taupe-coloured shell that also suit steaming Amandes (also known as dog cockle) – good in chowders and stuffings Atlantic jackknife clam (or razor clam) – these are elongated, tube-like clams ...

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In truth, our creation wasn’t nearly as tasty as what we could buy in Swansea Market’s famous “cockle rotunda ... sounds as we tried and failed to scoop out the tiny comma of bivalve. It was obvious ...

Cockles are sometimes called blood clams because the liquid that the raw (or lightly blanched) bivalves release when opened is dark red. They look similar to clams, except that cockle shells have ...

DESCRIPTION: Freshwater mussels are bivalve mollusks that have a two- valved hard shell, a soft body with respiratory, digestive and reproductive organs, and a muscular foot for locomotion, burrowing ...

Fed-up residents say more should be done to stop illegal cockle-pickers stripping their beaches. Each year teams of people are spotted along the shore of the Isle of Sheppey, filling buckets with ...

Abundant along the British coast, cockles are much more than just a seaside snack. We head onto the water in Essex to find out more.

Ctenoides ales has an incredible party trick. Glittering like a disco ball, this bivalve puts on startling light shows for the animals trying to eat it. In the face of danger, most bivalves protect ...

Is it time we championed bivalves? Simmering in pots around the world is a food that could spark a revolution. Most of us have probably eaten it at some point, but it’s an overlooked part of our ...

BBC Newsreel featured captured cockle-collectors collecting, carrying, cleaning and cooking cockles at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Originally broadcast 21 June 1948 1948: Cockle collecting at Leigh-on-Sea.

Paul Cockle came to the den to secure a £160,000 investment in his contemporary circus production business, the Generating Company. He had big plans and wanted to use the money to build his ...