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Old 11/05/2007, 04:00 AM
richofoz richofoz is offline
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Anybody eaten a mantis shrimp!?

Just found this!

http://www.allisonboats.com.au/forum...ic.php?pid=209

How could you eat a poor mantis!!
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Old 11/05/2007, 10:41 AM
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There is a small commercial fishery in the Mediterranean based on Squilla mantis. You can buy them in many fish markets from Spain to Greece. I've had them several times in Venice and they are quite good.

Lysiosquillina maculata is fished and eaten throughout the Indo-Pacific and in some areas such as Tahitit has essentially been fished out. This is not my favorite stomatopod to eat.

From South China to Thailand Harpiosquilla harpax and other squillids are commonly eaten. A favorite is to grill females with ripe ovaries on a stick. They cook in their own fat and are quite good.

Japan has a small stomatopod fishery and even some aquaculture where squillids are reared to production size (but they can't rear the early larvae). One common way to eat them is as sushi (Shako). Another delicacy is to hold the stomatopod until it molts and then eat it whole - basically like soft shelled crab.

In Indonesia, I've been served a platter of large Odontodactylus scyllarus. There were 8-10, five inch peacocks on the plate - very attractive and quite good.

The strangest human consumption of stomatopod that I know of involves eating just the muscle in the merus of the raptorial appendage. I had a friend who was being wined and dined in Japan and was fed second maxilliped meral abductor by an attentive Geisha who extracted the morsels with a pin. I have had a similar feast in Trieste, but I had to shell them myself.

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Old 11/05/2007, 02:38 PM
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Scandal!

just kidding. hopefully people won't be too critical of Dr. Roy's dining habits.

I have a friend who went to Japan and really liked the mantis sushi. when he came back, he would always suggest that I should bbq my P. ciliata. No way! I wouldn't have the heart to eat an animal that I've kept as a pet, though I would like to at least try a mantis dish.
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Old 11/06/2007, 01:54 AM
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Iv'e tried mantis sushi before and it was pretty good.. It's called Shako or the style roll w/ mantis prawn. I still like the Tobiko a lil better..for all the sushi heads out there. With sake of course!!!
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Old 11/06/2007, 02:10 AM
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Whoops! sorry Roy didn't see the shako referance in your post . Oh.well... guess I'll go back to the taco bell forums.
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Old 11/06/2007, 02:11 AM
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Whoops! sorry Roy didn't see the shako reference in your post . Oh.well... guess I'll go back to the taco bell forums.
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Old 11/06/2007, 12:44 PM
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Iv'e tried mantis sushi before and it was pretty good.. It's called Shako or the style roll w/ mantis prawn. I still like the Tobiko a lil better..for all the sushi heads out there. With sake of course!!!
Oh wow! I'll have to check my local Sushi restaurant for Shako.

Tobiko... Mmmmmm... Ebiten... Mmmmmm... Tako... Mmmmm..
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Old 11/06/2007, 09:00 PM
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Any ideas on species?
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Old 11/14/2007, 05:20 PM
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My dad emailed me these pictures after a recent trip to China, they were very nice apparently!







I hope I got these pictures uploading right.
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Old 11/14/2007, 06:15 PM
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Dang, look how many there are in that one tank dang!!!
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Old 11/14/2007, 08:46 PM
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I was watching bizzare foods the other night and he was eating some Mantis. I forget where he was though. Jon
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Old 11/14/2007, 08:58 PM
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HAHA! That gives a new meaning to the question "can I keep more than one mantis in a tank"!!
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Old 11/15/2007, 12:15 AM
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My dad emailed me these pictures after a recent trip to China, they were very nice apparently!

I hope I got these pictures uploading right.
Other choice it's La Caja China ..................

............but for Pork............not for Mantis

Click in ---- Click Here for Video

https://www.lacajachina.com/

or ............ https://www.lacajachina.com/Articles.asp?ID=148













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Old 11/15/2007, 03:25 AM
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That pig looks great ! Any idea on the ID? Can't make out it's meral spots. The telson looks crenulated with some grill markings on it's second abdominal segment. Deffinately a species located around hillshire farm. Where did you get your live rock from? Sorry got a little carried away...
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Old 11/15/2007, 03:59 PM
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lol thats great!!!! maybe a cooking thread is in order? "my fish died, i guess its time for so tarter sauce." LOL
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Old 11/18/2007, 02:33 AM
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I ate 2 large 12" ones in Vietnam about a week ago. Very sweet and the texture is very similar to lobster.
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Old 11/20/2007, 11:47 AM
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they sell them in asian markets, i think i seen it for 15.99 a lb.
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