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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 04 9:11 pm Post subject: Baiting pots
I've just seen RtRC and they were fishing for whelks using baited pots. They used old spider crab bits. The question I have is that if the crab bits are off and the whelks eat them and then we eat them is there any chance of getting food poisoning? I assume not as the whelks eat dead matter, but I was just wondering.

sean
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 04 9:24 pm Post subject:
By the time the stuff has been eaten by the whelk, and the whelk has been boiled for 20 minutes, I reckon you're pretty safe. Most food poisoning is caused by contamination of the food after it's dead, except in the case of filter feeders, which whelks aren't.

sean
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 04 9:33 pm Post subject:
And I just thought, I think you remove the digestive bits before you eat them.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 04 10:09 pm Post subject:
I did think that, as Mr FW did seem to remove bits. I wish they told us a few more useful bits and left our some of the chummyness in the show. What are fresh whelks like, not the ones you get served in a pub on a Friday evening.

ferox

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 6:26 pm Post subject:
Dont get too excited about fresh whelks taste, the word rubber and something too nasty to print come to mind.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 6:56 pm Post subject:
At a local farmers market the fresh whelks sell out very quickly. There must be a good way to cook them so that they are good to eat?

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 8:28 pm Post subject:
I always had mine raw as a kid, served in vinegar or salt water.

pricey

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 05 8:59 pm Post subject:
Remove the stomach tube before you eat and they are yummy. cooked then added to rissoto 5 min's before serving sliced thinly( sorry hungry now have to go).

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