Coastal Foraging - Mussel, Clam and Crab - Clean and Delicious Cookup Autumn 2021
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Coastal Foraging on the low tide line for delicious edibles is one of our favourite things to do. Exploring rock pools and searching for Crabs, Clams and other sea life is not only fascinating but is a great way to get some fresh air and enjoy the outdoors. Then after collecting what we needed for a meal we clean them on the shore. Then go for a delicious family cook up. 😊
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Hi The Fish Locker. This looks delicious 😍😋😋. Watch how I did the quote of Oliver Twist.
Please sir, may I have some more 🤣😂
Where aboots are you from the NE mate?
Why shouldn't you pick all the muscles in one cluster? You never explained why we shouldn't do that.
@@samsammsammm1547 it’s simply a sustainability thing it helps them keep producing
Where is Spar
go's Kitchen John, Ive tried finding it on the web.. But no luck
Your respect for nature is admirable. You are a true sportsman. Thank you.
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it ♥️
Just curious... How many years have you been doing this? You are extremely knowledgeable on so much.
@@lukasleibrecht7054 lol 😂🤣😂 I get the pun
Perhaps it is a strange thing, but I love the sound of the mussels being stirred while being cooked! Something about the shells clanking together - so satisfying. ❤
Yes!
It makes my tummy rumble and wish it was there for sure 👍
I enjoy the clack and rattle of them banging together in the pan. 😊
You are not alone 🤗
Rachel your not the only one. I love the sound as well. It’s so comforting and home cooking feel🙂
Good Nz morning John. Actually I found this episode frustrating. I saw all this amazing seafood being prepared, but couldn't taste it. But seriously, yet again, you've delivered another great video. Thank you. And thanks to Jim for his expertise. Take care mate.
As always Bryan, it is our pleasure. 😊
YESSSSS!!! The coastal foraging videos are the best! Best wishes to you and your fam!
Thank you very much. I am glad that you like them. 😊
Concur. I'm learning so much about the Cornish coast watching John's foraging videos and I'm really having to lean on the family to redirect our next trip to that area when the COVID grip finally eases. Stay safe and healthy John.
I love your coastal foraging videos. And a visit to Jim for a lovely meal is even a treat for those of us who don't get a bite. Love the "Cooking in socks." comment. He's a real gem!
Thank you Barbara. I am glad you enjoyed joining us 😌😌
@@TheFishLocker Mmmm looks so good. We don’t have much here in NZ sadly lol 😂
I love it when the chef is in control for cooking for everyone , another great show,..... watching from Powell Tennessee, USA.......Marc
Thank you and have a wondeful day. 😊
Thankyou!! And I do all the dishes
John and family - I just discovered your channel a few days ago and absolutely love it.
The exploring, identifying various species of - everything!
Then, inviting us to a home meal or beach cook-out just completes it.
Thank you from the US for all you share. Please don't stop!!
You summed up perfectly... This is some wonderful content
Thank you very much and welcome. It is our pleasure to share our adventures and cook ups with you. Take care and have a wondeful day. 😊
Thank you, I’ll keep on cooking and sharing, I promise!!
@@jamesspargo7821 We need a "Spargo's Kitchen" in the US!!!! Please keep sharing!
@@TheFishLocker You too! And again, thank you.
Another really nice vid. Jim is such a personable guy; if he had a restaurant, I'd certainly patronize it.😊😊
Jim is just wonderful isn’t he. 💙
@@TheFishLocker Why shouldn't you pick all the muscles in one cluster? You never explained why we shouldn't do that.
