It's too "muddy" for my tastes. I did have conch fritters while visiting my mother in Florida and didn't care enough for them that I bothered to try them again, they were both chewy and strong. Not revolting, not unchewable, just not good enough that I've tried again.
I'm only assuming they were some "food service" type pre-prepared and frozen things, so if I found some fresh yeah, right, in Michigan, LOL I'd probably try again. Abalone, now I've never had that. I heard it was delicious, Elery heard that it was terrible. Neither of us have any experience in that. We have whelks in our Cape Cod waters and, despite being a long time fan of Euell Gibbons, I have never eaten one.
Whelks have an obvious resemblance to scungilli. Do you have any personal knowledge about the gustatory quality of whelk? Another who has tried conch a few times and have done my duty Too many really good things from the sea to waste my time eating something that has to be cooked just right I ove con ch fritters and chowder And stone crab doesn't taste like blue crab and east coast oysters don't taste like Oregon oysters.
And Beverly I'll bet you never had a lobster fresh from the water When fish tastes fishy Linda C. But I find that people who say fish is "fishy" are from the midwest and never dropped a hook in the water and all the ocean fish they ate was trucked in.
I know when I firstg came But things afre lots better now I buy frozen Going to Florida Monday Oh yes I have. The very small ones grape size you can get in Chinese restaurants. They grind off the spiral tips and you just suck the meat out. I normally order them in black bean spicy sauce. Then there are the larger ones prune size you can get in Chinatown here in NYC. I have also gotten them in cans. They all have similar tastes and texture. I think the only kind that comes in the spiral shell that I have never tasted is hermit crabs, which is an entirely different species.
That's because a hermit crab occupies the abandoned spiral shell of a molusk, not its own shell, which is not a shell but a carapace. But that is of no gustatory importance. Hermit crabs are fun for the kids at the beach but will never be a food item. Now I will be on the lookout for whelks. For the sake of your fine reputation on this forum I hope they are tasty. BTW, concerning spiral critters, I had to gather periwinkles several times before overcoming my reluctance for eating snails.
When I finally cooked and ate them, they were very good. They are abundant around here but rarely eaten. But then, mussels used to be under appreciated in New England. Not any more. On second thought, dcarch, the whelks you describe probably are not the same ones I was thinking of that we have here. Ours are perhaps 6" long see link below. We also have some very small whelks called dog whelks which possibly are like the Chinese restaurant type you mentioned but they are really tiny.
Here is a link that might be useful: Whelk. Come to think of it, I think I am wrong. The ones they serve in Chinese restaurants may in fact be periwinkles. I think the conchs in the markets here are more like whelks.
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Did I do something wrong? Or you guys are just not interested in these divine glorified snails? In an effort to ensure the continued sustainability of local conch stocks, the harvesting of the species by foreigners is limited to ten conch per visit.
Still, Because of the continuing, near dramatic depletion throughout Abaco, Bahamian conch populations are now in danger of collapsing — as they already have elsewhere Fla. In new emphasis was put on conservation tightening measures even furthure spurred on by the Community Conch Org with the help of a great new "Get the word out" Video available to anybody. They just want their message out there and it is here on our Video Page.
In hind sight, a similar event took place in the Florida Keys. Due to overfishing, commercial harvest had been drastically limited since But by , it was apparent that the breeding population of conch had been nearly wiped out and recreational fishing was also closed.
Hopefully because of the conch's five year breeding cycle this wont happen in the Bahamas. Fortunately, the good news is, this will have little impact on the casual Abaco visitor.
Conch is readily available throughout Abaco for local consumption. Being in the mollusk family, the conch like oysters, produces pearls which frequently comes as a surprise to most folks. Often the meat is removed from the shell, cut and trimmed without examining the remains for pearls.
Shown is a picture of such beautiful pearls. You'll find jewelry made of conch pearls along with other local arts and crafts. One of my favorite things to do in the Abacos, is sampling the Conch Salad. It is this mans very favorite food in the Bahamas. It's refreshing, non fattening and tasty. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
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