medtran, what would you and Craig call those clams?
I don't care about their "official" name, local names are good enough for me.
Yes, I understand 'cockles' have vertical as well as horizontal ribs, but I only really think of maybe 3 /4 categories. Oysters, Clams, Mussels. I guess to me cockles always just came under the Clams have thick shells, I category as their shells were similar in
thickness. Oysters have "shaggy" shells. Mussels have oval, much thinner shells.
taxy, I believe 'cockles' are more common and popular in the British Isles rather than here. I don't think I've ever seen them at a fish mongers.
Going even further, .... both cockles and clams have a foot.
I guess anything further on this dinner thread about the bi-valves will have to be in another thread...