NormanH Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Only a fortnight ago before the rain came ...One of the reasons that I am enjoying my regained health..A fantastic platter of fruit de mer (photo didn't come out) was followed by a café gourmand[IMG]http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/bfb_album/387522_2478933380324_1462220065_32741290_1802464629_n.jpg[/IMG]Here[IMG]http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/bfb_album/382874_2478934020340_1462220065_32741291_754493332_n.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 That looks delicious, I hope you didn't leave any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 2 weeks ago we enjoyed this : [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/russethouse/IMG_1368.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/russethouse/IMG_1366.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/russethouse/IMG_1369.jpg[/IMG]Here (no prizes for guessing !)[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/russethouse/IMG_1351.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Oh dear. Those pictures make my bowl of soup and yoghurt at lunchtime look decidedly weedy[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 It was a treat...I'm usually the bowl of soup for lunch type too.................if I could get oysters that good locally I might be tempted to change though [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Where were you Norman, as view over the bay looks wonderful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 In Bouzigues on the Etang de Thau, a fresh water lagoon separated from the Mediterranean by a long bank along which runs the railway and a road .The land mass in the distance is Sète, which like nearbye Agde is an island on the eroded base of a volcano..The lagoon is home to masses of Oyster bedsIt's worth clicking on the two links as there are some superb photos of the lagoon end village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I thought it was Bouzigues - since I was there in February it did not look quite so nice and warm!Whereas, where RH ate has me stumped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 The oysters look like Cancale. [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 [quote user="Christine Animal"]The oysters look like Cancale. [8-|] [/quote]An oyster is an oyster is an oyster, non? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluzo Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I also thought Cancale . OK then where was it then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 [quote user="Cluzo"]I also thought Cancale . OK then where was it then ? [/quote]It looks more like west coast Brittany to me, but couldn't say exactly where.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 There are many sorts of oysters, and there are oysters from Cancale. And that is what CA thought, or at least I read it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Here's our favourite place to park our van, buy and eat a few oysters [IMG]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/nomoss/P9080005.jpg[/IMG] And they have some huge ones too! [IMG]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/nomoss/P9080007.jpg[/IMG] Gruissan, by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Gruissan was the first place in the area that I ever stayed in [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 RH 's picture looks like Dinan to me .I love this thread ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Mais non, c'est Cancale ! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 And I reckon RH has disappeared back there to try some more petites Cancalaises ! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 My family on dad's side is in that part of Britanny..When we visit, we never miss a petite virée to cancale.Does anyone know Cherrueix ? I have faùily there too, I just love the place...Gives me a feeling of freedom...And the fish , the muscles there are so fresh .. Awww wish I was there now !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Frenchie, I turned on the puter, saw your post and immediately started smiling, so it's a very good way for the "working day" to start for me.You said the "muscles are so fresh"................hm, I guess the Breton men are très musclès?I am only posting because I know you'd realise I'm pulling your leg and having a joke with you......no nasty intention and no pedantic nonsense.Les moules......mussels..... and muscles belong on men with beautiful, sculpted bodies?[:D]However, my French will never be as good as your English so I will come up soon with something in French that will give you an even bigger smile!PS: I was at the Armistice Day ceremony in the village yesterday and I thought of your interest in the last war. I asked the mayor where "la ligne de démarcation" was and, do you know, it was between us and the next village?! Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather and there was a sentry post just at the end of our road!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braco Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Love BouziguesWe pick up oysters and mussels from the seller as you leave the town. Fresh from the aerated tanks. Simply the best mussels we have ever tasted, and only 2.5 euro’s a kilo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 [quote user="Christine Animal"]Mais non, c'est Cancale ! [:D] [/quote]It's Cancale, but I'm the other end of Brittany right now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The Bretons have always been known for exageration. [6] And they talk a load of tosh. [:'(]The best oysters to be had come from l'Aiguillon-sur-Mer (85). Beautiful number 1's served off the quayside. The menfolk wear rubber gloves in the almost icy sea water tanks on Christmas Eve but the ladies just go in bare handed.As for Bretagne mussels, I well remember in the early '90's, when demand outstripped supply, the Southern Irish registered lorries that slipped in and out in the dead of night. [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I think No 1's are a bit too big. No 3's seem about just the right size.Mind you, Benjamin, depends on the size of your mouth, I suppose! OK, I'm DUCKING........................![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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