by Dana | Feb 28, 2021 | alicetown bimini bahamas, Bahamian food specialties, Big Mike's conch stand Bimini, conch, conch salad, Escape to the Bahamas
Big Mike, making tropical conch salad at his stand on Queen’s Highway in Alicetown, Bimini. Edible performance art, IMHO.Chris(tine) and Chris(topher) placing their orders at Big Mike’s Conch stand in Bimini.Conch, or Lambi as it’s called elsewhere... by GWTAdmin | Jul 12, 2016 | conch, cooking disasters, cooking shellfish, cruiser life, Fiji culture, Fiji food, Fiji sevusevu and kava, ota, recipes
Woman selling ota at Fiji’s Savusavu market. It’s the tall, leaf-wrapped bunches.Ota… a beautiful, ferny Fijian green. In Suva’s bustling central market, it was an everyday item, but in Savusavu, ota’s available only on... by GWTAdmin | Aug 16, 2014 | Bahamas wildlife, cleaning a conch, conch, conch harvesting, cruiser activities, cruising life cruising destinations, cruising provisioning, fishing, knocking a conch, lambi, ragged islands bahamas
These mature conch shells were at a Hog Cay trailhead. Notehow the shell lip wraps away from the spiral core? This isthe sign of a matured, harvestable conch.Is there any food more quintessentially Bahamian than the conch (also known as the lambi)? ... by GWTAdmin | Apr 14, 2014 | bahamas local, conch, cruiser destinations, cruising activities, cruising life, food, local food, pearson 365 sailboat, rum cay, sumner point marina
Marco’s cousin’s dog, Whitey, at Rum Cay.Marco’s (smarter) dog, who wasn’t therethat day, is called Saxy (or maybe, Sexy).Rum Cay would be called Rolly Cay if not for Marco’s kindness, local knowledge and navigation skill in guiding... by GWTAdmin | Apr 1, 2014 | conch, cruiser destinations, cruising activities, cruising life, filleting a fish, jumentos bahamas, Scott Bannerot “The Cruiser’s Handbook of Fishing, water cay bahamas
Lady Marie provided a nice focal point for a beautiful sunset at Water Cay.“Conch? Wish you’d told me earlier. I cleaned 150 of them this morning,” George told us when we dinghied up, inquiring about the gargantuan mollusk.George welcomed us... by GWTAdmin | Mar 19, 2014 | conch, cruiser destinations, cruising life, galley cooking, georgetown bahamas, libraries, pressure cooker
Nikki the all-knowing cook at Georgetown library.“Our shelves are bursting out at the seams,” she said. “Kindles, you know. It’s ok to take more books than you bring, just let me see what you’re taking first….” Georgetown’s library is a...