@@samsammsammm1547 Good question. Perhaps my experience as a commercial lobsterman and an operator of an urchin diving boat can lend some insight. As many creatures are, mussels are an intertidal niche colonizing species and they are competing with other colonizing species including fauna. I don't believe it was was a coincidence mussels did not live in any significant way, where John pointed out limpets, who extract water column nutrients at that location as mussels would. I suspect there are perhaps unknown mechanisms of species "boundary making" and probable proximal fertility at work. we don't understand or are not well informed about this. but the 'rules of thumb' of historically sustainable systems work... Below the threshold of over exploitation, a self sustaining colony of an undesirable or 'invasive' species or can "take hold"... (why I have some disagreement on the wholesale releasing of conger eels who compete with lingcod for this reason...) In my experience, our lobsters are doing fine because basic 'best practices' over the long term, that ensure their continuation; in their environ. This did not happen here with our 'green urchins' where the resource was, in wholesale, extirpated from their niches. and can not regain a "foothold" because of occupying species' defenses and competitiveness, despite our projects of "repopulation".
@@hubrisnaut - That is a very eloquent answer. Thank you. Such examples of different species filling the void are visible in the Murray Forth in Scotland. Herring overfished and Sprats replaced the void.
@@hubrisnaut thanks so much for our comprehensive and insightful explanation!
Havent seen this lovely family in awhile- had university and midterm stuff!! Glad to see you all are doing well 🤗
Welcome back Britney, I hope your studies went well? Glad to have you back with us and hope you enjoy the videos you’ve missed. 😊💙
I like how you know the names of every thing you show us. I hope to see more of these videos. I've already watched the others. 🙂
It doesn’t happen every time but I do still find things that I don’t know. Every day is a school day. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker I am also impressed with your knowledge.
Hi mate.. I love Mussels fresh but i give them a couple of hours in fresh salted water this then clears them out of sand. While i wait for them i forage around for clams and other shell fish. I find cooking shellfish on a bed of seaweed is better than just boiling them. Sea Lettuce is brilliant when you wrap it around Shrimps and put on a BBQ. What do you think?.. Regards Mick....
I have done some cooking in seaweed before. It’s delicious. 😊
I would die if my daughter and I could forage and experience the amazing life you have. You are a true and genuine human and we love you.
I am so glad that you are enjoying joining us on our shoreline adventures. We love them. 😊💙
Thank you for raising my spirits. Been rather low with two bereavements close together - needed that breath of fresh air and the wonderful scenery to make me smile. xxx
I am so sorry to hear of your losses. I am glad we can provide some relief. Take care and stay safe 👍🏻
Perfect Sunday viewing 👌
Absolutely 👌🏻
I was watching this in a public place with headphones in and realised I said something that sounds like "duck yeah" out loud as the sauce was poured on the mussels. A tad embarrassing. 🤣🤤😍
Hahaha. 🤣🤣
Hi The Fish Locker this gotta be delicious 🤤😋. Yummy
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I was introduced to this channel by someone who I met while I was fishing for the first time a few days back, haven’t stopped watching since. So warming and informative! Loving it
I hope the videos are helpful to you Toby. Best wishes and welcome to the channel. 👍🏻🎣
the last part of the video is my favourite, cause FOOD!
Haha. 🍽
Good to see the family again John and thank you once again Jim! Less is More! Absolutely L U S H!! (Thanks John ;-) )
Glad you could join us Mike. 👍🏻
Never commented upon this video before despite watching it numerous times for ideas. The coastal foraging for muscles in particular interested me. Recently ventured to the coast and whilst down there took it upon myself to forage for some muscles. Sadly, didn't have as much luck as yourself there. The muscles were small. Couldn't bring myself to kill a crab which I caught and later released - biggest crab I've seen in person too. Fish, muscles and clams are probably all I'm able to catch and eat. Thanks for sharing.
You have to look at the positives of a visit to the shore. You enjoyed yourself, got exercise and fresh air and hopefully learned a little along the way. 😊
Enjoy watching your video. Informative 👍🏼.
Thank you. 👍🏻
Top video as always John,I thought I was watching the BLUE PLANET, you are the Man all right ✅ .Always informative, knowledge second to non,..apart from your wife🤣🤣🤣.great stuff John and family. Kind regards Mike. Norfolk.
