Coastal Foraging - Mussel, Clam and Crab - Clean and Delicious Cookup Autumn 2021 

Hi The Fish Locker. This looks delicious 😍😋😋. Watch how I did the quote of Oliver Twist. Please sir, may I have some more 🤣😂

Where aboots are you from the NE mate?

Why shouldn't you pick all the muscles in one cluster? You never explained why we shouldn't do that.

@@samsammsammm1547 it’s simply a sustainability thing it helps them keep producing

Where is Spar go's Kitchen John, Ive tried finding it on the web.. But no luck

Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it ♥️

Just curious... How many years have you been doing this? You are extremely knowledgeable on so much.

@@lukasleibrecht7054 lol 😂🤣😂 I get the pun

Yes!

It makes my tummy rumble and wish it was there for sure 👍

I enjoy the clack and rattle of them banging together in the pan. 😊

You are not alone 🤗

Rachel your not the only one. I love the sound as well. It’s so comforting and home cooking feel🙂

Thank you Barbara. I am glad you enjoyed joining us 😌😌

@@TheFishLocker Mmmm looks so good. We don’t have much here in NZ sadly lol 😂

I am so glad that you are enjoying joining us on our shoreline adventures. We love them. 😊💙

Thank you very much. I am glad that you like them. 😊

Concur. I'm learning so much about the Cornish coast watching John's foraging videos and I'm really having to lean on the family to redirect our next trip to that area when the COVID grip finally eases. Stay safe and healthy John.

As always Bryan, it is our pleasure. 😊

I am so sorry to hear of your losses. I am glad we can provide some relief. Take care and stay safe 👍🏻

Absolutely 👌🏻

Thank you and have a wondeful day. 😊

Thankyou!! And I do all the dishes

It is our pleasure. I want our content to be appropriate for all the family. 😊

You are my type of guy. 😉👍🏻

I hope the videos are helpful to you Toby. Best wishes and welcome to the channel. 👍🏻🎣

I doubt it. It’s not like the Italians to get upset about something is it. 😊

@@TheFishLocker Italians inflamed by passion about food, no, you’re right - an unlikely scenario

You’re welcome. We love sharing what we do with you all 👍🏻👍🏻

You summed up perfectly... This is some wonderful content

Thank you very much and welcome. It is our pleasure to share our adventures and cook ups with you. Take care and have a wondeful day. 😊

Thank you, I’ll keep on cooking and sharing, I promise!!

@@jamesspargo7821 We need a "Spargo's Kitchen" in the US!!!! Please keep sharing!

@@TheFishLocker You too! And again, thank you.

Haha. 🍽

The perfect solution to Monday blues!

I am glad that you are enjoying sharing your time with us. 😊💙

Thank you very much Cindy. 😊💙

We used to collect sacks of winkles when we were kids. 😊👍🏻

Glad you could join us Naomi 😊

It doesn’t happen every time but I do still find things that I don’t know. Every day is a school day. 😊👍🏻

@@TheFishLocker I am also impressed with your knowledge.

We are simply sharing what we love doing. 😊💙

It’s even better than that, Jim is my father in law. 😊💙

We are simply sharing a little of what we love in the hope that it helps. 😊💙

I am glad that you enjoy joining us. 😊👍🏻

I’m glad you enjoyed joining us. 😊

Glad you could join us Mike. 👍🏻

So glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching 👍🏻

Jim is great isn’t he. 😊

We love the ocean, I am glad that you are enjoying our videos. Have a wonderful day. 😊

All it takes is a little knowledge and an understanding of the natural world. 😊💙

Jim is simply wonderful isn't he. 😊

Thank you very much. That is very high praise. I have learned a lot from Jim simply by making these videos. 😊🐟

Jim is just wonderful isn’t he. 💙

@@TheFishLocker Why shouldn't you pick all the muscles in one cluster? You never explained why we shouldn't do that.

@@samsammsammm1547 Good question. Perhaps my experience as a commercial lobsterman and an operator of an urchin diving boat can lend some insight. As many creatures are, mussels are an intertidal niche colonizing species and they are competing with other colonizing species including fauna. I don't believe it was was a coincidence mussels did not live in any significant way, where John pointed out limpets, who extract water column nutrients at that location as mussels would. I suspect there are perhaps unknown mechanisms of species "boundary making" and probable proximal fertility at work. we don't understand or are not well informed about this. but the 'rules of thumb' of historically sustainable systems work... Below the threshold of over exploitation, a self sustaining colony of an undesirable or 'invasive' species or can "take hold"... (why I have some disagreement on the wholesale releasing of conger eels who compete with lingcod for this reason...) In my experience, our lobsters are doing fine because basic 'best practices' over the long term, that ensure their continuation; in their environ. This did not happen here with our 'green urchins' where the resource was, in wholesale, extirpated from their niches. and can not regain a "foothold" because of occupying species' defenses and competitiveness, despite our projects of "repopulation".

