They could just toss my corpse into the waters off Saline Beach and leave it for the langoustes. ❋ Arbogast (2008)
The best were the langoustes (Palinurus vulgaris), the clawless lobsters called crawfish (crayfish) in the United States, and the agosta or avagosta of the Adriatic: it was confounded by the ❋ Unknown (2003)
Similarly we had laid in a store of forty-two langoustes (crayfish) for presentation at Court, and to gladden the hearts of Cairéne friends: our Greeks placed the tubs in the sun and so close to the funnel, that, after about three hours, all the fine collection perished ignobly. ❋ Unknown (2003)
"Local langoustes and garoupa, as well as braised sun bear paw, quite the delicacy here." ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1984)
Spices hung heavy in the air: cinnamon, marjoram, thyme, black pepper and heady nutmeg; there were flapping multicolored rugs and pewter lamps molded into lewd vertical shapes, fresh veg - etables and dried fruits, candies and exotic liquored sweetmeats, fresh fish on shaved ice and crawling langoustes in their salt-water-filled glass cases. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1980)
Then came the main courses: cut fowl, golden brown, crisped, rubbed with coarse salt and herbs; broiled shrimps, hardy langoustes; cracked crabs, their shining carapaces blue and red, fresh from the boiling water. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1980)
Three of these reservoirs are reserved for fish, the others for crustacea — lobsters and langoustes. ❋ Fanny Bury Palliser (N/A)
In fact, one of the first and abiding impressions of Bordeaux is that it is a great place for things to eat -- oysters from Marennes, lobsters and langoustes, pears big as cantaloupes, pomegranates, mushrooms -- the little ones and the big cepes of Bordeaux -- yellow dates just up from ❋ Arthur Ruhl (1905)
The best shell-fish are the _praires_ and the _clovisses_, about the same size as walnuts or little neck clams; the _clovisses_ are the largest, and rather take the place of oysters when the latter are not in season, in the same way the clam does in America; others are mussels, oysters, and _langoustes_. ❋ Algernon Bastard (1885)
Spiny lobsters or langoustes - also known as rock lobsters or crayfish - fetch a lot of money on the Asian market. ❋ Unknown (2008)
For example, the spiny lobsters (langoustes) were formerly all grouped in the genus Palinurus; this is usually said to have come from the name of Aeneas's navigator, but it could equally well be descriptive, referring to the undercurved tails of the creatures. ❋ Unknown (1984)
It is the same for the decapodes macroures, such as the langoustes and the salicoes; and it is generally by the aid of drags and nets that they are taken; but a more successful way of fishing is to sink to the bottom an open case, a kind of basket whose mouth is in the form of a reversed cone; some carrion placed in the interior of this snare attracts the crabs, and when once in they cannot get out. ❋ Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1833)
To signal the arrival of new “ladies of leisure” on the Isthmus, a code announcement was flashed along the railroad’s telegraph line: “langoustes arrivees” “lobsters arrived”. ❋ DAVID McCULLOUGH. (2005)
Fishing is the occupation of the inhabitants, and the table-d’hôte at our comfortable, clean, little inn was plentifully supplied with magnificent john dorys, large red mullet, langoustes, and fish of every description. ❋ Fanny Bury Palliser (N/A)