Haha. Cheers Mike, take it easy mate. 👍🏻
Bang on mate!!!! I love mussels they have to be 1 of my all time favourite meals with a glass of wine to wash it down!!!! Great stuff mate as always thanks for all your hard work! Take care tight lines 🎣🎣🎣
My pleasure mate. 😊
Those blue mussles are almost gone in the Oslo fjord in Norway, where I live. Lots of other sea life that's struggling too. And that's just sad.
That is very sad.
Said it before but I’ll say it again! Thank you for the education, nature conservation, and for the family gathering videos!
You’re welcome. We love sharing what we do with you all 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for being a family happy place.
It is our pleasure. I want our content to be appropriate for all the family. 😊
Watching from South Carolina. I love this channel 🥰😎🙌🏾👌🏾🦀 #SeafoodFanatic
Welcome to our channel. We love our seafood. 😊💙🐚🦀
I definitely need to make that sauce with the leeks. That looked amazing. Talk about having great friends. You pick and Jim cook's
It’s even better than that, Jim is my father in law. 😊💙
I don't know man I've been depressed lately but watching your videos make me feel happy.
Your channel is so underrated, keep up the good work mate! love from australia
KEPT me sane during bungling Boris's 🤡 quarantine lockdown 1.0.
I am glad if our videos have helped in any way. 😊
Why shouldn’t you pick more than one or two mussels from a single patch? You’ve mentioned it before but never said why?
So the can survive and reproduce.
Why all year round can I catch colie Pollack n cod with a belly full off hardshell common shore crab but its never worked as bait? Anyone else had similar problems?
Its just one of those things mate. Although soft shelled crabs will catch fish any time of day and time of year.
Thumbs Up John.... Del..
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My husband and myself watch your video’s/ i think you have a slot on tv/ you tell nice and easy
what’s going on and the way you cook sea food spot on sir we’ll dun to you
We upload every Sunday with our fail and twice a week during the summer. 350 videos in the back catalogue and many more to come. 😊😊
I love your videos but I really hate garlic, can we have some recipes without it please? It ruins fish and shell fish.
You can simply leave it out when you cook. These things surely?
just found your post. very interesting. the cook was very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it Nancy. 😊
are mussels tough and chewy when they are cooked,i want to try them but can't have much chewy foods because i have a problem with my teeth
Only if overcooked.
I'm jealous of the weather. We don't really have spring and autumn here. It was 4°c this morning. Bloody hot summers, 2 weeks of autumn, then bloody cold winter. Same pattern in the spring. Also, we recently bought 2 brown crabs. I'm not even going to say how much they were.... very nice, though. Ridiculous amount of roe!!!!! Yum.
That’s ok if you don’t like autumn and spring I guess. 😉🤷🏻♂️ Take care my friend and stay safe. 😊
Sounds like England to be fair! Although i feel like we are getting less and less of a summer and winter these days! Feels like autumn and spring all year with the occasional flurry of snow in the winter and the odd hot days throughout summer lol
I always remember fishing in the harbour at whitby and Scarborough when I was a kid, the tackle shop used to sell tubs of mussels in mirky grey water, they looked and smelled absolutely revolting and I would never wanna try eating them after that.
Haha. I remember them to. Great for catching Pennocks.
Nice to see you enjoying some great foraging weather. Once again Jim serves up some wonderful tasty dishes, your so lucky to have such a cracking cook. Well done, lovely video & thanks for sharing.
Jim is wonderful isn’t he. 😊
I’m blushing!! Regards Jim
Foraging and feasting, my favourite, what a lovely day 💜
Glad you could join us Naomi 😊
Jim needs to make a channel for Spargo's Kitchen!! I would absolutely watch him cooking 💖
I have asked him and he says he is happy just having a playlist. 😊
What did the girls see if that made you say ,you won't be going back there? I could not hear what you said? Your father inlaws a good cook.
