Cockles (Cardium Edule) are gathered by traditional methods which is by hand rake and by riddle. Cockles are a shellfish that can be found in the muddy flats of the Burry Estuary, which lies between the Gower Peninsular and the County of Camarthenshire. To commercially gather cockles from the estuary you must have a valid licence form the Sea fisheries. Once the cockles have been gathered they are taken to the factory to be processed. The cockles are pre-washed and boiled and cooked in their shell. The shells are then mechanically removed, by a shaker, leaving the cooked cockle meat. The cockles then go through various cleaning process and then through cold water to cool them down before packaging. Most popular way to enjoy cockles is to eat them with a little pepper and vinegar as a snack. There are also many different recipes that you could try. Some of the most popular are; frying them with some bacon and fresh welsh laverbread, and another is by simply adding garlic sauce.