Posted
June 27, 2013
You
want to catch some shrimp? You're going to need a boat!
Unless,
that is, you live in Flanders.
Apparently
Flanders (the northern part of Belgium) is pretty much the only place
in the world in which people still catch shrimp on horseback.
This
traditional “fishing” style involves riding into the ocean on
horseback—nice and slowly—and when the horses are chest-deep in
water, using nets to scoop up tiny gray shrimp. This traditional
practice is celebrated this weekend in the town of Oostduinkerke, in
the Shrimp Festival. Tourists come from all over to watch the
horseback fishing—and of course to eat the shrimp!
How
do the Belgians eat the gray shrimp? Two typical dishes are tomatoes
stiffed with shrimp and mayonnaise and fried shrimp.
Have
a shrimp festival of your own!
Learn
about the giant shrimp-like animals
that scientists discovered in some of the ocean's deepest trenches.
- Take a peek at Shrimp on a Treadmill. (I think it's possible that some people have too much time on their hands!)
Also
on this date:
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Plan
ahead:
Check
out my Pinterest pages on June
holidays, historical
anniversaries in June,
and June
birthdays.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on July
holidays, historical
anniversaries in July,
and July
birthdays.
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