Mo1959
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Afraid I’m not very adventurous with fish and stick to haddock or cod usually. Scampi is about as brave as I get.
The Retirement Thread
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Juan Kog
permanently grumpy
welsh dragon found Mr WD doing some secret surfing or he forgot to clear his history. He’s probably been banished to the Ty BachI want to know how you know that exists!
BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
Afraid I’m not very adventurous with fish and stick to haddock or cod usually. Scampi is about as brave as I get.
I am the same. Twice when working overseas, I took a punt. Once in Spain, In a restaurant we frequented in La Linea, that was a success, but, I cannot remember the name of the fish, to repeat the experience. The other time was in Mexico, when I risked ordering, what I subsequently discovered was Red Snapper. It was very nice to eat, but, it was served whole, ie head, tail the lot. Didn’t enjoy eating it, while one eye watched me.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I think it needs to be a bit bigger than that. Then again....
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
welsh dragon found Mr WD doing some secret surfing or he forgot to clear his history. He’s probably been banished to the Ty Bach
little house? His shed.
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
I was on holiday once and ordered baked stuffed sardines but they came with head and tail still on too. I couldn’t eat it.I am the same. Twice when working overseas, I took a punt. Once in Spain, In a restaurant we frequented in La Linea, that was a success, but, I cannot remember the name of the fish, to repeat the experience. The other time was in Mexico, when I risked ordering, what I subsequently discovered was Red Snapper. It was very nice to eat, but, it was served whole, ie head, tail the lot. Didn’t enjoy eating it, while one eye watched me.
PaulSB
Squire
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- Chorley, Lancashire
This is going to test my knowledge so I may get it wrong. At one time India was a huge supplier of textiles to the world. East India Company etc. When the Lancashire cotton industry began to develop there was pressure to prevent Indian imports, eventually this lead to Indian textiles and cloth carrying import duties of +/-90% by the 1800s which resulted in the collapse of the Indian industry. Lancashire began to export cotton products all over the world with +/- 50% going to India!! During the struggle for Independence Gandhi called for a boycott of British cotton goods encouraging people only to wear homespun cloth. The effect decimated the east Lancashire textile industry which is why Gandhi was invited to Darwen (about 6 miles from here) to see at first hand the poverty the boycott created.
I'm sure there will be others who know much more than me. I'm guessing American cotton was purchased because of price, trade connections with the UK etc.
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That should help you sleep........not sure when you would wake again though.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Interesting Colin, that's new for me. Thanks
You can't beat a nice jelly fish on toast.Afraid I’m not very adventurous with fish and stick to haddock or cod usually. Scampi is about as brave as I get.
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
You want to try swimming into a red jellyfish by accident. The tentacles stretch for a long way and are nearly invisible. Getting them on any exposed skin is worse than being stung by nettles and the pain lasts longer.
In early summer when out fishing we would sometimes motor through so many ordinary ones they could choke the motor by blocking the cooling water intake. Keep going as fast as possible and you leave a wake of jellyfish soup. Never tried it for taste tho'.
We holidayed in Portugal 2 years ago and had planned to have sardines.
To my (limited) knowledge that is how they are served.
Very very tasty but what a pain.....each one must have a thousand bones.
You have to pull the flesh off with your fingers to avoid the bones.
We would do it again but just one portion between us.
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
When my younger son was a fish farmer they would sometimes net fry [very small fish about a 2 or 3 inches long] off the edge of the cages. Deep fried they were very tasty eaten whole.
I haven't had Sprats for years. Used to love 'em as a kid.
Flick of the Elbow
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Thanks to Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey’s Inside the Factory program on socks, I recently learned that Australia is one of the top cotton producing countries in the world.
And Greece
