Picking Cockles at Donegal Thatched Cottages

Cockles may well be the poor relation of their more illustrious cousin, the mussel, and the flesh somewhat more limited, yet picking a small bucketful of prime, fresh cockles is an exciting adventure, while cooking and eating your own personally harvested cockles beats buying mussels hands down ! Clients staying at Donegal Thatched Cottages are to turn right coming out of the cottages and then access the fine flat sandy beach on the left hand side about 300 metres from the cottages. Cut diagonally to the right across the beach till you come to Monument Island……..a small island with a memorial clearly visible on its highest point. Just to the left of this island is a very good place to dig or scrape for plump cockles. Please only take what you will eat.

Cooking the cockles is a simple matter. Best to leave them steeping overnight in fresh water to allow them clear their system. Then simply steam them in their own juice till they open up. Enjoy.

Picking Cockles at Donegal Thatched Cottages

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