The Cordys remember the shelling trips you took us on.   AND our first visit
to your house in Sarasota.  We still have the banana trees in our back yard.
 
Sure missed you at our 19th Shell Show.
 
BC
 
shelloak wrote:
 
> I forgot to tell you, it takes about 2 gallons of Cocinas to make a good
> soup, and on top of that I sold the shells for $2.50 per gallon to a shell
> store in Bradenton, I had good soup and the shells paid for the gas to get
> the shells and shell meat.  I always ate sea urchins raw, and one day I
> made a lady sick when she saw me eating them on the spot of where I was
> collecting.  I always took a screwdriver and spoon along on my collecting
> trips in the bay, so with the screwdriver I could open oysters easy to eat
> and the spoon was for eating the sea urchins, which to me tasted like
> shrimp flavored jello.  Someone lately said he did not know Conch was good
> to eat, untill you try it you won't know, after that you will not want to
> be without it for long.  Ask the Cordys' they know how good it is.  and if
> you want to really have a good time, swim into a school of jelly fish and
> have them beat on you and you do not know which way to go to get away from
> them, my back and legs looked like someone had beaten me with a switch and
> it took months to heal.  Marlo, I forgot I had taken you to some of my
> favorite spots, you also forgot to tell how we stayed up all night so we
> would not miss the low tide, and you were pretty tired when we got back
> home, you had forgotten I do not sleep much and you were not used to
> staying up late.  Glad you remembered some of what I tried to teach people
> that I took shelling.  Now I cannot even get Marlo to trade with me, he
> don't do that any more.  I could go on and on, but you will all get tired
> of me, so enough for now.  John Bernard
 
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations