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ISSDO VADDE – by Des Kelly Sinhalese translation for ‘Prawn-Patties’, eaten by all of us Sri Lankans at one time or another. I remember them being sold at various venues, like the glorious beaches all around the Island.There was always a seller, practically as you beached after a body-surf, there he was, offering these delicious tidbits as he walked beside you to where your clothes lay on the beach with a rupee or two carefully hidden, for the specific reason of buying something to eat out there. All the ‘vaddes’ did not have the prawn attached, and, back in the late 1940’s & early 50’s, you were good for 4 of them for 2 rupees, or, if you were less Affluent, you could buy two, with the prawns stuck on for around 75 cents each. The same culinary objective was available at Railway Train Stations, where, together with the Prawn ...