- On Wednesday, Dominique Ansel posted a video on Instagram of himself eating mussels using the empty shell of another mussel.
- Ansel said that this mussel-eating method is "so much more efficient than a fork."
- Many people in the comments called Ansel's technique "brilliant" and "effing genius."
- However, other people in the comments pointed out that this is how most French people eat mussels.
On Wednesday, Dominique Ansel revealed to the public that he is not only the creative mind behind some of the most Instagram-worthy desserts, but also a genius when it comes to eating mussels.
In a video that he posted on Instagram, Ansel can be seen eating mussels. However, instead of using a fork to remove the mussels from their shells, he simply uses another mussel's shell.
"For as long as I remember, I've used an empty shell as pinchers to take out the mussels," he wrote in the caption. "So much more efficient than a fork."
Many people on Instagram were shocked upon witnessing Ansel's mussel-eating technique. "Mind blown," one Instagram user said. Others called it "brilliant," "revolutionary," and "effing genius."
"Oh my god I've been doing things so wrong my whole life!!!" a user realized.
One particularly shrewd observer pointed out a problem. "How do you eat the first one tho," the user commented.
However, it seems that Ansel's novel and mind-blowing mussel-eating technique might actually be a fairly commonplace practice in France.
"Everybody is doing it in France," one Instagram user commented.
And many other people also pointed out that this was "the French method" and that it is "so obvious for French people."
It seems like this is actually how most French people eat their mussels. According to a post on the lifestyle blog Cedar and Rush, the French normally eat mussels by using an empty shell as a utensil.
The blogger explained that French people eat their mussels by removing the meat from the first mussel with a fork, and then using the empty shell as a "pair of tongs" to pull the meat from another mussel. In fact, the blogger pointed out that "it's even considered poor manners to use a fork" when eating mussels in France.
Even though Ansel's technique is not necessarily new, it's still an incredibly simple and straightforward way to eat mussels. And, as Ansel pointed out in the caption, the best part about it is that you have "one less utensil to wash" at the end of your meal.
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