On 3/16/2016 6:08 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7:50:11 AM UTC-7, Dan Logcher wrote:
>> On 3/14/2016 1:14 PM, wrote:
>>> I love uni. I used to buy fresh sea urchins from Maine in the Italian fish markets in NYC but then they stopped selling it. They said that the Japanese were buying all of it.
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>> Not sure that's true.. We still have uni around Boston.
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> Dan, you've been here a long time. Do you mean uni or the whole sea urchins? Do they sell live sea urchins in the Boston fish markets like they used to do in the Italian fish markets in NYC? I love fresh uni but it is hard to find out here in the desert. There is an uni specialty restaurant in southern Cal, I forgot exactly where. I'll have to try it the next time I'm out that way.

I haven't been to any of the fish markets lately.. its been a long time.
I recall having live sea urchin about 5 years ago at a restaurant, but
most sushi places don't serve it that way.

Depending on the season, uni comes from Maine.. so getting live uni could be
as easy as visiting some markets in Maine. Never thought of doing that..

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Dan

On 03/17/16 10:56 AM, Dan Logcher wrote:
> On 3/16/2016 6:08 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7:50:11 AM UTC-7, Dan Logcher wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2016 1:14 PM, wrote:
>>>> I love uni. I used to buy fresh sea urchins from Maine in the Italian
>>>> fish markets in NYC but then they stopped selling it. They said that
>>>> the Japanese were buying all of it.
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>>> Not sure that's true.. We still have uni around Boston.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan
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>> Dan, you've been here a long time. Do you mean uni or the whole sea
>> urchins? Do they sell live sea urchins in the Boston fish markets like
>> they used to do in the Italian fish markets in NYC? I love fresh uni but
>> it is hard to find out here in the desert. There is an uni specialty
>> restaurant in southern Cal, I forgot exactly where. I'll have to try it
>> the next time I'm out that way.
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> I haven't been to any of the fish markets lately.. its been a long time.
> I recall having live sea urchin about 5 years ago at a restaurant, but
> most sushi places don't serve it that way.
>
> Depending on the season, uni comes from Maine.. so getting live uni could be
> as easy as visiting some markets in Maine. Never thought of doing that..
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The season for urchins here in Maine has just wrapped up. I'm a fool for not
getting them more often, but when you do, don't discard the males. I think
they taste just as good as the females, just not aesthetically appetizing.
But I think a like pasta Alfredo would be excellent with them.

Been very quiet in here, Dan & Ken. Good to see some old friends still around

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Wilson 44.69, -67.3

When I used to get live sea urchins at the fish markets in NYC many of them were empty of roe and many of the others had very little in them. Only a few were really good and full of roe, and even those weren't as full as the ones I see people opening up on the videos. I never could figure out how to select the good ones. Could it be that they were pre sorted and the good ones had already been removed? The orange uni from them was the best though - and I bet it would be even better fresh from the ocean!

On 3/20/2016 2:24 PM, Wilson wrote:
> Been very quiet in here, Dan & Ken. Good to see some old friends still around

Still here.. just busy as hell. I get sushi once or twice a month, certainly not
us much as before.

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Dan

On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:54:09 -0400, Dan Logcher
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>On 3/20/2016 2:24 PM, Wilson wrote:
>> Been very quiet in here, Dan & Ken. Good to see some old friends still around
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>Still here.. just busy as hell. I get sushi once or twice a month, certainly not
>us much as before.


Much the same with me.