Posted by Ed Kiser on November 04, 2004 at 19:34:52 from 205.188.116.6 user Kisered.
"...at low-water...on the broad muddy waste then disclosed may be gathered winkles, which, say the Mistley folk, are well known to be the best-flavoured in all England."
From Chapter 3,
The Falcon on the Baltic,
by E.F. Knight.
(This is the same author that wrote "SAILING", the book so avidly studied by Dick in PM before attempting to manage SCARAB on his own. That book was also on the GOBLIN, for John to study, and for Roger to rescue from floating about in the water accumulating during heavy seas. There. Had to get that "Ransome Connection" in there somewhere.)
"WINKLES" - apparently, something that is eaten, and something that inhabits the coastal tidal mudflats.
This is a new concept to me. Could someone fill us colonials in on just what this edible item is? Not even sure if it is some sort of plant or animal.
No mention is made of the usage of "splatchers" to navigate those "muddy wastes".
Ed Kiser, South Florida