Would you eat my cockle and egg lunch?

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here's the recipe.
1. Go for a beach walk and find cockles.
2. Clean over night in fresh saltwater until they spit out all the sand.
3. Meanwhile make oatcakes. Add water to oatflour to make a dough and roll very thin, cook on a bakestone.
4 boil the cockles a few minutes and discard shells. Note how that bucket full is now just a soup bowls worth.
5. Make scrambled eggs and toss in some cockles.
6. Arrange artistically upon the oatcake.
7. Slap anyone who calls it a prehistoric cockle taco.
8. Realise half way through eating you should have put two oatcakes on the plate, fetch another.
9. Have an epiphany one oatcake=2 bowls of porridge and you've just eaten more than Goldilocks.

OneViewpoint · Accepted Answer

I'll take the cockles minus the eggs and oatcakes and make a nice chowder.

Are cockles that easy to come by over there? Here in New England you need a license to dig clams and the clam beds are heavily regulated and policed to prevent over harvesting.

The more plentiful option here is mussels as they are farmed up the New England coast to the Canadian Maritime provinces. Really cheap and no sand to worry about. Nice and meaty too.

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

Do they all spit. Don't they make the kind that swallow  Not sure going to have to think out this one   How long does it take them to spit. I mean im hungry now

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

I would give it a try even thought it's more exotic than Thai food

James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

I would absolutely eat that cockle and egg lunch 😄

It sounds like something a hungry coastal shepherd might have eaten centuries ago, yet still fits modern “foraged foodie” vibes. The oatcake as a crunchy, toasty base with creamy scrambled eggs and briny cockles feels brilliant. I love the “prehistoric cockle taco” energy, and the Goldilocks revelation made me smile. I’d add a squeeze of lemon and be in heaven 🐚🍳

nolabels · Answer

I'd love to partake in a modern-day cockle taco. I don't believe that a prehistoric sampling would be very palatable. It sounds like and looks like it's an awesome dish! Cheers!

AviatorTom · Answer

I'll fetch the cockles and you can do the cooking. Believe me, you don't want to eat anything I cook. Then, I'd be happy to have cockles and egg for lunch.

exitseven · Answer

I imagine that a cockle is some form of mollusk so that should be good, and scrambled eggs are good and so is oatmeal. Sounds like a winner to me. Lots of protein.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I will hafta try a cockle before i commit to a cockle dish, but your recipe is astounding. You should definitely write a cookbook.

Amy10223 · Answer

I've never had seafood with eggs. Hmmm... but you just started a cooking recipe lesson here. Shall we continue this with people bringing in interesting recipes? And what's an oatcake?

Bricealan · Answer

@purplepoppy I would and could eat your cockle and egg lunch any day of the week, month, year!! Looks and sounds delicious. 😁😁😁😁

NathanDavis · Answer

if you're going to make a taco... I'm willing to try it

MrChinaski · Answer

You bring the eggs, @purplepoppy , I'll bring the cockles.

douride2 · Answer

If cockle are anything like clams or oysters I think I will pass.

dougeats · Answer

Ill eat the shortened version of choice #2 for you lol

LadyBecks · Answer

I've never had cockles but I would give it a go.

queenofcardio · Answer

Nah, I'll pass

Iron_Man · Answer

Yes I will eat your cookies

Paige2006 · Answer

I don't think so

Xawyx-2 · Answer

Nope, I'm a vegetarian.

Jeff51 · Answer

Maybe without egg

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

Don't eat eggs.

Sammy098 · Answer

Pass

eagle1951 · Answer

Pass

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