The scenery was perfect, the weather a trifle iffy and the crabbers happy as they gathered on Appledore quay this morning. Local community group Appledore Pirates, hosted their annual Crabbing Contest. The aim of the competition is to create a team of four, each person with a line who then uses their skill and patience try to land a crab onto the Quay.
No nets are allowed. You must carefully draw up your line, hopefully, with a crab attached to your bait.
I’ve got one
Nice try
Slowly does it.
The crabs are carefully place in a large bucket of water, where they await a mate. The winner of the contest is the team with the largest three crabs in their buckets.
Charlie Crab
Contestants have one hour to complete the task in hand. With an additional prize going to the team with the largest single crab.
Selecting the bait
Family day
No partaking pooches
Patience is a virtue
Got you
The final hooter booms across the quay, as contestants, gather up their crabs and equipment and head for the judging table.
The final hooter.
Buckets are presented and each crab is carefully measured using a electronic caliper.
Have I made the grade?
There was an air of excitement from children and adults alike as the three largest crabs in the bucket were measured and the results recorded my two adjudicators. All crabs were then returned to the water, unharmed.
Has mine won?
It was my first experience of the Appledore Crab Contest and I thoroughly enjoyed acting as a Marshall with my trusty Pirate Pooch Gypsy. All that is left to say is congratulations to the winners: Evans 181.5mm . Mr Crab 171.9mm and Smiffy’s Crew 163.5mm. The prize for the biggest single crab went to : The Crab Whisperers.
TRUFFLEicious was an independent business based at Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, in a stable we converted into a 5* hygiene registered kitchen, within the grounds of Great Chalfield Manor. Wiltshire
In January 2019 I moved to Appledore, North Devon, UK, where as well as cooking I have also built & maintain a local food & drink blog web site for small businesses & visitors alike. My new site www.northdevondoes.com is a non-profit website.
Having worked as a cook for more than 40 years mainly in private family houses for Polo functions and at Harrods.
“My aim is to supply & blog about the benefits of 100% Homemade foods made from my own original recipes and containing fresh, natural, local ingredients, which contain NO nasties”.
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I was invited to The Great British Food Festival, Bowood House, Nr Calne, Wiltshire on August Bank Holiday Monday 2017 where I gave a cookery demonstration on Gluten Free Cakes.
Media Interviews:
BBC Radio Wiltshire Graham Rogers Morning Show. Love your leftovers 26.12.18
BBC Radio Wiltshire. The Social. Sue Kinnear & Tim Weaks 17.12.2018
BBC Radio Wiltshire. GBBO Tech Challenge. Rachel Houghton morning Show 27.11.18
I will also be on the Sue Davis show, BBC Radio Wiltshire, for 6 weeks in October 2017 sharing my recipes on food leftovers.
The Marie Lennon Morning Show. BBC Radio Wiltshire. Tues 12th December 2017 talking about making chocolate Truffles for Christmas.
Chatting with Holly Rattley about my blog www.truffleicious.blog in the Kitchen at BBC Radio Wiltshire on Thursday 28th December 2017 & demonstrating what to do with those Christmas leftovers.
BBC Wiltshire also featured me on "The Social" with Sue Kinnear & Tim Weeks in Dec 2018 chatting about building my websites & social media.
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