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Less 09-11-2013 22:12
The Trouble With Winkles Is...
 
No, it's also used to get food out of my tooth cavities and to remove the dirt from my fingernails.
;)

dotti34 10-11-2013 01:03
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Now that's a pin worth having - multifunctional.

susie123 10-11-2013 01:44
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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1082737)
Oh, my! This thread has brought back so many happy childhood memories for me (and for him indoors). Winkles - AND potted shrimps (sorry, Susie). Eaten at Blackpool and Fleetwood, many, many years ago. All part of a day trip there.
I do enjoy all seafood EXCEPT for oysters (doesn't matter how they're served, don't like them). Used to enjoy crayfish until they got so bl**** expensive that it's a luxury the ordinary person can't afford.
My grandad stood the fish market in Accy all his working life and when he visited Fleetwood on business he would bring back crayfish as a treat. All the rest we could get on Accy market... was it Molly's seafood stall?

I'm not keen on oysters but I will eat them - specially as I had them in the market hall in Baltimore, USA... washed down with a pint of Guinness. And oyster stew is just about bearable...

Less 10-11-2013 01:50
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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1082763)
Now that's a pin worth having - multifunctional.
It's a Swiss Navy pin.
:)

susie123 10-11-2013 01:56
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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1082741)
h removing their heads and overcoats (love that description, Margaret) whether raw or cooked (my 6-year-old granddaughter always insists that we leave the tails on hers!) - it's worth it to get to the meat inside.
The tails are the best bit... crunchy, juicy and meaty all at the same time. She's obviously a connoisseur - and I'm salivating...

And I was wondering the same thing about today's children and treats - would they even know what winkles and whelks etc are?

Oh well toasted bagel for breakfast tomorrow with cream cheese and sea monsters (anchovies) or perhaps grilled kippers...

dotti34 10-11-2013 05:36
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Less, is that anything like a Swiss Army Knife?

dotti34 10-11-2013 05:49
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Susie, crayfish over here is about $90 a kilo now (about £53) - and, when you think of all the shell you're buying as well, the edible part really is a luxury. If I could afford it I still wouldn't buy it on principle.

Mick 10-11-2013 06:58
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surprising as it seams periwinkles are very hard to find these days on fish stalls
Blackburn don't sell them Accy don't sell them or Burnley the only place I can get them is when I go over to Preston they are £1:20 for 100g and don't forget most of that is shell so they are starting to get expensive too.
but like less I love them too:D

The wife came home from asda once with a big smile on her face and said "I have found them things you like"
she gave me a package of periwinkles shrink-wrapped in plastic film.
I opened the plastic put the periwinkles on a plate and went to find a pin when I got back the periwinkles where all over the plate and worktop they where still alive and not cooked I had to boil them myself:D:D

davemac 10-11-2013 07:42
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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 1082773)
surprising as it seams periwinkles are very hard to find these days on fish stalls
Blackburn don't sell them Accy don't sell them or Burnley the only place I can get them is when I go over to Preston they are £1:20 for 100g and don't forget most of that is shell so they are starting to get expensive too.
but like less I love them too:D

The wife came home from asda once with a big smile on her face and said "I have found them things you like"
she gave me a package of periwinkles shrink-wrapped in plastic film.
I opened the plastic put the periwinkles on a plate and went to find a pin when I got back the periwinkles where all over the plate and worktop they where still alive and not cooked I had to boil them myself:D:D
Sounds like something out of an Alien film, how fast do they move?

Margaret Pilkington 10-11-2013 09:17
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Oh dear! The problem with Winkles is lots of shell, lots of work, hard to get at little critters and not much meat.(in a fishy sort of way)

Can I have the vegetarian version please? What's that? A pomegranate!

Less 10-11-2013 09:22
The Trouble With Winkles Is...
 
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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1082770)
Less, is that anything like a Swiss Army Knife?
Not at all, the Swiss Army Knife isn't waterproof.

However the Swiss Navy Pin is designed to float and always point north when immersed in salt water. Though in common with the army knife, the navy pin does have a device for removing stones from a sea horses hoof.

Margaret Pilkington 10-11-2013 10:06
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Less, you are truly 'batty' but in the funniest sort of way.

I still can't get the mental picture of those winkles that Anne bought for Mick, making a bid for freedom.

Less 10-11-2013 10:17
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1082791)
Less, you are truly 'batty' but in the funniest sort of way.
I have never denied it Margaret, :) though I must admit to feeling relieved that you know who hasn't shown his ugly face to ruin a bit of innocent banter between friends.
I'll treat this as my holiday, no doubt like a winkle that slug will return to leave his slime over the site.
;)

Margaret Pilkington 10-11-2013 10:37
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Well Less, you know what they say? It takes one, to know one.
I admit to being a bit batty too, but I like to call it eccentric...it sounds, somehow a bit more acceptable.
As for slugs...I have some pellets in the garage...only harmful to slugs, safe around animals and children...though I have to admit I haven't fed them to the tinlids to test out this claim.

Less 10-11-2013 10:43
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1082795)
Well Less, you know what they say? It takes one, to know one.
I admit to being a bit batty too, but I like to call it eccentric...it sounds, somehow a bit more acceptable.
I'm afraid we don't qualify as eccentric, we aren't aristocratic nor did we have silver spoons in our mouths when born (mine would be in a pawn shop by now if I had been).
So we will have to settle for what we can afford, which is not a full shilling!
:)


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