> I'd also like to note that I have never heard of any dish involving sea urchins. > I'm sure they exist in the cuisine that you are familiar with You may hav

> I'd also like to note that I have never heard of any dish involving sea urchins. > I'm sure they exist in the cuisine that you are familiar with You may have heard about a small place called the Mediterranean. not a place really relevant for European culture if we except three or four empires that shaped the history of the humanity. Every country touched by the Greeks or Roma knows how sea urchins taste. You could find them easily [1] in coastal areas of Greece, Spain, Morocco, Lybia, Egypt, France, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus... probably also Ireland. I bet that a lot of Asian and American countries have heard of it also by their own means. Japanese pay astronomical prices for them. [1] If you know where to look for Guess the reason why so many people eat them.