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Originally Posted by susie123
Often used to be our Saturday tea, sitting round the table picking winkles, shelling prawns, digging the meat out of crab claws or those fiddly little legs...
Cockles mussels and whelks didn't figure at home but I still love them, especially from a market stall on a little plate with pepper and vinegar.
Calamari I'd never heard of till I went to Greece in 1970 and it was a lot later before they hit the UK.
You'd think as an island nation we'd have a lot more to do with shellfish. Can't understand it. Think all we produce gets exported. Shame!!
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I eat a lot of fish myself -but the Brits as a Nation don't. Monkfish used to get thrown away by fishermen in the past as it was ugly and thought inedible or just good for bait.
It's what used to get used to make "Scampi" in a basket back in the 70's when pub luches were either that or chicken in a basket....I remember the next "exotic" thing being a steak tea-cake which was called a "Steak Canadian" -wonder what Erc would make of that!!
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The Ribble Valley Food Trail
Ribble Valley Inns
