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You could get one from Ivar's shop before you go https://www.santiagodecompostela.me/collections/best-sellingI am starting my camino in Moissac (heading to Santiago de Compostela) Would I be able to buy a scallop shell before St Jean?
thanks. Jeff
You´d think so, wouldn´t you? But prising an empty scallop shell out of the hands of an enthusiastic waiter is not as easy as you might think - although that is how I obtained my first shell. My elder son, who then worked in a restaurant had to quietly explain to me that the shells were recycled; they buy scallops in bulk, and serve them in the recycled shells. You probably didn´t want to know that.Seafood restaurants might give you one free.
If authenticity is so important then why not wait until reaching Santiago and then pick one up there? The old-fashioned approach.All the seafood that looks like Saint James scallops has been transported without their shells and when you look at the small print you see that they are actually a totally different species and they come from surprisingly far away,
Well, I personally am more interested in eating Saint Jacques scallops than in carrying their shells around, no matter whether I am going there or coming back.If authenticity is so important then why not wait until reaching Santiago and then pick one up there? The old-fashioned approach.
Then, go to a decent restaurant, order Coquilles St. Jacques. Enjoy this wonderful, classic French meal, and purloin one or more half scallop shells. That is where they come from.You´d think so, wouldn´t you? But prising an empty scallop shell out of the hands of an enthusiastic waiter is not as easy as you might think - although that is how I obtained my first shell. My elder son, who then worked in a restaurant had to quietly explain to me that the shells were recycled; they buy scallops in bulk, and serve them in the recycled shells. You probably didn´t want to know that.
On the Norte this past spring I had scallops (attached to the shells) for dinner at a nice restaurant. I asked the waitress if I could keep one of the five shells. She offered to wash it in the kitchen and cleaned them all for me to take.You´d think so, wouldn´t you? But prising an empty scallop shell out of the hands of an enthusiastic waiter is not as easy as you might think - although that is how I obtained my first shell. My elder son, who then worked in a restaurant had to quietly explain to me that the shells were recycled; they buy scallops in bulk, and serve them in the recycled shells. You probably didn´t want to know that.
I would love to see a photo of your special "flag" if possible.We have painted a compilation of our state flag and the yellow arrow on our shells.
I would love to see a photo of your special "flag" if possible.
Very clever...thanks!This is my most recent shell that I took on the Primitivo and I included the state flag for comparison.
Thank you for the tip about Maison des Pelerins. Are there other such "houses" on the way to SJPdP ?What a lovely place to begin your camino. Will you be following the French GR65 to SJPdP?
L’abbaye Saint-Pierre is exceptional and a Unesco World Heritage Site. Do visit the cloister. Surely you will se a shell in their shop.
Be sure to also stop at the Maison des Pèlerins.
Happy planning and Buen camino.
Jeff63,Thank you for the tip about Maison des Pelerins. Are there other such "houses" on the way to SJPdP ?