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michelle
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:18 am Post subject: |
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No its not Tim, if it was a Monty Python sketch it would be Parrott and cucumber pie.
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Timbo
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Location: Epsom England
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| I was thinking more along the lines of "SPAM". |
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Moorf
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Joined: 06 Mar 2004
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Location: West Sussex, UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:06 am Post subject: |
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How about a new pub chain - the Sea Cucumber and Lettuce?
Or the Sea Slug and Lettuce
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david
I'll Hang Around A Little
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
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Location: yorkshire,England
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:11 am Post subject: shellfish |
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Hi all-
Haven't heard any mention of cockles, muscles and my all time favourite, whelks.  Must be an abundance of these shellfish AND not breeding in sewage like in England.
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Moorf
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Please please let there be scallops 
I LOVE scallops...
Cockles... yummmmmmmmm
Any good crab out there? |
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Timbo
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Location: Epsom England
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:56 am Post subject: |
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LOADS of scallops Moorf. I think the traditional collecting season kicks off in Sept. But, they are gathered at other times. Lovely when deep fried in a light batter. The ones we had were the size of my wife`s palm. Think we got about half a dozen for under £2.
Another thing lots of the locals collected were "Pipis", a small creamy coloured clam. These are widely used as bait, but are good eating too apparently. Just have to be a little sensible about where you get them.
I.E loads of boat traffic in the area is not condusive to nice shellfish |
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Moorf
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The ones we had were the size of my wife`s palm. Think we got about half a dozen for under £2. |
WOW - I bought some at Sainsburys a month or so ago - almost £15 for about 12 little dinky queen scallops from Scotland..!!!
£2 for six monsters YAY   |
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david
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Location: yorkshire,England
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Still no mention of whelks  |
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michelle
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Location: Leeds
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: |
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Dont forget the green lipped muscles, I used to buy them for 99 cents a kilo from New World think they have probably gone up though by now to at least $2 !
David, welcome to this chat which started with the mention of cucumbers but is now a nationwide chain of takeaways / restaurants and now apparently bars, serving presumably CUCUMBERS, Sea slug and lettuce, inspired, pure genius.
Tim, Spam spam spam spam spam spam, cucumbers, spam, spam.
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michelle
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Location: Leeds
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Ok David, I'll mention the Whelks then.
I thought Whelks, had to be served in vinegar and you cannot get sarsons only the white stuff, somebody please correct me, chips don't taste the same without sarsons.
Does anybody remember "super cockle" they used to come into pubs years ago selling cockles, prawns, WHELKS (mentioned them again), some poor bloke in a white coat flogging bits of sea food. Think it was a northern thing.
Anyway how does "super cucumber" sound, just another unexplored retail option.
Back to the work visa application for me. |
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Moorf
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Are we moving into the sex toy trade ?!  Super Cucumber
I remember the cockle men!! Can't have been a northern thing as my pub days spent in Winchester, Hampshire!! I used to scoff loads - not sure what reaction they had with real ale tho  I think thats when I discovered fish sticks!!!
Sorry, can't look a whelk in the face... but hey, they got a mention |
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michelle
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 5:51 am Post subject: |
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Did think that when I wrote it, had visions of the Chippendales, yuk too much baby oil.
Fish sticks ...... barf barf. Think those cockle men did such a trade because we were all too p*****d to think about what we were eating. |
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david
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Location: yorkshire,England
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| I remember the man in the white smock. The company was Kershaws and boy, did we make that seafood crack. A couple of bags each. We all preferred non brewed condiment vinegar. Tastes better than malt. As well as whelks I was quite partial to prawns. Now that is word to whet the appetite. No mention of these yet. |
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michelle
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Kershaws, that it. Kershaws super cockle.
Whats non brewed condiment is it the white stuff? if it is thats all you get in NZ, except for a little chippie near the domain that used to keep a bottle of sarsons under the counter for his English customers.
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Moorf
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm, now there are prawns...  and there are PRAWNS!!! 
Lets hope the critters are monstrous there too along with their scallop friends |
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