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what kind of Roe is this?

shari - 7-25-2007 at 07:41 AM

Many of you who know me can attest to my eating habits...particularly of strange raw things from the sea. I found this little delicacy Sunday on the beach on some kelp and YUMMY...it's delicious....reminds me of herring roe we eat on Vancouver Island in the spring but it's a different colour...so anybody know what fish these little eggs are from?

roe (Small).jpg - 45kB

Bob and Susan - 7-25-2007 at 07:45 AM

Mexican Fresh Caviar :light:

Squid?

fdt - 7-25-2007 at 07:59 AM

backninedan - 7-25-2007 at 09:09 AM

I think thats the deadly puffer fish roe....

Iflyfish - 7-25-2007 at 10:15 AM

Stories of Shari's demise are greatly exagerated I hope!

Iflyfishbutdon'teachroadkillorbeachflotsomorjetsomeithercausei'mawimp

marv sherrill - 7-25-2007 at 10:36 AM

California seahare!! Don't know if it is edible or deadly - taste test is definitive.....

toneart - 7-25-2007 at 10:40 AM

Tigershark roe. The mamas leave it onshore as bait. You could call it trolling.:O:lol:

[Edited on 7-25-2007 by toneart]

Cypress - 7-25-2007 at 11:46 AM

If you eat too much of any kind of fish roe it will leave you with a very serious case of the "trots".:)

toneart - 7-25-2007 at 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by Cypress
If you eat too much of any kind of fish roe it will leave you with a very serious case of the "trots".:)


A condition named after Trotsky.....a not so well known fact about this famous Russian roe eater.:wow:

Frank - 7-25-2007 at 01:01 PM

Fred Hoctor told me that its Whale eggs.

fdt - 7-25-2007 at 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by Frank
Fred Hoctor told me that its Whale eggs.

:lol::lol::lol:

DENNIS - 7-25-2007 at 01:38 PM

It's G-ROE-SS. Drop it before it wraps around your neck.

bancoduo - 7-25-2007 at 01:49 PM

You may want to have a sonogram in a few months.:O

[Edited on 7-25-2007 by bancoduo]

Wiles - 7-25-2007 at 04:19 PM

OK...you asked....here's the skinny

Sea Hare (Aplysia sp.) roe (eggs). I always refered to this as 'sea spaghetti' to the students. A sea hare can lay up to eighty million eggs per clump and the majority of eggs are consumed by predators (in this case Shari:o).

Sea Hare Sex Life

A sea hare is both male and female all wrapped up in one, however they still need each other to mate. They mate in lines and circles, each is male to the one in front and female to the one behind so each is a mother and father.

Biology class is over...........now have fun!!

Iflyfish - 7-25-2007 at 04:29 PM

Yikes! Hermaphrodite fish eggs! Now that is a mouth full! Those guys really know how to party! Makes me feel a bit inadequate.

Iflyfish

toneart - 7-25-2007 at 04:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Wiles
OK...you asked....here's the skinny

Sea Hare (Aplysia sp.) roe (eggs). I always refered to this as 'sea spaghetti' to the students. A sea hare can lay up to eighty million eggs per clump and the majority of eggs are consumed by predators (in this case Shari:o).

Sea Hare Sex Life

A sea hare is both male and female all wrapped up in one, however they still need each other to mate. They mate in lines and circles, each is male to the one in front and female to the one behind so each is a mother and father.

Biology class is over...........now have fun!!


Double Yikes!! Now Shari is part of that food chain and that party is going on inside of her.:O

How polite of you

Sharksbaja - 7-25-2007 at 09:59 PM

We always just called em sea slugs. The suckers,ahem chewers, will squirt a nice amount of ink when perturbed.
Geez that must have been a humdinger with that huge mass of eggs. Sucking on slug eggs sounds like something the French would do.

Shari, have you tried sea cucumber? They are so cool, just warm them up or tease them. They will evicerate all their organs for you to enjoy while they crawl away to regenerate another set.:o:o:o

[Edited on 7-26-2007 by Sharksbaja]

shari - 7-26-2007 at 11:48 AM

Why I was eating sea cucumber when you were just a punk! So I do believe you are all mistaken...this is not sea spagetti from that lovely sea bunny...by the way, these have a fabulous purple die...excellent for tye dying...but these delectable little huevitos are SMELT eggs....ta da!

DanO - 7-26-2007 at 11:56 AM

I smelt eggs once. Nasty.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

:rolleyes:

CaboRon - 7-26-2007 at 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by shari
Why I was eating sea cucumber when you were just a punk! So I do believe you are all mistaken...this is not sea spagetti from that lovely sea bunny...by the way, these have a fabulous purple die...excellent for tye dying...but these delectable little huevitos are SMELT eggs....ta da!


Learn Something New Every Day .. :bounce: CaboRon

Now I have this desire for sushi !

