User talk:Jackster69

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Wilks (sea snail)

I am from Antigua, and I have searched throughout the internet for references to the Giant Sea Wilks that we used to get off of the rocks in ocean, and then boil them and cook them in many different ways. I also lived in St. Martin on the French side of the island where they are also eaten as a delicacy. They look like gigantic sea snails with very round, very thick shells, bigger than my hand in many cases.

I did see the surviver man on the discovery channel find them along the shores attached to rocks and eat them, he even called them wilks! It was on an episode where he had to survive on an uninhabited island. Is there anyone else out there that had heard of these before? Jackster69 (talk) 19:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)--Jackster69 (talk) 19:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jackster, yes, I am familiar with wilks, as I go to Nevis for a couple of weeks each year. Actually I am very interested in all of the different seashells of that island. I fixed up the article you started quite a lot, as you will see if you look at it now: Cittarium pica. So anyway, thanks for contributing to WikiProject Gastropods! Are you still on Antigua or not? If you are still in the Caribbean, do you suppose you can take a picture of a live one for Wikipedia? Also, if you want to add to the article anything about all the different ways they are cooked, you could do that too. Best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 03:43, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Jackie, Yes you can put another external link in, in fact I did it for you.If you get any other good sites let me know and I will add them for you. Wilks do not live in the Florida mainland any more, although they can be found as fossils there. Apparently they can be found (but only rarely) in the Florida Keys. Same thing is true in Bermuda: they used to live there but not any more, although people have tried to reintroduce them. Now they really only live throughout the Bahamas and all of the West Indies and the Caribbean mainland as far south as Venezuela.

Best, Invertzoo (talk) 23:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you like Wikipedia, it is really great, isn't it! Invertzoo (talk) 23:00, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Antiguan Fungi (Turned Cornmeal)

In Antigua we have a dish called Fungi, in some islands it is called turned cornmeal. We have that dish as either breakfast lunch or dinner, it is a very versatile dish. You take chopped onions garlic, some people cut up okra and add it to the dish, saute in a large heavy pot. Add butter then throw in your fine grade corn meal. Keep cooking on a very low temperature 'turning' the cornmeal constantly. Add more butter and water slowly (salt & pepper)until it starts to come together. It should have the consistency of very thick mashed potatoes. My grandmother would form balls out of the fungi and serve on the plate with a meat cooked in heavy gravy as an accompaniment to the dish. Usually salt fish or smoked herring or stew chicken.16:12, 23 April 2011 (UTC)