kaneohegirlinaz
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Hint: it comes from the Sea
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Hint: it comes from the Sea
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mussels?
(Apologies, I had my identification of abalone and mussels confused when I first guessed abalone. I actually meant mussels (sorry) )
I thought possibly mussels but the colour and structure looks wrong. I also thought soft shelled crab but again the structure is wrong. Limpet? I know those are popular in Hawaii but it doeasn't really look like that either. Wrong colour and structure for an oyster too. 🤷♀️
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Are they periwinkles?
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Seem rather large for periwinkles. At least the ones I used to catch in Scotland for ecology ...
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Sorry, no
BINGO!
You got Morning Glory
These are from Hawaii and a very expensive delicacy at that.
In Hawaiian the name is Opihi (oh-pee-he)
I found this on Wikipedia
They can cost as much as $400USD per gallon!
So this tiny 1/4 cup serving could fetch as much as $25USD
They are eaten raw, normally with the full monty of Hawaiian dishes
When we go back to Oahu, we make at least one pilgrimage to this restaurant and spend a small fortune!
The one thing that I REALLY miss about home is the food!
I had to look up periwinkles JAS_OH1
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Yeah, I initially thought limpet, but it didn't look right compared to the ones I have seen.
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Ohhh gotcha! How do they taste? Any iodine taste to them, or the usual shellfish (mussels/oysters) flavor?
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Never seen or heard of this before
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They're very different looking, aren't they?
The taste like the Ocean really is how I discribe them.
I'm allergic to shell seafood, so the only say that the taste is unique, briny, they have a crunch, to be honest, I can't think of any other foods like Opihi.
Opihi are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
It can be very dangerous trying to collect them, this is why they are so costly.
Gimme a serving of Opihi and a bowl of 3 day old Poi with Hawaiian Sea salt over the top and I'm one happy little Homesick Island Gal.
I'd love to try them but somehow I don't think I ever will. I only guessed it because I knew about your Hawaii roots and I remembered something about those limpets as being a speciality. Here we get limpets but they are tiny and far as I know not worth eating for that reason.
... actually I'm wrong. They can be foraged here in the UK: Limpets | Never Mind the Burdocks
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Never Mind the Burdocks, here come the Limpets...
All I could think of was The Incredible Mr. Limpet, with Don Knox.
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Here is a new one - a kitchen gadget. What is it for?
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