I said “I won’t put that in there - meaning the video” 🤣
It felt kind of weird not having James in a foraging video 😅 but awesome vid as usual! Especially those dishes! Making me drool all over 😆
James was at school during the collection and was just playing in another room during the cooking. 😊
I sincerly love your videos, especially when you include family and friends on your little adventures. Furthermore, shoutout to the chef, he was very enjoyable to watch cook and explain his process. Love from Sweden 🇸🇪
Jim is simply wonderful isn't he. 😊
16:00 mark was perfect 😁😁 great video as always. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Haha. The teenager bolting out of sight. 🤣
The water is so clear. Where is this? In Cornwall or Devon or somewhere like that? ❤😊
Yes. You should have a look at some of our underwater/snorkelling videos here. You wouldn’t believe it wasn’t abroad somewhere.
Always lovely to see this!
Thank you. 😊
A tiny glimps of the elusive teenage daughter in this one?😅
She appears in a few of them. The holiday trip to Vegas/Florida, also some of the earlier fishing videos she is in them
Fantastic!!!
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊👍🏻
You had me salivating here watching that. Once again another excellent Fish locker episode.
Thank you Richard and have a great week. 😊👍🏻
You stir some great memories from living in Falmouth and Penryn as a boy.
How lucky we were to live in such a beautiful and bountiful place. It warms my heart to see the lifestyle is still on going.
You can take the man out of Cornwall but you cannot take Cornwall out of the man.
Love your work👌
I am glad that you are enjoying sharing your time with us. 😊💙
Double layered .
Always a good video when its a sniff round followed by a cookup . Thank you to all involved .
I’m glad you enjoyed joining us. 😊
He the great chef you're father in law? If love if he jotted down one of the recipes he made in another video.
Yes he is my father in law.
Your videos are the only catch and cook videos I watch and I’m not sure why! Maybe it’s how calming your voice is or maybe even the fact that you teach us what things are while doing it but I LOVE it!! Keep doing what you’re doing
Thank you very much. That is very high praise. I have learned a lot from Jim simply by making these videos. 😊🐟
Hi John
Did you have enough bread on your butter bud 😆
Great video John, family out for a lovely beach foray on a cracking mid October day, couldn't be better and pretty hard to beat, and then lunch with the rewards, a class way to spend the day
Take care, stay safe, regards to the family, H, miss L, master J and keep it lit 👍 my friend.
Just the right application of bread on my butter. 😉
Whats the reason for not taking all the muscles from the same group?
Brilliant video! Mouth watering at the end as usual with Spargos kitchen!! 🤤
It’s a conservation measure. So the mussels can reproduce and replenish.
Anyone tempted to set up an aquarium to keep a few of the exotic fauna and flora found in UK rock pools should bear in mind that it is just as difficult as maintaining a tropical marine aquarium, with the extra problem of keeping the water cold in a centrally heated house. Even at the height of summer, UK sea temperature is only in the teens.
I would enjoy it but don’t have the time sadly.
YES. Nordic aquariums sound really challenging, with having to keep the water chilled, & reverse osmosis & all that, but I'd much rather have that, than a tropical marine aquarium...😴
What I find surprising is why there aren't more people foraging. I understand most people not wanting to stick their hands in caves to retrieve a crab but why are there not loads of people pulling mussels from the rocks. If I lived there I would be collecting mussels regularly.
Laziness. People live a life of convenience.
crabs are cool, literally just picked his wife up to flex
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Lost your channel I’m glad to have found it again.
Welcome back.
Nice vid! Just curious…What’s the theory behind taking only one mussel from a group?
For sustainable foraging
So the group is still there.
As has been said. Sustainability. By taking only one from a group, the others can still offer shelter to the rest. Also, if you take all from an area - none are left to reseed the area.
