tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3214977364840488933..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Palourdes, clams, ou coquesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12455238361844124962016-11-27T19:54:05.735+01:002016-11-27T19:54:05.735+01:00Je crois que c'est quelque chose qu'on fai...Je crois que c'est quelque chose qu'on faisait en Caroline du Nord, où on mangeait beaucoup de clams et où la côte c'est purement du sable. Pauvre coques... clams... palourdes... Les coques qu'on a mangées hier n'étaient pas sableuses du tout.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13200237721191776792016-11-27T15:03:16.265+01:002016-11-27T15:03:16.265+01:00Je ne savais pas qu'on pouvait ajouter de la s...Je ne savais pas qu'on pouvait ajouter de la semoule de blé pour les faire rendre leur sable... Ou as-tu trouvé ce truc 😉??? Un peu comme la dernière clope pour une coque...damnée ☺ !!!Mary07https://www.blogger.com/profile/10730039957792562654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36114469300505621702016-11-27T12:01:10.888+01:002016-11-27T12:01:10.888+01:00I throw the shells out behind the back gate, on th...I throw the shells out behind the back gate, on the tractor path. I gets muddy when the weather's rainy, and the oyster and clam shells help stabilize it.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56143072749130472172016-11-27T12:00:04.019+01:002016-11-27T12:00:04.019+01:00We did.We did.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75946955341543731752016-11-27T11:59:43.078+01:002016-11-27T11:59:43.078+01:00I know, the labeling is very informative here.I know, the labeling is very informative here.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72078649305157563142016-11-27T11:59:19.568+01:002016-11-27T11:59:19.568+01:00Nowhere in France is very far from the sea. But yo...Nowhere in France is very far from the sea. But you could say the same thing about Maine.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73865721644964646232016-11-27T11:58:35.630+01:002016-11-27T11:58:35.630+01:00I've never really understood that term. Aren&#...I've never really understood that term. Aren't they just small clams?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89403676671440465212016-11-27T11:57:48.163+01:002016-11-27T11:57:48.163+01:00Sorry to hear about the oysters. Why in the world ...Sorry to hear about the oysters. Why in the world would one want to wash them? Often they say you don't need to worry about the water in the shell when you open them, because if you leave the oyster on the half-shell it will produce a "second water" that will be delicious. Stick with the mussels, I'd say. Was this the restaurant in Reston VA?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34025823173108145092016-11-27T04:47:52.682+01:002016-11-27T04:47:52.682+01:00Are the used shells good for anything, such as bei...Are the used shells good for anything, such as being mashed up and used in the garden or on a walkway? Just thinking in terms of recycling, from habit.<br />Agree with Diogenes about the usefulness of complete labeling. The stuff in the US is pretty useless.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45636002699241462752016-11-26T17:57:32.168+01:002016-11-26T17:57:32.168+01:00I love the way products in France are labeled; spe...I love the way products in France are labeled; specifically what they are, precisely where they are from and how they were made/caught. We have nothing like this in the states.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74368721548318283532016-11-26T16:20:11.323+01:002016-11-26T16:20:11.323+01:00Hope you two enjoyed them thoroughly :)Hope you two enjoyed them thoroughly :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28002950976888471312016-11-26T15:31:17.967+01:002016-11-26T15:31:17.967+01:00In our travels in France I've always been impr...In our travels in France I've always been impressed with the seafood distribution away from the coast. We'd go to a market well inland and there would be fish vendors with beautiful offerings. One time we stayed in Sete, and took a walk at the end of the day past the wholesale fish market. There were trucks loading up and from the addresses on the trucks you could see that they were heading all over that part of France.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86130253778733591872016-11-26T14:38:44.163+01:002016-11-26T14:38:44.163+01:00Oh in NYC, they called them Little Neck Clams :)Oh in NYC, they called them Little Neck Clams :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-669283263696140742016-11-26T14:38:44.004+01:002016-11-26T14:38:44.004+01:00Last night, my French neighbor invited me again at...Last night, my French neighbor invited me again at "Mon Ami Gabi" for an oyster dinner this time. I ordered six of them. When they came, they looked very appetizing. When I took the first one out of the shell… sacrilege, they had been washed and were absolutely tasteless! I should have known better and oedered the <i>moules marinières</i> we had a few days before and which wee absolutely delicious. <i>À bon entendeur, salut.</i>chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68104494627268846612016-11-26T14:37:33.831+01:002016-11-26T14:37:33.831+01:00I have never heard of "Manila" clams ! A...I have never heard of "Manila" clams ! Although I had to stop eating shellfish a few years ago. One night we had dinner in NYC Chinatown and that night I had this light rash all over my body. When it did not go away, I saw my doctor. Who admired the evenness of my bright red spots and told me to Never Ever eat shellfish again. In his words .. today you got a rash, next time you might just stop breathing.<br />I do miss the Italian style stuffed clams and my husbands pasta with white clam sauce.<br />Enjoy some for me :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48285961578399391642016-11-26T11:14:14.548+01:002016-11-26T11:14:14.548+01:00Here's a Wiki article about carpet clams.Here's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooved_carpet_shell" rel="nofollow">Wiki article about carpet clams</a>.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44482931914261667432016-11-26T11:09:37.208+01:002016-11-26T11:09:37.208+01:00I don't know that term but the carpet clam ima...I don't know that term but the carpet clam images I see <a href="https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-raw-carpet-clam-full-frame-fresh-surf-scientific-name-paphia-undulata-image34005064" rel="nofollow">here (<i>Paphia undulata</i>)</a> don't look at all like the Manila clams we had. For our lunch, I got cockles at the market this morning.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40691434941163315312016-11-26T10:07:01.790+01:002016-11-26T10:07:01.790+01:00I heard Rick Stein last night on the telly refer t...I heard Rick Stein last night on the telly refer to palourdes in Spain as carpet clams.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com