I have never tried cockles and never will. 
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Havenāt you taken the kids down to the beach and wiggled your feet in the edge of the waves to find Pipiās in the sand? They are delicious, you donāt know what you are missing.
No kids, Not going to find out what I am missing.
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Im a vegetarian!
Your plate of food would be my worse nightmare 
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OMG, you havenāt lived! The seafood stalls outside the pubs in London used to be amazing
And in the 60ās holidaying near Southend, there was a huge cockle farm in Canvey Island. Cockles, vinegar and brown bread 
Jellied eels anyone? 
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The Thames used to be teeming with eels, it was almost impossible not to catch them using the right bait, especially after dark. I think theyāre a protected species now. Thereās been a drastic decline in the eel population.
Smoked eel is delicious by the way!
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No, no, no. Just no.
Growing up in Tasmania I consumed copious amounts of seafood in my teenage years.
Crayfish, crabs, flounder. The best seafood we ever had was Abalone, most delicious seafood ever.
I never caught them but my friends would go in the water at Trial Harbour on the West Coast, (we had a shack there) catch a feed of Abalone, we would smash them, (tenderising) till super thin, 30 seconds either side on the fire heated hotplate, straight into the gob.
No fancy sauces etc. Good times back in the 70s.
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Braddon River which flows into MacQuarie Harbour, on the West Coast was full of eels as well. Seemed like hundreds of thousands of them. Leave traps overnight, huge haul.
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Iāve just had a quick Googleā¦it would seem that eels are also a protected species in many parts of Australia.
Times have changed!
Including Tasmania. 50 years ago they were so abundant, not so now it seems.
Iām not a vegetarian, but that plate of food would also be my worst nightmare Rippleā¦
Good God man! Thatās horrific!
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Iāve been trying to get a permit to trap signal crayfish, they are an invasive species in our waters, a real pest.
The Environment Agency arenāt processing applications at present, in all fairness they have more important issues to deal with.
If I go ahead and take it upon myself to trap without a permit I face the prospect of a two thousand pound fine!
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Then you will need to restrain your urge to trap one of those monsters, yeah?
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Since I donāt have a monster bank accountā¦ yes 
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That would be an expensive meal Chilliā¦
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Quiteā¦ Iāll stick with scampi Mr Fox!
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Omg is it belly pork 
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Looks more like some kind of gory explosion rather than a meal 
But it might well have been very tastyā¦ If I was feeling really peckish I think Iād be tempted.
Thereās nothing wrong with down to earth honest fare!
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It is on the grease proof paper it was wrapped in by the stall. (saves on washing up)
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Canāt argue with that.
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