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Periwinkles are mollusks that live among algas, which are their food. They live adhered to the rocks, in the coastal regions. They are bluish black or dun, with a lighter spiral ribbon and measure about 3 or 6 mm. These mollusks are very resistant and can be out of the water for a long time. In Galicia they are known as `caramuxos´.

*PERIWINKLES*


	*PERIWINKLES*

	Periwinkles are mollusks that live among algas, which are their food. They live adhered to the rocks, in the coastal regions. They are bluish black or dun, with a lighter spiral ribbon and measure about 3 or 6 mm. These mollusks are very resistant and can be out of the water for a long time. In Galicia they are known as `caramuxos´.

	*HOW ARE THEY COOKED?*

	Cooking periwinkles is very easy. You just have to boil them with salt, giving them one boiling. Afterwards, you have to take the body out with a pin and eat it.

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