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Cockles

Fish - Shellfish

(Or Cokeles)

Cockles are small saltwater clams of the Cardiidae. They are usually plain boiled.

Known at least since Langland's Piers Plowman of 1393; "A ferthyng-worth of muscles..ožer so fele Cockes", the name appears to be applied to any bivalve mollusc in documents before about 1550.


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Cockles are collected along sandy coasts, most notably Morecambe Bay and East Anglia, currently at a rate of some 11,000 tons per year.

See:
Amblet of Cockles
Cockle Cakes
Cockle Ketchup
Cockle Soup
Cockles
Cockles and Bacon
Mutton with Cockles
Pickled Cockles
Stiffkey Blues



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