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Post by patty on Dec 4, 2019 7:09:54 GMT
This thread is beginning to get quite a-trout-cious.....
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Post by JohnV on Dec 4, 2019 7:15:14 GMT
there has been the odd 'orrid one snoek in on porpoise
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 7:41:01 GMT
It's getting very difficult now. It would be easier to tuna piano!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 8:27:10 GMT
New posters would be whelkome.
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Post by patty on Dec 4, 2019 8:38:12 GMT
And so it came to pass that salmon said this thread could be scaled back.......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 8:57:46 GMT
Come back, Bassplayer!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 8:58:45 GMT
T'wud be brill...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 9:04:58 GMT
New posters would be whelkome. Yes it is very important not to be shelfish.
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Post by JohnV on Dec 4, 2019 9:08:45 GMT
people tend to clam up when you mention that
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 9:11:16 GMT
Its time someone else musseled in on this.
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 4, 2019 12:07:39 GMT
there has been the odd 'orrid one snoek in on porpoise That is peculiar because I had not heard of snoek before but was reading about them a couple of days ago. Remind me at 5.30pm and I'll copy it and plonk it here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 13:32:43 GMT
Snoek is commonly found off the Cape of Good Hope and surrounding waters, and the name is Afrikaan.
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 4, 2019 15:24:50 GMT
Here we go: "For our bloated, paunchy twenty-first century generation, constantly grazing on chocolate biscuits, kettle chips, mochachinos and blueberry muffins, it is hard to imagine the prospect of going from empty larder to barren grocery store and discovering that there was literally nothing to eat. But for years after the war, just buying the basics could involve long queues and a fractious argument with the butcher or grocer abouit the measly weekly allocation being handed over the counter..... .....Concerns about the shortage of protein prompted the government to import millions of tins of snoek - a little-known perch-like fish from South Africa (South Africa traded in sterling rather than expensive dollars). Snoek was launched with a host of exciting recipe ideas. 'Why have we never heard of this fish before?' wondered the ravenous British public as they eagerly raised the first forkful to their tastebuds. 'Ah - that's why.' Snoek ended up as pet food and even the cats were sniffy about it." From this book wot I am reading of late: Here's a snoek:
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 4, 2019 15:26:09 GMT
and the name is Afrikaan. Afrikaans
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 15:41:15 GMT
Correct.
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