Perfect summer evening snack


westg

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Abolone or sea snail

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SHUCKED AND CLEANED

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pounded with a meat tenderiser

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egg and bread crumb with mixed herbs and garlic from the garden

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shallow fried

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serve when golden brown

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even better with a shot of Grey Goose absolutely magnificent

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Never tried abalone... what does it taste like? You catch em yourself?

I reckon it tastes like sausage meat. Yep caught myself , we get five Sundays a year and you can only fish between 7 & and 8 am on each Sunday .

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Was wondering the same - can they be eaten raw?

Yes, but you need to make sure wherever you get them is relatively pollution free. You can slice them thinly and serve with soy sauce & wasabi (the crunchy texture of raw abalone is interesting), however, I prefer mine braised Chinese style.

West, didn't think you guys had blacklip abalone is WA. I thought you guys just had the brownlip or greenlip varieties.

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These are called roe abolone...a smaller version...but just as tasty...found in northern waters...the bigger green and browns are in the southern cooler waters...I have an abolone blue grouper post check them out..big suckers. In the fishing pics Forum

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Awesome. I love them!

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Oh, roe abalone. Thought they looked a little small compared to the ones we get over here. Then again, abalone have been getting smaller over the last 30yrs. Used to be back in the 70's/80's, you could get a bucket of huge abalone for 20c a piece. Most Aussies had no idea what they were or how to eat them back then.

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Never had abalone, but would like to try them some time. Haven't yet met a seafood I didn't like (definitely some I like more than others, of course). Are they anything at all like scallops? I dig good scallops.

Those definitely cooked up nicely!

Cheers,

~ Greg ~

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It's a lot like Conch (insert immature giggle here)

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sort of ..similar texture conch is a bit sweeter.

Yeah, but the Abalone I've had off the west coast of Mexico/ South America have been very sweet, It probably depends on water temperatures, like a lot of things

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