Eating the unusual

One of me ol' mates Max Cramer (RIP) , told me after a dive that we humans have a weird sense of what is  an edible seafood species and what is regarded as inedible. He has showed me some weird stuff found whilst  diving and offered it to me as a  snack and more often then not (being raw) it was quite good, sometimes excellent.

Now I know a few secrets, and not willing to spill the beans on his secrets, and fisheries wanting in on the act.

I will however recommend the humble King Wrasse (yep Dhuie bait) if cooked right  is 1.3X better then Baldy and possibly the best eating fish in WA...yep big call

 

 

I reckon crumbed Eagle Ray is better then Dhufish, maybe I have strange taste buds....going to do a side by side soon and see what wins, bet the ray does


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scorpion fish are delicious,

Fri, 2011-12-16 21:03

scorpion fish are delicious, i usually keep the bigger 1s for a feed! careful of the spikes, they will cause serious pain from toxins etc

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King Wrasse

Fri, 2011-12-16 21:42

Well I can say that my old man keeps a king wrasse every now and then and thinks there quite alright.

Never tasted one myself. Maybe one day.

 

Cheers

 

Gazza

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Knock

Fri, 2011-12-16 21:49

 Knock your self out Rasputin! Lol

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 have mine too!

Fri, 2011-12-16 22:08

 have mine too!

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Knifejaws

Fri, 2011-12-16 22:13

Knifejaws are another fish that most people chuck back that are good eating along with wirrah.

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The coral in a sea urchin is

Sat, 2011-12-17 10:32

The coral in a sea urchin is pretty good tucker too, haven't eatien one for a long time, but used to heaps when I was a kid.

 

Cheers

Dale

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 some maori blokes snorkelled

Sat, 2011-12-17 10:42

 some maori blokes snorkelled hillaries once when i was there, offered me one. i was reluctant but it was really quite a nice taste.

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Sea Urchin = seafood

Sat, 2011-12-17 10:57

Sea Urchin = seafood cocktail

Was working at the Abrolhos and had a Maori bloke constantly coming over to us asking for fish heads, he didnt want any fillets, just the heads and was taking them back to his family in Geraldton for dinner.... should of seen his eyes light up when I dived over the side and got some urchins for us to snack on.