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Periwinkles

Periwinkles are one of the most overlooked and underrated members of the seafood family. They are what we like to call "the poor man's escargot." Lynne has prepared them Portuguese style - very simply with just garlic powder, pepper and a little seaweed. But you could also bathe them in butter and garlic if you so choose. Makes a great appetizer and it's fun to master the technique of getting those little guys out of their shell.

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Periwinkles

Periwinkles are one of the most overlooked and underrated members of the seafood family. They are what we like to call "the poor man's escargot." Lynne has prepared them Portuguese style - very simply with just garlic powder, pepper and a little seaweed. But you could also bathe them in butter and garlic if you so choose. Makes a great appetizer and it's fun to master the technique of getting those little guys out of their shell.

About Lynne Viera

Lynne is passionate about food which can be attributed to the fact that she was fortunate enough to grow up with a mother who was an incredible cook, a father who grew a garden that was the envy of the neighborhood and 6 siblings who all love to eat! Lynne is a second-generation American. Her grandparents are all from Portugal and the traditions and food of this country have had a big influence on her and inspired her to learn about other cultures and their food.

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Ingredients

Serves 2-4 depending on how much you love periwinkles!

  • 4 cups of fresh periwinkles
  • a small handful of fresh seaweed
  • about 2 tbsp garlic powder
  • fresh ground pepper to taste

Special equipment: household pin (sterilized briefly over a flame)

How-to

  1. Collect periwinkle snails and seaweed from rocks in salt water
  2. Rinse them in a strainer and add seaweed
  3. Put in a cooking pot, cover with water and sprinkle garlic powder and fresh ground pepper on them
  4. Boil for 20 minutes. You can eat immediately but we recommend bringing them to room temperature, refrigerating them and then eating them a couple hours later - it gives the garlic powder time to work its way into the periwinkles
  5. One at a time, use your pin to flick the eye/scale off the periwinkle. Then, stick the pin in the shell, pull out the snail and eat it. Yum!

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  1. bea:

    I shared these once with friends who brought out a bottle of champagne. They were so entranced with these tasty perriwinkles and topped it off with the bubbly.. (Aug 21, 2008 3:53:30 PM)

  2. donna:

    These have so much flavor packed in a little squiggle. We used to see who could get them out of the shell without breaking them. A definite skill well worth mastering. (Aug 21, 2008 9:52:15 AM)

  3. PieGuy:

    They are yummy! I like to put a little of vermouth in the boil. Drunken periwinkles! (Aug 20, 2008 5:55:25 PM)