Hello steemians, my name is Nsikak Sunday Ntuk. I am an indigene of Akwa Ibom State which is in the South South region of Nigeria.
Today, I want to share photo of one of the sea food which is peculiar to the good people of Akwa Ibom State andd Cross Rivers. It is a shelled sea creature which lives in water and swampy areas.
I cant really tell what these creature eat, but one thing I know is that this is the best sea food when considering the nutritional value and the cost of getting or preparing it.
In Nigeria, people travel as far as from the Northern part of Nigeria to the south south, just to but it in bags and resell it over there.
I remember back the when I was serving my fatherland as a corp member, I used to take at least a twenty liter pail of the periwinkle to the lodge where I lived with other corp members. It was there that I got to know from coper Chidima whose's standing by my side, that the creature is called ''Isam'' in igbo language.
When, my dad was sick, the doctor recommended that he should eat more of the periwinkle in other to build his blood count and boost up his immune system. It was there and then that I got to understand the reason behind seeing big men (rich dudes) queuing up somewhere in a street just to suck periwinkle. You can't beat the nutritionally value of periwinkle because I watched my dad come back to life and healthy after 3 weeks of eating this sea creature.
_Stay put, I will bring you more secrets about periwinkle.
Thank you for stopping by, God bless you.