To your taste?

They are not to everyone’s taste, but I count myself fortunate in being able to buy a bagful of winkles at the local Farmers’ Market today.
These are the small, black, snail-like shellfish that you use a pin to extract them from their shell before eating them.
No, not to everyone’s taste, but you might say that of edible snails. Or frog’s legs. And in some parts of the world insects find their way into menus.
Yet winkles are a traditional part of a seafood platter in a restaurant and go by a variety of names, depending on which country you are in.
Those I bought at the market today were live and had to be cooked. Simple enough really, but they do take lots of preparation in washing them in cold water to clean them, before cooking.
So where do they come from? They might be picked off rocks on the seashore by hand, or can be caught by a drag from the seabed.  In some places they are considered a delicacy, and though tiny, they are reckoned to have high nutritional value.

But then, I love them, and don’t need convincing by the nutritional argument.