@@TheFishLocker yes thought it was something to do with safety in numbers thanks everyone 👍🏼
Was that godrevy lighthouse in the background 🤔 brilliant video again. Keep them coming
No mate. Wrong area.
My favourite pudding am going to try muscles
You should do, they are lovely. 😊
John hope your keeping well, tell me this can you eat all types of winkles and what are the ones you cant eat ? And can you eat limpets ? Cheers
It all depends on how clean the areas is in which you are collecting them. 👍🏻🐚 We show cooking and eating limpets in one of our other cooking videos.
For you john!! I have subscribed finally after checking out your other videos. Their so calming and peaceful. I get back headaches that are bad for my health, and i have taken into watching your videos for a bit of peace, and it has been helping. You are amazing and so careing towards the animals! You only take what you needs and you leave enough for them to respawn comfortably. You dont take the babies, and you dont take the ones with eggs. Thank you!! I kook forward to viewing more!!
Thank you and welcome to our channel. I am glad that you share our passion for sustainable foraging and I am pleased that the videos can bring you some peace. 😊
See your daughter really hasn't changed her mind about being in the front of the camera. 😂😂
Haha. Nope. 🤣🤣
i went to a beach called Birchington and the oyster there are huge!!
Awesome. 👍🏻
Great video- rock pooling and spargos kitchen! 😃
Thank you Katie. 😊
Jim, what's the biggest lobster/crab/clam/starfish you've ever caught/found?
It’s in our other videos. 😉👍🏻
Even tho I said you sound a little Irish mate I still love the channel keep up what you are doing much love to the sheff aka cook
why change the flavour of your seafood? dont you like the taste?
If we only ever cooked seafood one way, the videos would get very boring wouldn’t they.
So why should you not pick all your mussels from one pack?
It’s a conservation thing. By taking only 1 it allows them to replenish and reproduce.
Brilliant video as always. From watching your channel, I’ve learnt so much about rock pooling 👍 Filey Brigg or Robin Hoods bay is the best for us up North 👍👍
I know them both well. 😊🦀
Forgive me for asking but.. do you need a permit when you forage?
just curious because we don't have permits for anything, so I admire those who does something to preserve nature.
It depends on where you are foraging and also what you intend on doing with your forage. 😊
Nothing I love more than waking up on a Monday and binge watching these 😩🥰
The perfect solution to Monday blues!
Wows that's looking delish😮😮😮😮😮😮
It tasted wonderful. 😊
I take a cheap plastic fish tank and fill it with sea water when rock pooling with my daughters so we can have a good look at what we find.
Great idea Rob. 👍🏻
i do something similar with a plastic airtight container with the lid removed, great for photographing things like rockling and blennies which can need a closer look to find out what they are
Spargo in socks 🧦 ❤️❤️❤️
He is one cool chap isn’t he. 😊💙
Good morning/afternoon, absolutely amazing how beautiful the views are. Glad the see the family out and about again foraging with you. James is growing so fast, you will enjoy looking back watching him grow up on your videos.
Wishing you and the family all the best.
Monus
Thank you very much. 😊💙
Another awesome video from you,saw you had posted a vid so I quickly made dinner so I could enjoy it and enjoy your show at the same time!I have a question,I have heard it mentioned a lot on foraging videos,but why is it most ideal to only take one or two mussels from a patch?Sorry im naturally curious!
It’s a conservation thing. By only taking one from each group they are able to replenish and reproduce.
You interrupted those crabs on a date! RUDE! ;)
Do not worry, they have their privacy now. 😉
Nice mussels you habe there yummy.. Its my favorite.. One tip also so your mussels will be clean inside after cleaning the shell put them on water with salt like 20mins then put them on frezeer 2o to 30mins trust me it will be easy to pull out full beard 🤩
Thank you for the tip.
did he go outside to deep fry the chips in his socks too???😁
Rig boots. Socks and sizzling oil are not a good mix.
