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Brief Comments: Tiny Snail Shells by The Seafood Advisor
On Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:10:04 AM UTC-5, SeafoodAdv wrote:
> Copyright 2002 by Walter Rhee. All Rights Reserved. > > Koreans eat few variety of small snails boiled. But the ones found and > available in the U. S. market are most likely periwinkles(LITTORINA LITTOREA or > related genus) from the rocky ocean shores. The average food size is about 3/4 > inches in length. The color of the somewhat rough.hell is grayish-green. > > Koreans boil the periwinkles in plain water or brine.Toothpicks or safety pins > are used to poke and pry the boiled meat out of the shell. In order to get to > the meat, the tooth pick is inserted deep beyond the operculum, the thin > plastic lens like covering(actually a protein matrix). The operculum is the > "door" of the snail to protect itself. Some people eat the operculum, some pick > it out like watermelon seeds. > > There is no need to be worried about red tide poisoning(paralytic shellfish > poisoning), since the particular periwinkles are all grazers of algae on the > rocks and do not filter feed. Taste wise, I would put it somewhere between a > Pacific littleneck("asari" in Japanese) and a strong tasting blue mussel. > > > Walter Rhee, "The Seafood Advisor" |
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Brief Comments: Tiny Snail Shells by The Seafood Advisor
On Friday, March 1, 2013 8:06:29 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:10:04 AM UTC-5, SeafoodAdv wrote: > you guys are the best I like your book a lot and this is Liam from want grove Elementary schooland you guys came here today! !!!! > > Copyright 2002 by Walter Rhee. All Rights Reserved. > > > > > > Koreans eat few variety of small snails boiled. But the ones found and > > > available in the U. S. market are most likely periwinkles(LITTORINA LITTOREA or > > > related genus) from the rocky ocean shores. The average food size is about 3/4 > > > inches in length. The color of the somewhat rough.hell is grayish-green. > > > > > > Koreans boil the periwinkles in plain water or brine.Toothpicks or safety pins > > > are used to poke and pry the boiled meat out of the shell. In order to get to > > > the meat, the tooth pick is inserted deep beyond the operculum, the thin > > > plastic lens like covering(actually a protein matrix). The operculum is the > > > "door" of the snail to protect itself. Some people eat the operculum, some pick > > > it out like watermelon seeds. > > > > > > There is no need to be worried about red tide poisoning(paralytic shellfish > > > poisoning), since the particular periwinkles are all grazers of algae on the > > > rocks and do not filter feed. Taste wise, I would put it somewhere between a > > > Pacific littleneck("asari" in Japanese) and a strong tasting blue mussel. > > > > > > > > > Walter Rhee, "The Seafood Advisor" |
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