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Sundae · 09-28-2009, 01:51 PM

Cheers for the info Jinx & Spex

Crabsticks below.
Scale: about as long as a female index finger, but thicker:

ETA - turns out the supermarkets call them seafood sticks now. Probably forced to be more accurate by the European Union. We still eat them because they're cheap. But it's a sad come-down for the 'rents - the East End of London used to be alive with seafood. Even I grew up in a time when seafood was sold in pubs by women with baskets - imagine an usherette or cigarette girl, but with cockles, mussels, whelks and crab claws. Or indeed outside them - a family member of ours had a seafood stall outside a pub.

I nearly bought jellied eels the other day, only to come home with mussels and have Dad say he never liked them (eels, and well as mussels! though Mum says he used to like both and out of the two she has the better memory)

09-28-2009, 01:51 PM	#19
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Cheers for the info Jinx & Spex Crabsticks below. Scale: about as long as a female index finger, but thicker: ETA - turns out the supermarkets call them seafood sticks now. Probably forced to be more accurate by the European Union. We still eat them because they're cheap. But it's a sad come-down for the 'rents - the East End of London used to be alive with seafood. Even I grew up in a time when seafood was sold in pubs by women with baskets - imagine an usherette or cigarette girl, but with cockles, mussels, whelks and crab claws. Or indeed outside them - a family member of ours had a seafood stall outside a pub. I nearly bought jellied eels the other day, only to come home with mussels and have Dad say he never liked them (eels, and well as mussels! though Mum says he used to like both and out of the two she has the better memory) Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 09-28-2009 at 01:57 PM.