A Rarely Seen High Tide For Some An Astounding Sight For Others An Opportunity To Collect Ogres And Prilekas

Seven days ago, on Sunday, February 5, it was the day of the full moon, ushtap, or uzba, as the local people would say Few looked at the night sky, because we are not in the summer period, when we are out until late, so we notice the Moon in the sky and the night full of light.

These days we are closed in our homes, we keep warm and - we spend too much time in front of television screens Many are, and that is praiseworthy, occupied with masquerades and masquerades! Let me remind you, in case we forgot, on Sunday it was a beautiful winter day, sunny and cold, but not as drastic as in the past few days.

For most readers, all of the above may be unimportant, but not for everyone Unlike many, I stopped by the sea.

In Preluk, it is my permanent base, every day in the summer, and about once a week in the off-season And I was surprised! The sea went down, a low tide I haven't seen in years.

In a place where under normal circumstances a little gravel springs up, there was a nice little beach, and stones that I have never seen before One grotto, which is usually thirty or more centimeters below the surface, was about fifteen centimeters dry.

I've never seen it above sea level before! How many times have I honestly scratched myself on it, it is as sharp as a steel brush, often inhabited by sea urchins .

It was not like that only on the part of the sea in front of me at that moment.

Media images from several localities on the Adriatic, taken that day, evoked almost identical scenes The sea was low in the following days as well, but not so drastically.

Hunting on dry land The sight that appeared in front of me instantly took me back to my childhood days on the island The high tides in February, how they made us happy, how we used them.

This happened at the beginning of the second school semester, so homework and studying could be neglected a little After class, a quick lunch and a run to the shore.

Mandatory with a padel, tećica or brunčić, preferably, and some kind of knife There were no plastic bowls and plastic bags then.

The rocky seabed, where we swam in the summer and tried to catch some fish with tuna, was part of the land And the invasion of that not-so-small area of ​​temporary land.

We all collected blackberries! Anyone who had a knife could also "hunt" the sticklebacks We know, they stick firmly to the surface, even more so when dry.

It is impossible to remove them with just your fingers There were not many of those snails, slugs and snails then, but in huge quantities.

They still exist today, I guess they are not threatened with extinction It was collected quickly, in two hours a large bowl was full, with the fact that we left the small and smaller ones.

That period of high tides did not last long, four, five days, maybe a week It was necessary to use what was offered! And what about so many ogres, and so many people will ask? They are eaten, what else to do with them.

And how they were prepared, according to which recipe, is the next question Not at all, is the shortest answer.

They were put on the stove in the same bowl, in fresh water They didn't need to be cooked for a long time, just to boil, that is, to separate the sticks from the house.

After dinner, a long-term occupation - patiently removing blackberries from the house, one by one, using a thin needle or a stick Anyone who hasn't tried it should try to imagine how many blackberries need to be cleaned to fill an average-sized spoon.

Some Gave Up Quickly

Others considered it an after-dinner treat, having fun cleaning blackberries, with feta bread and a glass of red wine.

It was easy with the stickers, they were collected at the bottom of the paddle, with fingers, possibly with a spoon Regardless of what dominated in padel, they did not receive each other.

After "work done" you could go to sleep, who knew about television back then! Times were different A snail, not a shell.

A year later, I realized that these "snails and snots" can be prepared in a different way, for "licking your fingers", as contemporary authors often point out It is neither complicated, nor does it require a lot of time - I consumed "risotto made of ogre and prlici".

It was extremely tasty! The ogres were practically cooked, the small sticks were just right for "under the teeth" But scabies.

The recipe for its preparation was also presented to those present Clearly, I didn't remember it.

Whoever is interested, I believe, will find it easily, the internet knows everything Eggs can also be used to prepare a good soup.

Experts claim that 100 grams of pure black meat contains 18 grams of protein And how many blackberries are needed for 100 grams of pure meat.

? Mentioning ogre and privet always reminds me of debates that I have listened to countless times.

Many, many times, have convinced me that the snail is a shell, not a snail They tried to prove it to me, in the same way that an acquaintance once convinced me that an octopus has six legs! We are human beings, we should not be angry.

The house of the privet is somewhat similar to a shell, it resembles an irregular cone with a wide base It has slightly pronounced radial ribs, and it is symmetrical along its length.

On the outside of the house, the color varies, and most often it is stone-gray-black, while on the inside it has a mother-of-pearl layer, so that is the color The size of the sticker is measured by its diameter, and it can reach a maximum of 7 centimeters, with a weight of 15 grams.

Average specimens have a diameter of 3-4 centimeters and a weight of 5 grams Firmly close to the substrate On rocky substrate, the flounder lives throughout the Adriatic, exclusively in the tidal zone.

In positions that are exposed to stronger sea impact, and where there are no scrapes and gaps, the flounder is rare, and it is even rarer where the sea is murky and sweetened by inflows of water from the land It is most densely populated on flat, flat and protected coasts.

It is always firmly attached to the rocky surface Hence the name.

He doesn't even mind being on dry land during low tide It is so stuck to the rock that it cannot dry out.

It feeds on algae, which it searches for by crawling on the rock, but always returns and stabilizes in the same hollow Prilepak is edible, although its quality is not top-notch.

It can be taken all year round In the winter months, it is more sought after and taken out because that is when it is of the best quality for eating, and during high tides it is the easiest.

It is similar in color to the stone it is attached to, and sometimes the entire house is overgrown with sea vegetation, the same as the surrounding stones Prilijek in the sea is more difficult to spot, but it is easier to separate from the stone.

On dry land, the situation is reversed - then it is easier to find, but it is firmly attached to the stone .