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With the exception of gefiltefish, lutefisk, and mackerel - I'll take any seafood, prepared virtually any which way. Love the unusual stuff too like squid, octopus, unagi, masago.
Does anyone recognize and know what this fish is called in English?
Love any fresh fish flounder,halibut,cod,haddock but no bluefish,makeral, trout. Love calamari, mussels,clams,shrimp,lobster,fried oysters crabs. Now I'm craving and no fresh fish in MN!
Mmm! Abalone! In the '70's, abalone was abundant in restaurants near the coast of California. Also easy to find yourself, if you were into scuba diving. Later it became unavailable and I think illegal. (Overfishing--and possibly scuba divers taking them too small.)
I haven't been in CA for a long time (nearly two decades). Is abalone easy to find these days? In restaurants? Fish markets? Is it wild or farmed? Is farmed as good as wild? I miss abalone!
I used to collect abalone shells on a desolate, remote beach on the central coast of California. The beach is littered with huge dinner plate sized shells. When I lived there 7 years ago, there was a hefty fine if you got caught with abalone south of San Francisco without a permit. There were catch limits and you can't scuba dive for them, they have to be caught in water where you can hold your breath or picked from the shore. They have tags now, that you have to put on the abalone. The game wardens are very strict with abalone. I heard of guys who would fill coolers and sell them to the Asian restaurants and markets in the bay area and make good money. I never tried abalone myself.
Mmm! Abalone! In the '70's, abalone was abundant in restaurants near the coast of California. Also easy to find yourself, if you were into scuba diving. Later it became unavailable and I think illegal. (Overfishing--and possibly scuba divers taking them too small.)
I haven't been in CA for a long time (nearly two decades). Is abalone easy to find these days? In restaurants? Fish markets? Is it wild or farmed? Is farmed as good as wild? I miss abalone!
No, Asian abalone blight has killed most of them off so it is now illegal to catch them (commercially or as a sport fisherman or diver) south of San Francisco Bay. Asian abalone blight kills over 90% of the abalone hatched each year in the wild so it has been devastating especially since over fishing had already reduced their numbers.
My dad and uncle told me that in the 1960's San Diego's regional specialty food (kind of like New England's clam chowder or Texas BBQ) was all things abalone especially the abalone burger. He told me that the abalone catch was so large and the shell fish so cheap that you'd go to the drive in and get an abalone burger for just $0.25. Now days the stuff costs like $25 per pound and must be farm raised.
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