Yesterday a reader inquired about a recipe for coquina chowder. The following one comes from the "Yellow Cookbook" and was submitted by Ren Dunlap:
"Wash 2 quarts of coquinas, then add 2 c. water and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and save only the liquid. Dice and cook: 1 fair sized potato, 2 carrots, and 1 rib of celery. Fry: 2 strips of bacon (crisp) and 1 sliced onion (medium-sized). Combine everything with a dash of salt and pepper."
If you do an Internet search you will find a number of similar recipes. Most suggest that you discard the meat of the coquina. If I remember correctly, when we made coquina chowder many years ago we extracted the meat and used it in the chowder, but it was a long, arduous task. It was tasty though!
Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is a list of a few traditional Ocracoke Island recipes. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news052112.htm.
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Another to-do item for our next visit. Thank you, Philip.
ReplyDeleteI have been looking around this delightful page because it came up in the search I am doing. I recently purchased a pencil sketch of a goat herder which is signed "JoKo". So far I haven't found anything on this artist except a rather disjointed connection to Ocarcoke Island. Could you shed some light on this artist? Was he/she from your area? Thank you for your time.
ReplyDeleteCynthia
Rochester NY
Cynthia, look for more information about Jo Ko on tomorrow's blog.
ReplyDeletehi phillip, it weas nice meeting you last week. i think me and deb will have to stop by for your chats everytime we come by from now. anyways, i have been reading on about this coquina thing and came across this lol. http://youtu.be/mQTyr17mp4c enjoy. by the way, this is debbie's other half, tosh lol
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