irst things first. Get up early, get your sleepy hoop outta bed and get to Howth or Dun Laoghaire harbour and buy your mussels from the men and women that devote their lives to bringing us 'the good stuff'!

Mussels can be as simple or as complex as you want them, I really dig just eating these right out of the pot, no faff, but sometimes I like to go a bit 'Christmas tree' on things... This, good people is one of those times!