What is the proportion of edible meat in whole live mussels?
The price of one kilo of mussels (blue mussels) here in my town is around 60–70 SEK (9–11 USD). I think that makes a large enough portion for two people, but when checking if all of them are alive and when cleaning them, the price runs higher. I'm interested in what the price per kilo of the edible part (the muscle) of the mussels are. In one mussel, how much by weight is shell and how much is muscle?
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The Tourism PEI site says that one pound of mussels is 20-25 mussels, about one cup of meat, and that you can serve one person that for a main meal or two people for an appetizer.
The Food and Agriculure Organization of the United Nations says:
One bushel of whole mussels should yield from 6 to 9 pounds of cooked meats. Percentage yield by weight may range from about 8 per cent to as high as 20 per cent of the whole mussels.
Finally, this is 500g of mussels (my lunch in Brussels on a hot day - my companion has the same):
And this is how I can remember it was 500g:
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Shells = 428g, approx 47%, incl uncooked discard of 2 dodgy ones & one 1/2 shell. Flesh & broth approx 53%. Sipped off most of the broth, moistened flesh approx 180g, so about 20%.What percentage of a mussel is meat?
The average steamed meat yield of the mussels for the year was 19.4 percent for the cultivated mussels and 13.5 percent for the natural stock.How much meat do you get from 1 kg of mussels?
Size: 1kg packet - will yield about 300 grams of meat. Preparation: Black Mussels should be cooked before consumption. Other Names: Blue mussel, common mussel, mussel.What parts of mussels are edible?
Mussels, which are filter feeders, have hard outer shells. Other mollusks include clams, oysters, and scallops. The only edible part of a mussel is the mussel meat inside its shell\u2014the shell is inedible, and any foreign particles it contains are not for consumption.How much is a portion of mussels?
An average serving of mussels is about one pound per person. Keep in mind, that weight includes the shell.Seafood expert Rick Stein: how to clean and prepare mussels for cooking
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It depends on where you live, and what type of mussel you are eating
The blue mussel popular in Europe and North Pacific typically has an uncooked meat ratio of 25% to total weight, and 20% when cooked
The New Zealand Greenshell mussel (available flash frozen in Europe) typically has an uncooked meat ratio 55%, and 50% when cooked
Around US$2 per Kg. These will vary by season and supplier of course
Answer 3
I can't tell you about price since I was given a kilogram of blue Scottish mussels but I can tell you about the meat % of total. I had guessed it would be about 20% but I was wrong. I weighed the shells next day using the local supermarket's digital scales & the result was only 428g so the meat was a massive 572g ~ 57% meat. I recommend them.
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Toronto, Canada: 2#/908g PEI rope-grown blue mussels (per tag, packed 25 Sept, best by 9 Oct), Ca$4.49 which has been the local "on sale" price for about the last year. Cooked today. Shells = 428g, approx 47%, incl uncooked discard of 2 dodgy ones & one 1/2 shell. Flesh & broth approx 53%. Sipped off most of the broth, moistened flesh approx 180g, so about 20%.
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