@@hubrisnaut - That is a very eloquent answer. Thank you. Such examples of different species filling the void are visible in the Murray Forth in Scotland. Herring overfished and Sprats replaced the void.

@@hubrisnaut thanks so much for our comprehensive and insightful explanation!

Glad you have enjoyed the video John. 😊

Thank you. 😊

Thank you and welcome to our channel. I am glad that you share our passion for sustainable foraging and I am pleased that the videos can bring you some peace. 😊

We have some wonderful shells from our times on the shore. 💙🐚

Our pleasure Doug. 😊

Welcome back Britney, I hope your studies went well? Glad to have you back with us and hope you enjoy the videos you’ve missed. 😊💙

James was at school. Jim is wonderful isn’t he.

It is our pleasure Keith, best wishes to you and take care. 😊

KEPT me sane during bungling Boris's 🤡 quarantine lockdown 1.0.

I am glad if our videos have helped in any way. 😊

Thank you very much. I wish you and your wife a very happy day. 😊

Thank you very much. 😊💙

Jim is simply wonderful isn't he. 💙

Jim is wonderful isn’t he. 😊

I’m blushing!! Regards Jim

Good thing it's lunch time here as my tummy is complaining after seeing that and not getting to eat it, might head down to the local chippy...

Hope you enjoyed your chips!

My pleasure mate. 😊

Welcome back.

Mussels are so underrated 😊

Our pleasure Matt. 😊

It was a beautiful day. Thank you for watching 👍🏻😊

Thank you Cecelia and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻

You have to look at the positives of a visit to the shore. You enjoyed yourself, got exercise and fresh air and hopefully learned a little along the way. 😊

We manage to drag her along every now and again!

We love them too. 😊

My favourite bit too!!

I do have a habit of walking off. 🤣

They are delicious. 😊

I am glad to hear it. 😊👍🏻

I am very happy to hear you are enjoying the content Tracy. Best wishes and have a lovely day. 😊

That’s the type of cool you cannot teach. 😉

Thank you Graham and take care. 😊

That is it, not everyone can cook on the beach. But practically everyone has access to a kitchen. 😉

Haha. I remember them to. Great for catching Pennocks.

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Thank you Richard and have a great week. 😊👍🏻

Thank you Katie. 😊

Thank you Rick. 😊👍🏻

Thank you. 👍🏻

Thank you and best wishes. 😊👍🏻

Haha.

I have asked him and he says he is happy just having a playlist. 😊

We definitely did 😊😊

Glad you enjoyed it Nancy. 😊

It is our pleasure. 😊👍🏻

It was a beautiful day 😊👍🏻

Thank you Jim I am glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻😁

Thank you and have a great day. 😊

That’s ok if you don’t like autumn and spring I guess. 😉🤷🏻‍♂️ Take care my friend and stay safe. 😊

Sounds like England to be fair! Although i feel like we are getting less and less of a summer and winter these days! Feels like autumn and spring all year with the occasional flurry of snow in the winter and the odd hot days throughout summer lol

I am simply doing what I feel is right. 😊

That is a wonderful way to give context. Yes, there is a whole lot of world out there. 😊

That is exactly what I hoped it would feel like. 😊

I prefer to binge watch when it’s cold and miserable outside.

@@TheFishLocker nice one mate 😂

Glad you enjoyed it. 😊👍🏻

BTW I love the Spagos cooking lesson I wish I could remember how he did it I have to save the video thank you so much delicious looking thnx ❤️👍

As always Mark, it is our pleasure to share these videos with you. Best wishes to your family and take care. 😊

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Haha. They get me hungry every time I come back and answer comments on them.

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Haha. The teenager bolting out of sight. 🤣

So do we. 👍🏻

My pleasure. 😊

It tasted wonderful. 😊

No problem, I am glad that you enjoyed joining us on the shore. 👍🏻

@@TheFishLocker MUCHAS GRACIAS for your thoughtful reply. I just returned to my home in Yucatan, Mexico...from 2 weeks at the beach. Unfortunately, there's no foraging to be done there. But we did spend time fishing, hand-catching lobsters & conch...GREAT night-time beach cook-ups with my mates & their families. I thought about you & your family; knowing you all would have LOVED-IT!!!! All the best, Ben

Thank you for your support. 😊👍🏻

Haha. Cheers Mike, take it easy mate. 👍🏻

They were so yummy! Thank you for watching!