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S3E3 C is for Cod, Cockles & Caviar

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A is for Apple: An Encyclopaedia of Food & Drink
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Apr 20, 2026
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Summary

Things get wet and wild in this episode as the team explore fish and seafood. Allie explores the world of caviar, bumps and all. Sam introduces the gang to cockle bread and Neil asks whether there is any real point to cod? Don’t forget to email us at [email protected] or tag us on Instagram or BlueSky if you have any suggestions for future episodes. You may also want to subscribe to the A is for Apple Substack where we publish recipes and extra audio content. Sources/Useful Links Cockles North Atlantic Seafood by Alan Davidson (1980) First Catch Your Peacock: The Classical Guide to Welsh Food by Bobby Freeman (1996) In Search of Wales by H. V. Morton (1944) Domestic Life in Wales by S. Minwel Tibbott (2002) Welsh Fare by S. Minwel Tibbott Cockle gathering at Penclawdd in the 1930s on YouTube Remembering the Cockle Women Marine Stewardship Council information on cockles Caviar Inga Saffron, Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World’s Most Coveted Delicacy (2002) –https://archive.org/details/caviarstrangehis00saff IUCN Red List – Sturgeon (Acipenseridae) species accounts – https://www.iucnredlist.org World Sturgeon Conservation Society – https://www.wscs.info NOAA Fisheries – Sturgeon species overview – https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov Adam Olearius, The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors (1647) –https://archive.org/details/voyagestravellso00olea Jonas Hanway, An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea (1753) –https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31214 John Perry, The State of Russia under the Present Czar (1716) –https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-state-of-russia-und_perry-john_1716 Cavi-Art (official site) – https://caviart.com/ Daniel Pauly et al., “Fishing Down Marine Food Webs,” Science (…