Posted by Joel on November 06, 2004 at 11:33:03 from 24.250.20.113 user joels.
In Reply to: Re: Winkles posted by David Bamford on November 04, 2004 at 21:21:29:
I believe the winkles referred to are what are called in New England periwinkles.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015052.html
In zoology, any marine snail of the family Littorinidae, found on the shores of Europe and eastern North America. Periwinkles have a conical spiral shell, and feed on algae.
They are quite small (from 1/4 to 1/2 inch perhaps) and eaten out of the shell with a common pin. It would take quite a large number to satisfy a good appetite.
Here is what they look like.