Off The Broiler

also see: food and dining in the bahamas

this is one of the many conch shell dumping grounds on grand bahama island. there are ally tens of thousands of shells here in this one pile

conch shells

live conch

the conch are removed from their shells

big daddy brown's cousin cleans and extracts the conch from their shells

here's big daddy brown

some nice tomato

the essential components of a bahamian conch salad — conch

big daddy brown then adds lime juice

big daddy brown's conch salad. in my opinion one of the very best on the island

here's a video i took of the process so you see how it is done

big daddy also has nicely and polished conch shells

conch ready

closeup of the conch cooking on the grill

grilled conch. now this is what you call real bahamian food

the best bahamian food be found in stands like this

conch fritters are another popular means of eating our favorite marine gastropod. these are from grouper's grill at the ocean reef resort in freeport

no order of conch fritters should be without lime and goat pepper sauce . this is simply caribbean peppers

all conched out

in the bahamas

this whee arrow of conch is destined

they don't get any fresher than this

as you see

freshly of conch

the conch is then scored

if you're not into conch

grillin' the conch

personally

here's an appetizer order at simply native in freeport

however

kelly's conch stand

again

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