Why did they stop selling pickled shellfish in pubs?

[purplepoppy]

Some older people have told me that jars of pickled cockles and mussels were regularly sold in pubs. On some nights people would bring in freshly cooked prawns or periwinkle and whelks.

I've checked online and it seemed to be a common thing up until the 80s at least. Can any of the older gaggers remember this and do you think it should start up again?

[Red-Blaze]

So run some research (like a not funny in partys nerd) and it seems it stop for a few reasons
1. seems like the seller in most cases was not of the pub it self but someone come by and sell them, with pubs today offering food as part of there bussiness someone coming from outside is not something they wish for

2. Hyigen views changed and here its something someone bottle off who knows where that can be an issue for many

3. The biggest reason, poor sales, it was just not been worth the sell of the item for the cost of it over all (this given as a reason from someone that used to sell them in pubs)

Hope that helps

[purplepoppy]

Makes sense

[Red-Blaze]

Thanks for MHO

[Lynnfriend]

Not to fond of pickled things. I do like pickles and the hard boiled eyes in adobo they kinda taste pickled.

[goaded]

I don't think I've seen picked shellfish in a pub. I do remember sharing a pint of winkles with my mother a very long time ago, but I don't think it was in a pub, and they weren't pickled. Winkling them out of their shells with a needle was a fun task.

[purplepoppy]

The screaming when you boiled them traumatised me as a kid. Course it's just air escaping, allegedly.

[goaded]

Fortunately, they were pre-cooked!

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Nowadays people have all kinds of allergies & maybe that is why they don’t sell pickled shellfish in pubs. Maybe they should sell Din Din Fuk Chow instead.

[Chazmatazz269]

Maybe they declined in popularity.
In the US, pubs often had pickled eggs and/or pickled sausages available. It occurred to me as i read your question that i haven’t seen them in years. I have seen them in bars i drank in though. I turned 21 in 1994, so it’s been at least that recent.
I never did try them; just didn’t seem appetizing. Now i wish that i had!
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone! Ell oh ell!

[bean2k21]

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[ProudWoman]

The Divine Followers of True King and Extreme Wanders of the Seven Divines, were instructed by the Modern Socialists of Prophecy at the Cuckvestigational Heavenly Extremists of Celestials Institute to become one with the glowing virtue of universal orgasms. Which unveiled the quantum selling of the new world online shopping, following the abortion of sacrificial shellfish.

[bean2k21]

@ProudWoman Good work, slave.

[exitseven]

I can remember when bars had picked pigs feet. The joke was always if you had pickled pigs feet you should put your shoes back on so nobody notices.

[SnowedIn]

In all seriousness, is it an EU or VAT related reason? Or the cost to procure outweighed the cost to sell?

[dustybiker]

I was there in the 80’s. I don’t remember them. But I was 2-10. Too young.

[MrGSpotHer]

I can tell you why the water was filthy and people ended up with there small intestines on the floor.

[Walrus_au]

What pubgoer would risk being tortured for eating pickled cocks?

[Pete671]

Yes I remember this well, def bring it back!

[Keishio]

Probably people got ill. Don't know if there's a huge demand for it either

[Smoothing]

Because customers were ruining the toilet

[In_Trance]

Probably because they didn't sell

[Charliefretz329]

I love pickled fish…