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Happy Goolwa Cockle Day!
The evening before Australia Day we drove along Goolwa Beach with a vague promise of catching some cockles (identical to Melbourne pipis).
We stopped about two kms from the main entrance to the beach and headed out into the water. Sure enough, you twist your feet into the water and hey presto! Hundreds, maybe thousands, no, maybe tens of thousands of cockles just waiting to be collected!
The water is rough out here but the cockles are aplenty!Overnight we purged our catch to remove any unwanted sand or grit, and on Australia Day we supped (gorged) on our glorious catch. Here are the recipes......
Recipe #1
Cockle Penne
Recipe #2
Cockle Vol Au Vents
Recipe #3
Cockle Crepes
(by now the wine and the sangrias have gone down a treat...)Recipe #4
Cockle Fritters
Happy Australia Day!!!
Oh, and to finish the day, our neighbour whose children have a yabby net in the nearby lagoon, asked us if we could please eat their giant yabby, as they have already eaten so many and couldn't bear another....Umm... sure, we'll take it off your hands.......
What fabulous recipes and the food looks superb! and that giant yabby looks enormous, even as big as a lobster......great camera work!
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