JohnsonBox Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Pic of barnacles Chinese folks living in the shore of the Pacific are used to have barnacles as one of their sea food, because it tastes delicious. I'd like to know if it is availabe in local markets in your country if you are also living in/near the shore of the sea. Barnacles, for seagoing ships or docks are so boring, but it is good that poor people to have them as food; plus, the shells of them can be used as raw material of calcareousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 i don't know if they're here unless they're in the bigger specialty stores. they look icky :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 no, never seen them before in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I believe I've seen one of those in a sushi b4, even tho it was part veg or sumthin.. looks icky tho :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Geez. I would NOT eat those. Not even if you paid me to. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 It is also called barnacles: Now, it is pretty, no icky, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It is also called barnacles: http://www.vibrantsea.net/images/gooseneck29_hardy2.jpg Now, it is pretty, no icky, right? Sure, they are pretty, but I would not eat them. Blech! :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Geez. I would NOT eat those. Not even if you paid me to. :x Hehe, what you saw was the shells of barnacles, which look ugly. And what the folks ate was the flesh of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It is also called barnacles: http://www.vibrantsea.net/images/gooseneck29_hardy2.jpg Now, it is pretty, no icky, right? wow. those sure aresome hot lava-flavoured toxic clams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnut Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 theyre just crappy parasites that attach themselves to the hulls of ships and bug mammals like whales. Theyre a bitch to get off and need special tools etc. I live near portsmouth england and you often see ships in the dock and people tryin to scrape the little feckers off lol. I wouldnt go eatin 'em :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hmm, try to penetrate the fugly shell, there might be yum flesh inside. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tho Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It is also called barnacles: http://www.vibrantsea.net/images/gooseneck29_hardy2.jpg Now, it is pretty, no icky, right? Hahah YUM! :D Yeah, you can buy that here.. just not very common because I am not near the Sea....maybe JohnsonBox is --> Southern China?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterHaze Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I live close to several beaches and have not once seen at any of them selling those as food on the piers. :blink: I didn't know people even eat them until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incubusdaemon Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 They sell them in Chinatown in San Fran, as well as 99 Ranch market in El Cerrito around here (along with 400 other kinds of live seafood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted June 23, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2004 theyre just crappy parasites that attach themselves to the hulls of ships and bug mammals like whales. Theyre a bitch to get off and need special tools etc. I live near portsmouth england and you often see ships in the dock and people tryin to scrape the little feckers off lol. I wouldnt go eatin 'em :x had to scrape plenty myself on my first job when I was 12, at a marina here nasty things, eat em? unh uh nosir :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Good lord, JB what kinda crap they make you eat over there? :x :x :x :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 The barnacles in the second pic cost about US$20 per kilogram in hotels in China! While chicken just costs about US$3 there. Got it? Sir? Thou shall not be naive, BOOG. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Ahh...so you have to not only eat things that you scrape from the ocean floor, but you have to pay a lot for it. Makes sense. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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