Moules Frites

[Händler]

While the new recipe now takes closed mussels, the boiled ones - which thanks to the frites recipe had an upgraded use later in the game - can no longer be used for the recipe which now renders them useless past the very early game.
I'm pretty sure this is unintended, which also makes me guess that the moules frites recipe does not in fact yield pearls, which makes the recipe in general just obsolete now.

[NightMind]

as per Narwhal Study update:

Crafting anything with "River Pearl Mussels" or "Oyster"s will now return any potential pearls found in the mollusks, meaning that it is now safe to cook with them without losing pearls by doing so. On account of this, the "Moules Frites" recipe now takes mussles, quite simply, rather than boiled mussels.

[jorb]

The idea is that anything crafted with oysters or mussels should return any pearls in them. Is the implication for boiled mussels a quality thing where e.g. high q water makes them better, and hence you want them in the recipe?

[Zapt13]

I'm guessing OP has a large amount of boiled mussels from prior to the patch and now wants to convert them to Moules Frites, but the recipe won't take boiled mussels. Make the recipe take either, but only evaluate for pearls if the mussel is raw?

[Hasta]

I'm guessing OP has a large amount of boiled mussels from prior to the patch and now wants to convert them to Moules Frites, but the recipe won't take boiled mussels. Make the recipe take either, but only evaluate for pearls if the mussel is raw?

Quality pop for boiled mussels is kinda nice too, I wouldn't object to OP's sentiment as well even tho I have no pre-boiled mussels. Mid-tier recipes fall into being obsolete so fast *sigh* Gief more sheperd'spie-like stuff!

[Händler]

The idea is that anything crafted with oysters or mussels should return any pearls in them. Is the implication for boiled mussels a quality thing where e.g. high q water makes them better, and hence you want them in the recipe?

It's a practical issue in general, but especially one that emerges along the progression in the game from early to mid-game. Right now I can either boil closed mussels or make moules frites with them.
A new player will first boil the mussels cause he hasn't unlocked Moules Frites other ingredients. Which means people will have boiled mussels laying around before they can make this upgraded food version.
So it will happen that you'll end up with perhaps cupboards full of boiled mussels which no longer serve you any use as food that you could have instead turned into decent food, had you simply not boiled them.
It makes the boiling of mussels a pitfall or at least a decision one has to consider beforehand. However, since players unlock recipes as they move along, they may not necessarily even have the info to make that kind of informed decision.

It lowers the value of boiled mussels as loot and trade good as well.
They aren't a very useful piece of food past the early game, so I liked the upgrade of them via Moules Frites. It also meant that finding a boiled mussel laying around somewhere in some ruin wasn't completely worthless.