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The Bogue Sound Ledger

Tide log kept from the causeway, Carteret County, North Carolina

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The Kitchen: what the sound puts on the table

Three entries follow the sound into the kitchen: what a menu is built from month by month, what cooking for a crowd asks of a deck or a boat side, and how shrimp and flounder are bought, cleaned and cooked at home. No price appears on these pages, because a sound side board is written and wiped by the day.

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The Kitchen

2026

3 entries dated in 2026

August 20261 entry

  1. Shrimp, flounder and the sound plate at home

    Shrimp and flounder are two of the most reliable plates on the Bogue Sound table, and both reward a cook who knows what to look for at the counter and how little needs to be done once the fish is h...

    The Kitchen HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 7 min

June 20261 entry

  1. What a sound side seafood menu is built from, month by month

    A sound side seafood menu is not a fixed list.

    The Kitchen HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 6 min

March 20261 entry

  1. Cooking for a crowd on the causeway, deck, boat side and off site

    You can cook for a crowd on the causeway if you treat the crossing as one long room with three different addresses.

    The Kitchen HIGH WATERSLACKLOW WATER 7 min

The The Kitchen entries, month by month

The dated entries of this section, what each one is read at, and what the body it names does not publish
Month Entry Dated Read at What the named body does not publish
August 2026 Shrimp, flounder and the sound plate 11/08/2026 SLACK The NOAA Fisheries species page covers summer flounder biology, and it does not publish a retail price for a sound side counter.
June 2026 What a sound side seafood menu is built from 05/06/2026 SLACK The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries publishes seasons and proclamations, and it does not publish a price or a menu for any kitchen.
March 2026 Cooking for a crowd on the causeway 17/03/2026 SLACK The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries publishes what may be taken and when, and it does not publish what a crowd of forty should be served.