OYSTERS

[low plains drifter 10,273]

16 hours ago, fenman1# said:

I worked on a oyster farm in southern Ireland what c**t of a job waist high in water shaking oyster bags in storms and all sorts.. Hands down one of the hardest jobs I ever done. If the wind blew the bag in the air the crill would cut the face off ya then the salt water would burn the cheeks off ya for the rest of the day

Paradise

[micky 3,325]

We go to Cancale in France once a year the whole place is one vast Oyster Farm a nd the sea front is yust fish Restaurants which are very cheap and Good , the Seafood platters  are around  £60 and Fabulous

[big sid 1,126]

£60 thats a weeks shopping in lidil's

[JDHUNTING 1,817]

2 hours ago, jetro said:

I think lobster is the most over rated shellfish going. Crab meat is way ahead for flavour and texture imo 

Atb j 

I find crab meat to bitty much prefer lobster something to chew

[jetro 5,349]

2 minutes ago, JDHUNTING said:

I find crab meat to bitty much prefer lobster something to chew

The body meat can be a bit strong, compared to the claws.

Atb j 

[mushroom 12,827]

1 hour ago, jetro said:

Anyone eat limptis, barnacles, lovely in a soup, as well as razor clams, tastes like squid.

Atb j 

 

2 hours ago, downsouth said:

Bang on.Crab claws are much better value and taste just as nice if not better.

Absolutely taste better.... but they ain't cheaper than lobster here

 

[jetro 5,349]

2 minutes ago, mushroom said:

 

Absolutely taste better.... but they ain't cheaper than lobster here

 

I think is 30 Euro a kg here, to buy live lobster in the super market, 

Atb j

[mushroom 12,827]

19 minutes ago, jetro said:

I think is 30 Euro a kg here, to buy live lobster in the super market, 

Atb j

Depends where you buy from but it's cheaper than that I think. Crab claws sell for a lot more and Spider crab legs double that

[jetro 5,349]

Just now, mushroom said:

Depends where you buy from but it's cheaper than that I think. Crab claws sell for a lot more and Spider crab legs double that

Spain is our biggest buyer, 

For the time being anyway LOL 

Atb j 

[mushroom 12,827]

Just now, jetro said:

Spain is our biggest buyer, 

For the time being anyway LOL 

Atb j 

I know.... I check the origin tickets (legal requirement when displaying fish and shellfish)

Best oysters I've had here were Atlantic coast Irish Massive meaty fuuckers

[jetro 5,349]

5 minutes ago, mushroom said:

I know.... I check the origin tickets (legal requirement when displaying fish and shellfish)

Best oysters I've had here were Atlantic coast Irish Massive meaty fuuckers

Huge oyster beds just a mile over the road from me, plus scallop beds.

Atb j 

[mushroom 12,827]

9 minutes ago, jetro said:

Huge oyster beds just a mile over the road from me, plus scallop beds.

Atb j 

That's the one thing I struggle to find here. Fresh, still alive and never been frozen scallops

I've looked everywhere here in BCN, all stalls/shops admit they've been previously frozen and they're never in the whole shell, just the split half.

The Mrs has tasked me with finding huge, meaty, fresh scallops for Christmas lunch.... I'm fuucked

Edited December 18, 2020 by mushroom

[WILF 46,561]

Scallops and black pudding is one of my all time favourites ! 
 

Lobsters I used to just give them £15 a pop off the boat readies 

 

[big sid 1,126]

1 hour ago, jetro said:

I think is 30 Euro a kg here, to buy live lobster in the super market, 

Atb j

never seen live lobster in our supermarkets, are we not allowed or am i not looking in the right places

 

[jetro 5,349]

9 minutes ago, big sid said:

never seen live lobster in our supermarkets, are we not allowed or am i not looking in the right places

 

I wouldn't know about  sid 

Over here there in the super value super markets 

Atb j