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Boodleheimer
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 Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: Freaky Fish-like Thing |
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there's this fish-like thing that i've only seen in korea. what is it called in english?
i'll do my best to describe it: it looks like an upside-down cone. the wide part is reddish-purple, the rest is white. it's in most seafood restaurants -- in their holding tanks. what the heck is it?
when my boyfriend and i went to Sinnam, there wasn't much to eat besides fish & seafood. i told the people (with my phrasebook) that my boyfriend doesn't eat seafood, so they brought out one of these thingies (about the size of a tennis ball? a bit bigger) out. it was fugly.
in the tanks, it seems like there's always one or two swimming around (how? i don't know) and the rest are at the bottom.
i'll get a picture this afternoon.
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Wrench
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Freaky Fish-like Thing |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
there's this fish-like thing that i've only seen in korea. what is it called in english?
i'll do my best to describe it: it looks like an inverted cone. the wide part is reddish-purple, the rest is white. it's in most seafood restaurants -- in their holding tanks. what the heck is it? |
is it kinda pokey? If so its a Sea Cucumber.. I can't take those ugly worm things (Sea p3nis) |
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Boodleheimer
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| it's not the penisy thing. it kinda swims around. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: Re: Freaky Fish-like Thing |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
| there's this fish-like thing .. like an inverted cone. the wide part is reddish-purple, the rest is white. |
You have me intrigued, but thats an extremely basic description to work from.
Does your creature have
a) fins
b) a tail
c) gills/ appendages
d) a shell?
What size is it? How does it behave? does it stick to the side? walk on the bottom?
I've seen sea slugs in buckets here. They come in a multitude of colors, and can sort of swim/ get floated along by the current.
have a look here. I think you saw some type of sea cucumber. Theres a big variety..
http://www.alibaba.com/productsearch/Sea_Food.html |
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Boodleheimer
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| dammit, i'll just take a picture of it. |
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Dazed and Confused
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: |
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I've heard this called a sea strawberry or sea squirt, I think........  |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Boodleheimer
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Dazed and Confused wrote: |
| I've heard this called a sea strawberry or sea squirt, I think........ |
i looked up both of those online, and they're not it.
i'm also a scuba diver, and i've never ever seen one of these things before. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Mmmmm. Have yet to meet seafood I haven't liked to eat. 
(except whale, but that's more on principle) |
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Boodleheimer
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:15 am Post subject: |
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| OK, the husband says they are 멍게 and I searched it in the dictionary and in English they are called sea squirt... the name alone would put me off from eating the stuff!!!!! |
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Junior
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| OK, the husband says they are 멍게 and I searched it in the dictionary and in English they are called sea squirt... the name alone would put me off from eating the stuff!!!!! |
Agreed, sea squirt.
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/korea/main_species/sea_squirt.htm
The wild population of the cultured sea squirts are distributed from northern parts of Japan to Chinese seas, including Korean waters. The eastern and southern coastal waters dominate the species in Korea.
Commercially, Halocynthia roretzi is a common species in Korea and Japan. It has been a favored tasty sea food in abundance along the east and south coast of Korea. Most of the cultured sea squirts come from Korea and Japan. It was 1982 when the first cultured production was achieved, producing 39 metric tons in Korea. Thereafter, the farmed production increased sharply with the productions 42,800 tons in 1994 since then decreased 4,500 tons in 2004 by reason of mass mortality during winter season. The sea squirts are cultured in the hanging culture method in Korea.
here is the life cycle and method of production in Korea:
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/korea/main_species/sea_squirt.files/zceai002.gif
I've eaten it a few times and don't like it. |
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JongnoGuru
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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I was thinking mong-gey (sea squirt), but I wasn't getting a clear image from the inverted-cone description.
Yes, it is bizarre-looking the first time you see them. Haesam (sea slug) is another fairly gross-looking one. They're both the sort of foods that real Koreans will get an intense hankering for whenever you mention them out of the blue. They're also the most handy things for when you're showing newbies or visitors around Korea. You order it in Korean, it comes, and they're trying to be all polite, but clearly freaking out at the appearance/taste of the damn things. Great forced-feeding material. That & soju. |
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Boodleheimer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: |
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thanks, guys!!
sorry i didn't recognize them as sea squirts at first. i just didn't think they looked like that! |
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heydelores
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| I asked my Korean coworkers about them today. They couldn't tell me if they were plants or animals or something else. |
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