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« Reply #3960 on: 18:57:25, 25-03-2008 » |
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Ok here we go: A general shot first - the box the shells are in is 5cm wide:  And then, with my index finger for scale a shell which is as yet unidentified:  Apologies for the fuzzy images! |
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« Reply #3962 on: 19:06:20, 25-03-2008 » |
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OH. MY. GOD. No wonder you said that you thought you were going to have sore eyes after checking that (very) little lot, Jonathan. Cripes! |
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« Reply #3963 on: 20:01:09, 25-03-2008 » |
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I do have a microscope for microshells but I usually can't be bothered to set it up!
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« Reply #3965 on: 22:02:53, 25-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #3966 on: 22:18:30, 25-03-2008 » |
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Where did you get that from timeisnow?
The internet.  It's from the script of The Queen, a film I didn't particularly like (I saw it on a plane to San Francisco, not that that has anything to do with whether I liked it or not) but which had a scene with a stag rather like the encounter you described. I tried to find a still image but the closest I got was the script for the scene in question. |
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« Reply #3967 on: 22:30:11, 25-03-2008 » |
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Hi MJ, Various sizes - mostly under 10mm and often much smaller. I have some photos to transfer later so shall post a picture of the smallest ones here then... Ok here we go: A general shot first - the box the shells are in is 5cm wide: So even teenier occupants! You did once reassure me that no creatures were killed to provide you with your shells. Where did all these microshells come from? I once had a necklace of tiny shells but felt bad wearing it as I was sure the owners had been forcibly removed... [Sorry, this is the Happy Room so I shouldn't be worrying!] |
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« Reply #3968 on: 22:41:48, 25-03-2008 » |
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After lightly boiling in water and rock salt, you will want to rinse once, with distilled water (I like to have gallons of this on hand - so easy to store in one's stables!). Set the microshells aside. Once you have prepared the putenesca sauce, introduce the shells A VERY FEW AT A TIME, lightly coating them with the sauce over a very low heat and keeping them moving around the pan. Do not, on any account allow them to burn - very easy to do given their size! By the time you have treated all the shells, they will have absorbed enough of the flavour and oiliness of the sauce to be completely cooked, and to have retained just enough crunchiness to... Oh. Sorry, wrong thread... |
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« Reply #3969 on: 22:54:50, 25-03-2008 » |
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Hi MJ, Various sizes - mostly under 10mm and often much smaller. I have some photos to transfer later so shall post a picture of the smallest ones here then... Ok here we go: A general shot first - the box the shells are in is 5cm wide: So even teenier occupants! You did once reassure me that no creatures were killed to provide you with your shells. Where did all these microshells come from? I once had a necklace of tiny shells but felt bad wearing it as I was sure the owners had been forcibly removed... [Sorry, this is the Happy Room so I shouldn't be worrying!] MJ, I have seen (in the West of Scotland) entire beaches that look at first sight to be sandy, and it is only when you look closely that they are made up entirely of tiny shells - all dead and vacated by their occupants. It's an extraordinary sight. |
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« Reply #3970 on: 23:36:43, 25-03-2008 » |
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You've changed your signature, PW!
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After lightly boiling in water and rock salt, you will want to rinse once, with distilled water (I like to have gallons of this on hand - so easy to store in one's stables!). Set the microshells aside. Once you have prepared the putenesca sauce, introduce the shells A VERY FEW AT A TIME, lightly coating them with the sauce over a very low heat and keeping them moving around the pan. Do not, on any account allow them to burn - very easy to do given their size! By the time you have treated all the shells, they will have absorbed enough of the flavour and oiliness of the sauce to be completely cooked, and to have retained just enough crunchiness to... Oh. Sorry, wrong thread...  |
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« Reply #3972 on: 00:05:32, 26-03-2008 » |
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Well if we took the shells out it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?
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