Bluegoose 0 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Got slugged yesterday $15 a kilo for cockles and almost died Last time i bought cockles it cost me about $5 a kilo and a hessian bag full for a slab off a mateLooks like ill be finding one of those cockle measures and heading south to see if i can get some myself.Ive never done it before so ill be doing the research and teaching myself how pretty quick.Already told the missus to expect a road trip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kat 0 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Got slugged yesterday $15 a kilo for cockles and almost died Last time i bought cockles it cost me about $5 a kilo and a hessian bag full for a slab off a mateLooks like ill be finding one of those cockle measures and heading south to see if i can get some myself.Ive never done it before so ill be doing the research and teaching myself how pretty quick.Already told the missus to expect a road trip .. thats not a bad price form what i have seen going around recently However i could only imagine your face since its such a hike since your last purchase :ohmy: I think self collecting is the way at the moment. I might be getting one also Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dubs The Tackle Man 0 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Havent brought cockle for sometime then hey, thats cheap mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weaver 271 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 A bloke just said the same in the store up here, if people stopped eating them the price would plummet. Shark_Fisho and Dubs The Tackle Man 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dubs The Tackle Man 0 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 A bloke just said the same in the store up here' date=' if people stopped eating them the price would plummet.[/quote']To true mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluegoose 0 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 YAHOO SCOREBought 300 (5kg) frozen cockles today for around $45That should last me a few weeksStill going to head down south one day though with the family to have a try myself but this will do for nowGoing to have to do a weight check tooApparently you can buy 1kg of cockle meat only for around $12 so will do a test and weigh the empty shells to see if its worth the value Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarsOne 137 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Heading down to Goolwa's a great day out as well fellas, not hard to gather up your limit from the times I've done it.I imagine its one of those times that having kids really pays off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Del 245 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 YAHOO SCOREBought 300 (5kg) frozen cockles today for around $45That should last me a few weeksStill going to head down south one day though with the family to have a try myself but this will do for nowGoing to have to do a weight check tooApparently you can buy 1kg of cockle meat only for around $12 so will do a test and weigh the empty shells to see if its worth the valueif people are paying 15 a kg for cockles in the shell then a kg of meat for 12 is fantastic value.. what sorta cockles are they and where from??? the thing to do with them would be to brine/salt them and bag them up in small session usage bags. as we all know they dont handle freeze thaw re freeze too well.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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