Mikey, glad to hear of someone else who has tried the conch "man bits". The first time I saw a fisherman cleaning conch (little fishing community outside of Negril) I noticed he slurped up something long and thin out of each one. Not being particularly shy, I walked up and asked to try whatever he was eating. Got a scowl and a growl and was told it was not for "ooman". Did that stop me? Nope. Waited a bit, asked again - nothing. Sat down and must have batted my eyelashes and stared at him like a patient puppy while he cleaned two, three, four more conch. Finally he heaved a big sigh and tossed one of the spaghetti strands at me. Not to let him get the better of me, I picked it up, took it down to the water and rinsed it off in the waves. Heavenly! Tasted just like garlic pasta! He watched me the whole time, and when I came back up to him licking my lips and smiling and said "more please" he finally laughed, hauled a warm Guinness out of his carry sack and said "ooman, yuh nuh easy". We shared the Guinness, I bought some of the conch to take home to cook up for dinner. Thank you for bringing back a memory that still makes me smile!
Sunset bar was GREAT! Got to see our best Negril sunset to date, and the wife even saw the "green flash"
Conch put "lead in de pencil"
Is for you to find someone to write to...........
Cap
linston@redplate-negril.com
Hahaha ... Lead in the pencil! Here I am feeling bad for the poor, castrated conch...
Don't waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.