"shawn" > wrote in message
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> "Musashi" > wrote:
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> >"shawn" > wrote in message
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> >> "Musashi" > wrote:
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> >> >"parrotheada1a" > wrote in message
> >> roups.com...
> >> >> Unless you live around Louisiana, you're probably getting frozen
bugs.
> >> >> More likely than not, they're coming from China. The Chinese farm
them
> >> >> in rice paddies just like shrimp. I can get peeled & parcooked
tailmeat
> >> >> at Wally world for about $8.00 a bag, frozen & cryovaced. I
wouldn't
> >> >> make nigiri out of them at any rate, the tails are rather small.
> >> >> Probably the best way to handle these things is either in a handroll
or
> >> >> a maki. I chop up a bunch of tails, so they are in good sized
chunks.
> >> >> Then I add some mayo, mirin & hots, pretty much the same as for
spicy
> >> >> tuna. This goes into the maki with a generous helping of green onion
> >> >> shreds, or shredded pea pods.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >In Japan, crayfish have been around for about 100 years or so, having
> >been
> >> >accidentally introduced from the US. They are considered as pests by
rice
> >> >farmers as they cause damage to the rice in the paddies. Oddly,
although
> >Japanese
> >> >people will eat just about anything that lives in water, nobody ever
> >acquired a taste for
> >> >the freshwater crayfish.
> >>
> >> Sounds like there is an opportunity there. A chance to introduce the
> >> crawfish boil to the Japanese people. LOL. It does seem a bit off
> >> that they haven't picked up on that as a food source, but I guess
> >> people can stick to their first impressions.
> >>
> >
> >You are right. If you opened a Cajun restaurant in Tokyo people would
> >probably line up to eat those crawfish.
>
> I'm surprised that hasn't happen. Do they have many western style
> restaurants in Japan? I would think they would have picked up on it
> since they seem to pick up on so many western habits (dress and
> language).
>

It probably HAS happened. Legal Seafoods has a restaurant in Tokyo.
Wolfgang Puck has his California Grill in Tokyo. Not to mention Macdonalds,
KFC, etc.

> >First impressions do count. Another foreign fish that has become
> >overpopulated in Japan is the Large Mouth Black Bass. Despite a boom in
> >Bass fishing a la US style, bass boats and all, nobody seems to think
they
> >are any good eating.
>
> That seems to be a common theme. I've heard that there are fish in the
> USA that are thought of in the same manner. I know that catfish and
> mullet are big in the southeastern US, but I believe they aren't liked
> up in the northern US.
>

That's very true.

> >OK, they may not be the best but I don't think they're any worse than
Tilapia.
> >In some lakes in Japan it is illegal to throw back a Black Bass, you are
> >forced to keep it.
>
> Now that's a first! I guess that is one way to get rid of the fish,
> but how do you enforce that kind of rule. It's hard to check on what
> type of fish someone tossed back in to the water after the fact.
>

Yes it's hard to check and enforce.
But alot people I know don't throw carp back.
Catch & Release, along with forced removal is just another
management tool in maintaining the proper population balances
of various sport species.