Friday, November 9, 2012

Pacific Sea Slug (Snail)


I use a local seafood purveyor who personally drives to the docks and meets his fishermen as they come in. He picks out the nicest line caught fish and that's what he sells. From time to time he will also pick up all sorts of interesting by-catch like this sea slug (also called sea snail, but has no shell).

I took the pics below with my phone after I lightly poached them. In their raw form they look like a mass of gelatinnous slime.

Its a little counter intuitive compared to land snails but the tube like mouth part is delicious while the foot is horribly chewy. They are tasty enough that I would consider serving them in the right situation..................


 

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