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I LOVE soft shell crab -- but cooked.

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YES!!! It's one of my favorites, along with softshell crawfish. My mom got one with lots of baby crabs tucked under it's shell. That was the last time she ate crab.

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As we're on the whole "raw marinated seafood" thing, I should mention Ceviche. This is chunks of fish marinated for several days in cold conditions in a combo of lime juice, hot peppers, and onions. It's done when the fish looks cooked (although it's technically still raw.) Variations of Ceviche are made with conch, clams, squid, octopus, and shrimps; the latter is the only on where the seafood is cooked before being marinated. Among the best Ceviches that I've ever eaten was one based on octopus and squid, which was made by a friend of mine. Basically, she speared the tentacled critters, whapped them on a rock to tenderize them, chopped them up, and two days later, voila!

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There is a similar local appetizer known as Chincaluk of which small shrimps or squids are bottled up uncooked and marinated with chili and lime with lots of finely chopped onions thrown in. Looks a scary pink mess to most people, but real appetizing as a side dish to a main meal. If the bottle is kept in a hot place, the gas build up will blow the cap away. Messy...messy...

Dang! I eat anything raw! Yummy :ha: Would certainly love to try the Ceviche.

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"There is a similar local appetizer known as Chincaluk of which small shrimps or squids are bottled up uncooked and marinated with chili and lime with lots of finely chopped onions thrown in. Looks a scary pink mess to most people, but real appetizing as a side dish to a main meal. If the bottle is kept in a hot place, the gas build up will blow the cap away. Messy...messy..."

Sounds really good!


"Dang! I eat anything raw! Yummy" :ha: ......figured that( so do I).

"Would certainly love to try the Ceviche."

It's really easy and you can do it. Just get some cleaned fish, add whatever spices happen to turn you on and add citrus juice(I like Lime best) till the color changes to opaque . I haven't tried other things mentioned so don't know. There's no set recipe but, it always seems to be good. Really if you're at all handy in the kitchen just do it.

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If it's like this, then I have eaten it many times over albeit differently then.... Us, Chinese love to have raw Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella with hot plain rice porridge. Some will squeeze lime on it but it goes best with silvers of ginger and a dash of sesame oil and soy sauce. However, I go the whole 9 yards and have all the pork stuff in the porridge like the kidney, meat, stomach, meat balls, deep fried intestine and a raw egg thrown in. Oh yes, always a double helping of the raw fish! Just talking about it makes me very hungry now.

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This had to be posted in this thread! :03:

An american was touring Mexico. After his day's sight-seeing, he stops at a
local restaurant. While sipping his wine, he notices a sizzling, scrumptious
looking platter being served at the next table. Not only it looked good, but
the smell was wonderful. He asked the waiter, "What was that you just served
the gentleman at the next table?"

The waiter replied, " Ah, senor, you have excellent taste! Those were the
bull's testicles from the bull-fight this morning. A delicacy!"

The American was momentarily daunted when he learnt the origin of the dish.
But then he said, "What the hell? I am on vacation! Bring me an order!"

The waiter replied, "I am sorry, senor. there is only one serving a day,
since there is only one bull-fight each morning. If you come early tomorrow
and place your order, you will be sure to have this delicacy!"

The next morning, the American returned, placed his order, and was served
the one and only special delicacy of the day. after a few bites, he called
the waiter and said, "These are smaller than the ones I saw you serve
yesterday!"

The waiter replied, "Se señor, I know. But sometimes the bull wins."

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Back from China - had some tempting treats while there:
Crocodile, Crocodile Head Soup (the whole head was in the pot!), Snake, fish heads, chicken heads, and a few other things that I could not figure out. Didn't see any dog, cat or bugs for sale. My camera was stolen, so no pics unfortunately.

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Welcome back, Scot! Too bad about your camera, but tell us more about that soup.

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Beth, Thanks for the welcome back!
It looked like a broth with cream and something yellow, not quite sure if it was butter or just the coloring from the croc skin. I ate it and would describe the taste as strong, but not too bad. It didn't taste like chicken.

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I'd say the yellow was something out of the croc. Caiman soup here turns yellow from what the locals charmingly refer to as "Lizard lard."

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Yummy! When I first saw it, I thought "Wait til the bunch hears about this!" I wouldn't order it again though.

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So of all the things you consumed there what would you order again?

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We have a party every year and the ceviche is always gone first.

Cube some fresh, quality salmon in 1/2"cubes
Chop some onion
Marinate with lime and orange juice and a little salt for 3-4 hours.

In the mean time, roast some poblano chiles, skin them and chop the flesh.
Chop some cilantro
chop a fresh jalapeno(if bold, use a habanero, seeds removed)
cube a fresh ripe avocado.
section two oranges, halve each section.
Drain fish and onions when fish is translucent
combine all ingredients and let sit in fridge til well chilled
taste and adjust seasoning--then serve with crackers, chips or nothing

The orange and avocado smooth out the lime.

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I love smoked octopus. My wife's uncle married a Japanese lady who turned me onto this. It's sooo tender, and really delicious. I feel bad about eating such an intelligent animal though, so only have every few months. But if I didn't have the feelings, I'd eat it every single night :)
Gino

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Welcome back big bro! Glad you made it back with good food in your tummy. So now you should be immune from asthma cos that's croc meat does! :ha::ha::ha:

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yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmy!! I love smoked alligator too! I forgot all about this until you brought it up.
Nichole and me moved to Vegas in 1995. After going up through Florida, we stopped at a little place in Louisiana. Inside, they had fresh smoked gator tail. The lady gave me a piece to try, because I didn't know if I'd like it. After the 'taste test', I bought EVERY bit she had, about 65.00 worth. i ate it all the way to Los Vegas and then some :)
You couldn't find this in Los Vegas, and on our way back to Florida in 1997, I stopped back at the same place and bought them out again :)
Now I have hard time finding it as good as I did in Louisiana, and if not smoked, I don't like it. But the Gods have definitely said to me.... "GATOR IS GOOD" :)
Gino

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I can't say that any of the odd food was good enough that I would feel compelled to re-order.

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Thanks! It is agouti be back. Definitely guanta go again soon. :ha::ha::ha:

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Gator IS good, I had it at the Orlando airport years ago (late 70's) with a honey mustard sauce. Excellent!