Shark, sea urchin etc.

[The Late Night Gourmet]

[Mod.Edit: first few posts moved to a new thread from an old thread: Shark (MG)]

Very old thread...only Morning Glory is still active from this discussion. I'm thinking about this because I saw a TV show last night - "To Catch a Smuggler" - where someone tried to smuggle hundreds of shark fins into New York. Harvesting that many fins meant that over a hundred sharks were killed. They're illegal in the States, though legal in other places. Upwards of 100 million are killed every year...I assume not just for shark fins.

I'm not sure why this bothers me, but I don't have a problem with beef, pork, and chicken that I buy at the market. There are exponentially more cows, pigs, and chickens killed every year, and they're much cuter than sharks.

 

[medtran49]

From what I understand, when they are harvesting just the fin, they cut off the dorsal fin and then throw the shark back in the water, where it will eventually die because it can't swim correctly without that fin.

And if Morning Glory is still wondering about urchin, it's a rich, salty buttery taste, at least the ones I've had.

 

[caseydog]

Has anyone here ever tried Shark? I am a big seafood fan, and have tried all different sorts of seafood including things like squid and octopus, but I have never had shark. I keep hearing about it from friends who have tried it, and say it tastes awesome. Anyway, was wondering what you guys have to say about it, and where could you get it?

Yes, and cooked it, too. A friend caught it on Bolivar Peninsula and prepped it a few hours before I seasoned and grilled it. They were small sharks. Big sharks don't taste good.

I grilled the shark steaks over charcoal.

Do they taste awesome? No. Would I do it again? No. It wasn't bad, but not all that good, compared to so many other fish available.

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

And if @Morning Glory is still wondering about urchin, it's a rich, salty buttery taste, at least the ones I've had.

I've still not had sea urchin...

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I've still not had sea urchin...

Is sushi available with uni where you are? I've had this type of sushi before: it's phenomenal. Having said that, I'm sorry I looked up what part of the sea urchin uni is.

 

[medtran49]

We got actual urchins and I got to clean them. Not quite as bad as geoduck, but...

Well, now you can try lamb fries or Rocky mountain oysters!

 

[Morning Glory]

Is sushi available with uni

Not at all I'm afraid. At least, not in restaurants here. Not that there are any restaurants open until several months time. I can get the uni roes at a very high price on-line.

 

[Morning Glory]

I amended the title to add sea urchin.

 

[PabloLerntKochen]

I'm very interested in food like this and I would like to try it or even better to cook it one day. Shark fin soup is one of the classic soups in east asia and uni is a very traditional ingredient for high-class food. I'm jealous caseydog .
Stay healthy

 

[caseydog]

I'm not sure why this bothers me, but I don't have a problem with beef, pork, and chicken that I buy at the market. There are exponentially more cows, pigs, and chickens killed every year, and they're much cuter than sharks.

There is a HUGE difference between humanely killing an animal and using all of it, and brutally killing an animal for one small part, like a shark fin.

With cattle, pretty much all of the meat is eaten, and even some of the organs. The hide becomes leather for clothing and furniture -- and the interiors of many Fords.

With the shark fin hunters, they are often caught just for their fins -- mostly for consumption in China and related Asian countries. The shark dies a horrible death once the fin is gone. That's just wrong, in my mind. Rhinos are killed just for their horns, because some idiots in Asia apparently haven't heard of Viagra (which actually works).

CD

 

[medtran49]

Y'all do know that sharks excrete their urine through their skin?