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These things sound delicious.

by ropiwqefjnpoa 7y ago

pesmhey 7y ago
They are fantastic. If you ever get a chance, try it!
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dsfyu404ed 7y ago
I don't think there's any saltwater invertebrate that isn't delicious when breaded and deep fried.
- dfsegoat 7y ago
  Wholly agree. Although I may take a pass on these guys if the opportunity presented itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod ::shudders:: Edit: Update... Well somebody went there: https://soranews24.com/2014/03/12/dinner-is-served-get-your-teeth-into-giant-marine-isopods-tastes-just-like-chicken/ https://soranews24.com/2014/03/12/dinner-is-served-get-your-...
  - samatman 7y ago
    Is it really that different from a crab or a langoustine? It does look alarmingly like a woodlouse/pillbug, but I'd guess the meat is quite similar.
NikolaeVarius 7y ago
They are. Abalone hoe is awesome
wil421 7y ago
They are really tough and you need to pound the crap out of it. There are Asian restaurants where you can give a wink or secret handshake and get native abalone. Mostly Chinese IIRC. The Asian poachers were busted on a wildlife show I’ve watched and they are contributing to the problem. I heard about the Chinese restaurants in California from food blogs and other shows.
- generatorguy 7y ago
  I saw a Chinese guy getting busted in NorCal he had hidden the abalone in the hub caps of his car tires. Think old Chevy ones that were like a big bowl. This is the tragedy of the common resource, people always cheat. There will be no more fish in the sea. See the Canadian maritime fishing industry for exhibit A. They Take all the fish until there are no more and then try to find something new to do maybe, or maybe just do nothing.
  - wil421 7y ago
    Yea I’ve seen Chinese fisherman in Florida taking anything they catch. I mean anything their net or pole catches. Fish, not fish, invertebrate, even oyster toadfish. I wanted to see how they cook it all but some of the stuff was not legal.
- a_bonobo 7y ago
  Similar problem in Australia - lots of Chinese in Western Australia leads to overfishing of native Abalone stock: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-chinese-fascination-with-wa-abalone-20181110-p50f8h.html https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-ch... Restrictions on fishing are getting tighter every season since more and more people go in
teh_klev 7y ago
When I visited New Zealand's Stewart Island in 2005 to stay with my brother's in-laws (who run a sea food business there) I had the pleasure of a home cooked dinner of locally dive caught abalone and my own line caught blue cod. The abalone was cooked in garlic butter and was utterly delicious. I'm not really a huge fan of things that live in shells in the sea, but I could certainly get used to abalone. Afterwards I was told that the (fairly sizeable) portion of abalone I'd consumed would have cost US$150+ in a US restaurant. I nearly fell off of my chair.
- giardini 7y ago
  teh_klev says". The abalone was cooked in garlic butter and was utterly delicious. I'm not really a huge fan of things that live in shells in the sea, but I could certainly get used to abalone." But anything cooked in garlic butter is utterly delicious! The abalone is merely a carrier for the hot garlic butter.
  - teh_klev 7y ago
    Well, yes I admit this is true. But the abalone had a nice texture, like nicely cooked mushrooms I guess. Having thought about it, it was actually like eating a really nice plate of foraged-in-the-wood mushrooms cooked in garlic butter but with a background taste that I couldn't properly identify (maybe the sea), but it wasn't unpleasant.
aidenn0 7y ago
There's a red abalone farm just a couple of miles away from my house. I've never had white abalone though.

These things sound delicious.

pesmhey 7y ago

They are fantastic. If you ever get a chance, try it!

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dsfyu404ed 7y ago

I don't think there's any saltwater invertebrate that isn't delicious when breaded and deep fried.

dfsegoat 7y ago
Wholly agree. Although I may take a pass on these guys if the opportunity presented itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_isopod ::shudders:: Edit: Update... Well somebody went there: https://soranews24.com/2014/03/12/dinner-is-served-get-your-teeth-into-giant-marine-isopods-tastes-just-like-chicken/ https://soranews24.com/2014/03/12/dinner-is-served-get-your-...
- samatman 7y ago
  Is it really that different from a crab or a langoustine? It does look alarmingly like a woodlouse/pillbug, but I'd guess the meat is quite similar.

NikolaeVarius 7y ago

They are. Abalone hoe is awesome

wil421 7y ago

They are really tough and you need to pound the crap out of it. There are Asian restaurants where you can give a wink or secret handshake and get native abalone. Mostly Chinese IIRC. The Asian poachers were busted on a wildlife show I’ve watched and they are contributing to the problem. I heard about the Chinese restaurants in California from food blogs and other shows.

generatorguy 7y ago
I saw a Chinese guy getting busted in NorCal he had hidden the abalone in the hub caps of his car tires. Think old Chevy ones that were like a big bowl. This is the tragedy of the common resource, people always cheat. There will be no more fish in the sea. See the Canadian maritime fishing industry for exhibit A. They Take all the fish until there are no more and then try to find something new to do maybe, or maybe just do nothing.
- wil421 7y ago
  Yea I’ve seen Chinese fisherman in Florida taking anything they catch. I mean anything their net or pole catches. Fish, not fish, invertebrate, even oyster toadfish. I wanted to see how they cook it all but some of the stuff was not legal.
a_bonobo 7y ago
Similar problem in Australia - lots of Chinese in Western Australia leads to overfishing of native Abalone stock: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-chinese-fascination-with-wa-abalone-20181110-p50f8h.html https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-ch... Restrictions on fishing are getting tighter every season since more and more people go in

teh_klev 7y ago

When I visited New Zealand's Stewart Island in 2005 to stay with my brother's in-laws (who run a sea food business there) I had the pleasure of a home cooked dinner of locally dive caught abalone and my own line caught blue cod. The abalone was cooked in garlic butter and was utterly delicious. I'm not really a huge fan of things that live in shells in the sea, but I could certainly get used to abalone. Afterwards I was told that the (fairly sizeable) portion of abalone I'd consumed would have cost US$150+ in a US restaurant. I nearly fell off of my chair.

giardini 7y ago
teh_klev says". The abalone was cooked in garlic butter and was utterly delicious. I'm not really a huge fan of things that live in shells in the sea, but I could certainly get used to abalone." But anything cooked in garlic butter is utterly delicious! The abalone is merely a carrier for the hot garlic butter.
- teh_klev 7y ago
  Well, yes I admit this is true. But the abalone had a nice texture, like nicely cooked mushrooms I guess. Having thought about it, it was actually like eating a really nice plate of foraged-in-the-wood mushrooms cooked in garlic butter but with a background taste that I couldn't properly identify (maybe the sea), but it wasn't unpleasant.

aidenn0 7y ago

There's a red abalone farm just a couple of miles away from my house. I've never had white abalone though.