It makes me sorry I do not live near the sea John. Thank you so much.
It is our pleasure Patti.
Cornwall looks so beautiful! we're visiting London in December, is it worth going to Cornwall?
Personally I would choose Cornwall over London. 😊👍🏻
I love Jim and his cooking segment "Cooking in Socks!"
He is cool isn’t he. 🤣💙
I thought you weren't doing videos anymore. I watched your channel for years and then I completely stopped getting notified of your videos. Today I tripped onto this video and I immediately checked to see if I were still subscribed and I am, why is it I'm not getting subscription notifications?
We have not missed a weekly upload in over 2 years. It must be something to do with your subscription or your phone settings Andy. On the plus side. You have a lot of videos to catch up on. 😉👍🏻
@@ComputerGuyAndy - That is frustrating. All I can suggest is to recheck you notification settings. Sometime they get reset when UA-cam changes something.
@@TheFishLocker I'm thinking it's more an issue for you to take up with UA-cam than anything on my end. I only subscribe to about a half dozen channels so it's easy for me to see when one goes missing. This has happened with you and two other channels, I follow, over the past few years or so. One of the two was aware that many of his viewers weren't receiving subscription notifications and the other had absolutely no idea. Both contacted UA-cam and the matter was addressed. It's a common problem that you might want to look into if you're getting messages from others with the same issue...
Yours is a great channel with excellent content. I know how much hard work and dedication you put into making these videos. It's much more appropriated than you know.
- Andy
Point Pleasant, NJ
Hey John, THANKS for posting this.
I enjoy all your posts...BUT...your "family" coastal foraging & cook-up videos are my favorite.
Best regards,
Ben
No problem, I am glad that you enjoyed joining us on the shore. 👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker MUCHAS GRACIAS for your thoughtful reply.
I just returned to my home in Yucatan, Mexico...from 2 weeks at the beach.
Unfortunately, there's no foraging to be done there. But we did spend time fishing, hand-catching lobsters & conch...GREAT night-time beach cook-ups with my mates & their families.
I thought about you & your family; knowing you all would have LOVED-IT!!!!
All the best,
Ben
@16:53 there's a crab staring out from a little hole
There is also one right at the start of that clip on the far right hand side.
I agree with not having a fryer, the splats....
No frying in the nude then? 🤷🏻♂️
Remember peeps. Avoid harvesting mussels in months with no R in them.
Correct 👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker Why thank you. We have the same mussels over here in Newfoundland that you filmed. I can't eat them since hubby pointed out what they actually look like lol
I am a simple man. I see a new Coastal Foraging video from The Fish Locker and I hit the thumbs up.
You are my type of guy. 😉👍🏻
I thought Conger's and Lobster's sometimes room together?
They do on occasion. 👍🏻
Amazing work like always . Not commented in a while but still watching all the videos looked lovely
Good to see you’re still with us mate. 😉👍🏻
Thank you John I will never stick my hand in a hole that I can't see the end of it I was wondering do those eels all have a double mouth
No. They do have a very strong bite though. 🤣
Love always. Rosemary and nya and Nadia.
Thanks for another great video John! Wishing you a nice Sunday night and a great week!
Thank you and best wishes. 😊👍🏻
I believe that first shore crab you encountered was takin' a nap 😴🦀
I think she was near to peeling. They always get lethargic at that time.
Ah, yes! I imagine that's a tiring task,@@TheFishLocker, considering everything else they have to pay attention to. Info filed! Thanks!
Thanks John for another wonderful video and a huge thank you to Spargo’s kitchen for some great recipes with the mussels.
I could almost taste them with you,. Take care and be save. All the best Graham🦀🦐👍👍❤️❤️
Thank you Graham and take care. 😊
this is an excellent video i can nearly taste the muscles and im in margate !
Thank you very much. My wife did a modelling show in Margate a couple of years ago. 👍🏻