Food!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 17 Oct, 2013 10:36 pm

Johnny39 wrote: Leodian wrote: Are periwinkles still collected on the east coast, boiled and eaten by taking them out with a pin? As a child in the early 1950s I recall collecting them at Cayton Bay whenever I was there on a caravan holiday. I also recall the fun putting them in a bucket and then spinning the bucket upside down and if done right the periwinkles did not fall out (centrifugal force, but I knew nothing of that then!). You can certainly buy winkles from the fish stalls along the Foreshore Leo but I couldn't be certain about the safety of collecting and eating your own these days. Cheers Johnny39.Trying to extract the periwinkle was always part of the fun! Cayton Bay was a popular place to collect periwinkles and lots of families did do that. I guess the periwinkles could repopulate fast enough to keep supplies going (at least then).

Hunslet Sue · Post by **Hunslet Sue** » Fri 18 Oct, 2013 9:13 pm

Do 'fish men' still come round the pubs - they used to sell cockles, mussels and shrimps and you would put vinegar and pepper on. My friend like whelks but they looked rubbery.

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 18 Oct, 2013 9:55 pm

Hunslet Sue wrote: Do 'fish men' still come round the pubs - they used to sell cockles, mussels and shrimps and you would put vinegar and pepper on. My friend like whelks but they looked rubbery. I fI remeber correctly, all the "fish men" wroked for the sme outfit and I've been wracking ,y brain to remeber what it was called. All I can recall is that it was a family firm, something begining with "C" of FLeetwood.

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 18 Oct, 2013 9:57 pm

So much for my memory. It was Kershaws!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 9:16 am

Cardiarms wrote: I'm having pigs cheeks tonight, without the teeth though. What were Chitterlings?Bought a sheep's head, asked the butcher to leave the eyes in, it's to see us through the week...I'll get my coat

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 9:18 am

liits wrote: So much for my memory. It was Kershaws! They used to come round the Headingley pubs early 80's. Cold battered fish, seemed nice. There was also the Onion Bhaji man

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 9:18 am

liits wrote: So much for my memory. It was Kershaws! They used to come round the Headingley pubs early 80's. Cold battered fish, seemed nice. There was also the Onion Bhaji man

Hunslet Sue · Post by **Hunslet Sue** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 2:10 pm

I don't remember the Onion Bhaji man only the fish man with his tray - and the Salvation Army shaking their collection tins and trying to sell their magazine.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 3:02 pm

Jogon wrote: liits wrote: So much for my memory. It was Kershaws! They used to come round the Headingley pubs early 80's. Cold battered fish, seemed nice. There was also the Onion Bhaji man Cold battered fish, used to take one home and make a sandwich for supper, great after a few bevvies. We nicknamed the fish-seller the Ockle Cockle Man.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sat 19 Oct, 2013 3:57 pm

Jogon wrote: Cardiarms wrote: I'm having pigs cheeks tonight, without the teeth though. What were Chitterlings?Bought a sheep's head, asked the butcher to leave the eyes in, it's to see us through the week...I'll get my coat The small intestines of pigs - there was also something called weesum (?) which I believe was windpipe.