By Kevin

The queen conch must be the national dish of The Bahamas. (The name rhymes with honk.) The locals eat conch a multitude of different ways but the most popular seem to be conch salad (similar to ceviche), scorch conch, cracked conch, conch chowder, and conch fritters.

Conch are simple animals who produce, and live in, beautiful shells. They are peaceful little critters who live on the ocean bottom, eating vegetation. But, many people think they taste awefully good, proven by the mighty piles of conch shells laying around any Bahamian settlement–some piles are more than 5 feet high.