I love mussels. At one point in my life I became allergic and had sever 48 hour reactions to them. It happened twice and for 20 years I steered well clear. Then one day Hilary had a bowl-full and I hesitantly tried one. I was OK. Next time I tried three. Still fine. Then I had a bowl-full myself. Brilliant! I was cured. Since then I've tried to make up for the twenty missing years.