"Gerry" > wrote in message
news:2007092415065650073-somewhere@sunnycalif...
> On 2007-09-24 08:30:22 -0700, "Musashi" > said:
>
> > Yes at a sushi counter you will find Akagai, Aoyagi, Torigai, Mirugai,
etc
> > all in raw form. I think that surf clam is probably mirugai or geoduck.
>
> Nope. I get frequenctly in SoCal and they are explicitly not mirugai.
> They have a very distinctive look to them with a pink point of sorts.
> It looks vaguely triangular. I found a picture, which though it looks
> a little skewed to red rather than pink is close enough:
>
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...79752668XPISTZ
> --


Ahh...that's Hokkigai. Sometimes called Hokkyokugai.
I use that when making Nuta sometimes instead of Tako.
Yes you're right that's called Surf Clam.
Amazingly harvested in Canada and shipped to China where processed, boxed
and frozen and sent back to
the US.