Ball of string today. Falmouth Oyster Festival. Opening day for hand-dredging oysters from the bay. KB tried some at 5£ for four, supposedly a bargain. Not as good as the big plump ones commercially raised. Not plump and not as much.
Festival held in tents near the main quay. Demonstration, trivia, contest, all related to pasty making. Tin miners, arsenic, rats, crimping, filling, pastry and more. Lots of smoked mackerel, all flavors; crafts, foods, fudge.
Had fish stew and fidúia. As to spicing we might as well have been in Kansas, certainly not Barcelona. Good local Irish fiddle and banjo band in the background (The Tinners), Cornish of course, had a good ballad singer as well as a fine fiddle, banjo and guitar.
This is not your mother's England. I ordered mussels for dinner, no cream please. Server returned and said that the chef thought they would be dry and………. Suggested a tomatoes and chorizo sauce! It was excellent. Also pretty good mushroom soup, but it may have had a dash of cream.
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