tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post186150721804339614..comments2023-09-11T10:06:11.950-04:00Comments on England Rents, Rants, & Raves: Sunday seafood teas in Dagenham, part 1The Prodigal Touristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334946081603232068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-89572196769833850432008-12-21T16:34:00.000-05:002008-12-21T16:34:00.000-05:00I love seafood, tho ours is often lobsters boiled,...I love seafood, tho ours is often lobsters boiled, cobbed corn, mussels steamed in white wine, little necks steamed upon beds of seaweed and oysters raw. The bloated hush and glazed stares around the table littered with carcases and conspicuously congealed ramikens rimmed in butter. The rare but delightful cool summer augusts nights sandytoed upon beaches with holes dug and crustaceans placed among seaweed and sand as the natives once taught our forebears. Pink skys shot with the rising smoke, madras proudly flashed about like clan colors, sandy boat shoes, the clang of the halyard on the mast.atomiclivinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334968411944860385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-65276518024100529582008-12-21T11:21:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:21:00.000-05:00I remember these too. My Dad was from Dagenham. I'...I remember these too. My Dad was from Dagenham. I'm a Rainham girl myself.aardvarkpesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352396955314129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-88702634539046081372008-12-13T15:49:00.000-05:002008-12-13T15:49:00.000-05:00Thank you so much.CheersThank you so much.<BR/>CheersThe Prodigal Touristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334946081603232068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3564548991196024787.post-71370783889946127632008-12-12T19:49:00.000-05:002008-12-12T19:49:00.000-05:00'The seafood was sold from the back of a van that ...'The seafood was sold from the back of a van that dripped with briny ice water and smelled of the sea.' <BR/>I love that. It sounds so lovely and nostalgic to me for some reason. Awesome writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com