Thread: Tuatua

Originally Posted by LOC

we get them a lot up this way. look for areas along a beach with heaps of (dead) shell life and importantly tuatua shells. often not as far out as you think. dig with your feet. if you find one keep concentrating on that area as they often are in groups. break up a weetbix in new salt water, i throw in a frozen coke bottle to keep it cool. leave minimum four hours

I found the sand/mud in this spot too hard to dig with my feet but I found areas where just the tips of the shell must have been very near the surface and I could feel them with my feet walking around then dig with my hands.

Originally Posted by LOC

we get them a lot up this way. look for areas along a beach with heaps of (dead) shell life and importantly tuatua shells. often not as far out as you think. dig with your feet. if you find one keep concentrating on that area as they often are in groups. break up a weetbix in new salt water, i throw in a frozen coke bottle to keep it cool. leave minimum four hours

I found the sand/mud in this spot too hard to dig with my feet but I found areas where just the tips of the shell must have been very near the surface and I could feel them with my feet walking around then dig with my hands.

nice one. that sounds even easier. delicious little buggers. enjoy

Just tried a few of em.
Very sweet and bloody yummy ....still need to sit overnight but not nearly as Sandy as the cockles I would normally gather.

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Used to gather them for bait. Never eaten any before.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Used to gather them for bait. Never eaten any before.

Far too tasty to use for bait.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Far too tasty to use for bait.

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Don't under estimate their usefulness as bait VC. Snapper go mad for them.

many a younger year was spent getting these delicious shell fish, once got put them in a bucket of clean salt water till they release all the sand. i found that placing them on a hot plate till they just open and then opening them and a dash of hot english mustard was bloody awesome

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Far too tasty to use for bait.

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Not surprised they are good eating. Just about needed to follow the line down to separate the fish enough for one to hook up.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Don't under estimate their usefulness as bait VC. Snapper go mad for them.

I have caught plenty of snapper over that bed.

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Bit of a marathon cooking them open at around 20 a time.
I worked out to do this with cockles as if you have a full pot and one has sand in it you have just put sand threw all of them.



Half in fritters tonight with gurnard and salad and the other half in a seafood mornay.





Wife gets the credit for the fritters

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Bit of a marathon cooking them open at around 20 a time.
I worked out to do this with cockles as if you have a full pot and one has sand in it you have just put sand threw all of them.



Half in fritters tonight with gurnard and salad and the other half in a seafood mornay.





Wife gets the credit for the fritters

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Dam they look real tasty

Originally Posted by mikee

Dam they look real tasty

I could take you to my secret spot to get a feed if you like?

Limit of 50 per gatherer here. Some beds are right at the low tide mark, at the other end of the beach there's beds at the high water mark.

They were washed up on the beach this morning when I went paddle boarding, the oystercatchers had a feast!
We leave them overnight in salt water to spit the sand out, and steam them just till they open.
Do fritters or grill in the shell with chili sauce ....






B

Yum yum.


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