestive juices, but also become the shellfish's own food, when the shellfish lacks food, the crystal rod will be filled with food and digested out of sight; when there is an abundance of food, the crystal rod will reappear again, in addition, the crystal rod of some shellfish will dissolve itself, for example, after oysters are harvested, the crystal rod will disappear, and that is the reason why people won't eat this elongated object in oysters, and like the The mussels such as mussels, the crystal rod is more hard, not easy to dissolve, there will be a rumor that "only have" the situation.