[Misc] Rick Stein

[wuntbedruv]

I as a kid collected bag loads from the Arun mud flats at Shoreham. My dad chucked them away because of river pollution and the sewage from the Houseboats.

 

[LamieRobertson]

My mum used to have plenty of wrinkles.

 

[bhafc99]

Not the sort of thing you see nowadays, is it?

People aren’t so shellfish these days, I guess.

 

[birthofanorange]

By coincidence, I had a cockle sandwich, earlier today. Loved them ever since I was a kid - sprinkling of white pepper and vinegar.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Some vague memory of being in pubs in Brighton in the 80s and some bloke used yo come in and sell some sort of seafood? No other details as I hate shellfish, but not the sort of thing you see nowadays, is it?

Yup, there used to be a guy in the Seventies that would come into the Lord Nelson (and presumably elsewhere also) late in the evening with a tray of seafood. We always called him Wally Winkle

 

[zefarelly]

This is the Plaice for me

When I first met Mrs Zef she had a pad in 7oaks, the Juicer we frequented had a seafood guy who dropped by . . . This was 2002 . . . I don't recall the seafood snakmeister in Shoreham still going at that time . . . .

Probably fashionable to eat now

Having said that landlords/publicans wouldn't let them in these days as it would affect their own sales as 99% of pubs are now restaurants in disguise

 

[BrightonCottager]

Ask him nicely and Andy the Fishmonger at the Open Market can get cockles and winkles. He normally has whelks clams, oysters and mussels in stock. He's a great fishmonger.