It’s Tiny Tuesday…

And I decided to blip a pic of some Guernsey ormer shells.
They are not too small because the minimum size that may be taken is 80mm measured along the longest axis of the shell. But compared to their cousins the abalones they are tiny! I’ve never tasted an abalone but ormers are delicious!

Their shells are rough on the outside (so fulfilling the tiny and something rough for the challenge) and smooth on the inside which is mother of pearl or nacre.
The shells in my pic have been painted in a myriad of colours so they don’t look rough. I couldn’t resist buying a gold and a pretty blue one for myself.
And maybe I should tell you this on Silly Saturday but I have a Guernsey quiz book and the question is something like where would you find a Haliotis tuberculata. I had no idea but thought that haliotis sounded a bit like halitosis so decided the answer could be in my mouth (only after too much garlic!). Wrong! Haliotis tuberculata is the scientific name for ormer. .

And I’ve added a pic of my two ormer shells as an extra