Idylls of Cuisine #31
September 20, 2009
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Old Creole balladeers and veteran conch (pronounced “konk”) eaters know that, yes, “conch ain’t got no bones,” but it sure sports a shell. Piles of queen conch shells (Strombidae gigas) litter the Caribbean islands, as do pithy native sayings about conch: “He beats his wife like one beats a conch,” a sad commentary on Haitian … More “CONCH AIN’T GOT NO BONES”