Hey, I'm still a punk

Sharksbaja - 7-26-2007 at 12:26 PM

Shari, would you kindly divulge your source for identifing the roe you ate. I am not familiar with any smelt that commonly resides off Baja. Also, smelt eggs are extremely small. Thanks.

Iflyfish - 7-26-2007 at 12:48 PM

I could smelt 'em from here!

Iflyfish

Wiles - 7-26-2007 at 02:39 PM

Definitely not surf smelt eggs, not even close. Surf smelt southernmost range is Long Beach, Calif.

Nor is it grunion eggs.

fdt - 7-26-2007 at 06:04 PM

She probably thinks it's Smelt because it smelt like Smelt.
Shari, (outhouse references aside) how's your sense of smelt, oops I meant smell :spingrin:

Wingnut - 7-27-2007 at 03:22 PM

I don't know about the rest of you guys (and gals) but I ain't eating any raw fish or eggs or smelts or whatever! I prefer my food cooked at all times, thank you very much. Besides which, how old do thing that stuff was? You sure it's not Ambergris from whales?

Bob and Susan - 7-28-2007 at 06:10 AM

jack-smelt is a relitive to the grunion
found in baja

i don't think i'll have any either...

smelt.jpg - 29kB

Bob H - 7-28-2007 at 10:16 AM

All about Smelt and "smelt dipping".... :wow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelt

Bob H

shari - 7-28-2007 at 05:04 PM

I was told by some very knowledgeable fishermen that there were hoardes of smelt in the area last week....these are teeny weeny little succulent eggs that were super fresh...I am an egg oficianado and know fresh ones when I see, smell and taste them. so there.

Sallysouth - 7-28-2007 at 07:16 PM

So Shari, did you eat that whole thing? Just curious, as it looks to be a meal for more than one (if you like that stuff).Does it taste like caviar? Already salted ....:barf:(sorry)

Skipjack Joe - 7-28-2007 at 09:51 PM

The last time I fished in your area we saw tons of jacksmelt. They were schooling heavily near the kelp and often with the mackerel. My nine year old wouldn't let me leave the area as it was 2-3 fish per cast on yarn flies.

shari - 7-30-2007 at 10:11 AM

I saved some for you Sally! this stuff is really rich and I just ate some of it and gave some to our critters...but it really is very delicious with a very delicate flavor and the eggs burst in your mouth...ummmm

Sallysouth - 7-30-2007 at 04:23 PM

How long will it keep? Guess I better make some resos soon, eh?:lol:

Wiles - 7-30-2007 at 04:55 PM

My apologies to Shari....et al.

Originally, I thought you were holding a clump of sea hare eggs pretending to eat them for a little nomad community spoof.

But after reviewing the picture you posted it is very apparent that I messed up on the ID of those eggs. They are not Aplaysia eggs as first thought. I can see now they are individual pearls connected by filaments. Most likely jacksmelt egg cluster. Their peak egg production typically is early summer and you're within their habitat range. I'm sure they love the kelp beds out front of your casa.

Besides, I've sampled sea spaghetti many times and quite frankly they stink!!!

Enjoy your delicious treat, looks like all I'm eating for dinner tonight is words. Ha.

Wiles

shari - 7-31-2007 at 08:36 AM

thank you Wiles...yep that spagetti is yucky, even for MY tastes but these little suckers are soooo delicioso and they last a long time refridgerated so Sally, I still have a bit left over. I had never seen these before here but here are lots of jacksmelt in the area now full of roe. I think it's funny how people don't believe me...like when the earthquakes started and I was reporting live...most of you thought I was freakin DING DONG... NOT!

Sharksbaja - 7-31-2007 at 11:32 AM

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Originally posted by Wiles
My apologies to Shari....et al.


Me too. I was thinkin' Surf Smelt. I did have to look it up because of the size of the egges. I was surprised. I then realized that the strands bind them together to form that big mass. You go girl!

shari - 8-1-2007 at 09:28 AM

absolutely LOVE your quote lyric...good belly laugh indeed. Hey sharky, um are you a shark guy er what? Sirenita mi hija) is working on a shark project in GN and is also working at the Birch Aquarium preparing the sharks food, cleaning their tank and diving with them. just curious

backninedan - 8-1-2007 at 10:31 AM

Hate to have to clean his tank.....

Armchair expert!

Sharksbaja - 8-2-2007 at 02:37 AM

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Originally posted by shari
absolutely LOVE your quote lyric...good belly laugh indeed. Hey sharky, um are you a shark guy er what? Sirenita mi hija) is working on a shark project in GN and is also working at the Birch Aquarium preparing the sharks food, cleaning their tank and diving with them. just curious


Aren't we all?:lol: Actually from the standpoint of seeing and eating(no more) and disecting and hanging around the likes of Rocky Strong and other knowledgable experts, I know a little. It's a BIG subject! I know enough that I choke every time I think of Mexicos' sharks' sad state of affairs. It is a travesty in the making. The Norma law will do nada.
It's wonderful to hear your child is involved and interested in Sharks. Especially since you are an active diving family. Good on you/her!