Text 34279, 73 rader
Skriven 2013-03-01 21:55:00 av Nancy Backus (64457.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 34253 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: cans 183
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 03-01-13  09:24 <=-

 ML>> The barnacles grow mostly on the Iberian peninsula and
 ML>> are bizarrely expensive. They taste like extraordinarily
 ML>> salty clams. A confirmed foodie named Antonio Vigario
 ML>> from RIME Cuisine introduced me to them.
 NB>> Not likely I'll ever encounter them, then...  ;)

 ML> Not that this would be too likely to change matters, but
 ML> I found this at latienda.com -
 ML> Percebes de Galicia 'Los Peperetes' - Exquisite Goose Barnacles
 ML> 15 to 20 per tin
 ML> All Natural
 ML> $84.00 SE-70

At that price... no, not likely at all...  ;0

 ML> Exquisite delicacy
 ML> Harvested from the rocky coast of Galicia
 ML> Fresh, briny taste
 ML> The first time ever in America!
 ML> Gluten Free
 ML> Size - 5.3 oz/150 g Tin

..... even if the tin was a bit larger for the cost...!

 ML> A plate of percebes in Spain can cost up to 100 euros per kilo, 
 ML> so this is a very costly delicacy, even fresh in Spain. The 
 ML> reason is that harvesting them from the rocky shores is 
 ML> extremely dangerous. Every year a brave fisherman dies working 
 ML> to cut away the percebes from their wave battered rocks.
 ML> [M's note: latienda.com is selling them for $560 per kilo]
 
Methinks perhaps some brave fishermen could be spared, if there was less
demand for them...  ;)

 NB>> Raw oysters, well,
 NB>> they were ok.  But nothing I'd seek out again...  ;)  And most I've
 NB>> seen on sushi buffets don't look like I should be having them...

 ML> Once in a while I have had good ones at buffets; often, as
 ML> you say, they are dodgy. Dale and Gail took me to the
 ML> Poseidon not too long ago, where the oysters were reasonably
 ML> fresh but from less briny origins, so they didn't taste
 ML> good enough for me to go back for more (there were other
 ML> things worth eating, though).

And the stomach only holds so much, anyway... ;)   It was many years ago
that I had the raw oysters, what I remember of it was that a friend took
me to some sit-down restaurant, and ordered them... I had at least one,
maybe more, but that I don't remember... he ate whatever was left... :)
 
 NB>> tentacles should be on at least some of those lists, right...?
 ML> They're so tame, though!
 NB> To some people...  (G)
 ML> 
 ML> Okay, they're ugly, but they're not outlandish in taste or
 ML> texture. Fried crisp they are much more accessible than
 ML> the rings, which have a texture that to some seems weird.

We've always enjoyed them, both rings and tentacles... but know people
that are very squeamish about them... :)  Cantonese House has a nice
fried tentacles plate as part of their dimsum... and we've also enjoyed
them as an appetizer at a favorite Thai place, The King and I... both
here in town...  :)

ttyl      neb

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