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I know there's lots on here who enjoy their food, so thought I'd ask about our coastal shellfish of the mollusc variety. As a kid my brother and I used to go on day trips with our Nan to the seaside,,,, south Kent to be exact. I remember collecting small buckets of cockles and winkles with the odd whelk, then getting back to Nan's house to rinse a cook our collection, then eat a few, picking them out of their shells with pins. Lovely times and lovely memories 🙂 Fast forward a few years and I went on a day trip to France with my school. Lunch was a choice of two meals,,,, myself and a few others got given a seafood platter. I remember we all looked at it with dread, but still tucked in until,,,,,, some of it moved !!! 😲 On the ferry back across the channel all those that had the seafood, and others because it was a bit choppy, were quite violently ill 🤢🤮 It was very unpleasant and left me with some distinct memories and a total of dislike of anything with a shell that comes from the sea, the exception being prawns 😋 So, while watching a food programme on the telly with a shellfish theme served with cod, why do I suddenly have a craving to try these once more ?! I have had clams once,,,, boring ! I liked the look of some razor clams, again on a food programme, but never had the bottle to try them. Anyone else had a complete U-turn in their culinary tastes,,,, after 50 years