cockles

[Zigs]

do i need a license to pick cockles for personal use & will it kill me if i eat them this month ? ghost ghost ghost

[Spur-Hound]

Not sure about the licence thingy but was down a set of rocks pooling for my tank on the weekend and seen a couple literaly taking thousands of them bags and bags of the things. Surely not for personal use... anyway must mean there safe

[FearTheHands]

You don't need a license to harvest cockles for personal use.

 

Cockles are safe pretty much all year round.

 

I'm interested to know where you would go to get them ziggy ?

Nearest place I can think of to me (West Bay, West Dorset) is Studland Bay ?

Not tried there yet, but I've heard you can get razor clams there as well ....?

 

What about Charmouth & Lyme ?

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Poole Harbour, bottom of Evening Hill

[Zigs]

seen razor clams being caught at studland on telly, not tried it meself. the kt boundary is exposed down there, thats the end of the cretaceous period, the land was lifted up & eroded before the tertiary rocks were laid on top. if you find it in the cliff ( about eye level as far as i can remember ) you will see a layer of mud about 1 inch thick, this is debris from the asteroid & is deposited worldwide

[Zigs]

Well, have had a good time picking cockles ( & clams ) with FEAR THE HANDS & now mrs becky has steamed them & i have brined them for 24 hours & now have put them in white vinegar.

 

will they keep for a while in the fridge or will it kill me when i eat them ??????????

[blindog]

Eat them and let us Know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kentangler]

They won't kill you, not straight away, but all shellfish filter seawater over a long period. All the chemicals and heavy metals, dioxins etc get stored in the shellfish. Not a healthy meal these days.

 

[ 13. April 2005, 10:49 PM: Message edited by: kentangler ]

[Zigs]

ate one last nite blindog, still alive.

 

picked these ones from a relatively clean place, k.a. surrounded by mainly dairy farming & small industry

[kentangler]

Only one! Must havbe big cockles in your area.

You might be alive, but do you glow in the dark?