Shucking an Abalone

[carpii]

I was recently at a Chinese restaurant where they offered a very expensive dish called Dried Abalone. The menu claimed that the drying process took no less than 35 YEARS. Does anyone know what the reason for this might be? Any food that takes 35 years to prepare is just absurd.

[Photosynthesis418]

@carpii im Chinese and i was really value abalone as a dish. An exceptional abalone's price always extremely high in China. Prices vary widely in different abalone（ bigger cost more ). for your question, I've never heard that any dried abalone need 35y to air-dry.maybe the menu of that restaurant didnt make it clear, or u misunderstood the meaning because what i know is a good dried abalone can be stored for more than 30 years. by the way, abalone dish is one of the classic Cantonese foods.

[carpii]

@Photosynthesis418 I think you're right. I didn't find anything else on the net about why it would be dried for 35 years. I read the menu a few times (as did a friend), because I was thinking of ordering it, so maybe the menu was just misleading :-)

[thewr0ngchild]

what does abalone taste like? I have never tried it.

[Photosynthesis418]

@thewr0ngchild it was really good !!!

[SKazclaw]

GROSS

[frexmamen]

Yea how much?

[Lcs400]

how much did that cost you?

[markallen511]

You sound GAY!

[carlenzo]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm yummy so homesick for NZ ........Thats one big sucker!!!!

[1315jimmie]

but u never used the main ingredient!! T_T the knife

[rcps23li]

yum......

[rcps23li]

yum......

[hmng2piano]

dam why i had to see this

[waz165]

Abalone is kindA like a chewy mixure of squid ,sugar and scallop,it's really good,but really expensive.I would know.I'm Chinese and my dad brought home like 12 last week.they were 5 dollars EACH

[qqqweplr]

arrrg.wash your hand before pressing the button.

[mia200085]

what dose Abalone taste like

[Ferdy1969]

Great, I have been to California and got some beautiful shells as a present but unfortunately didn't find a place to taste them :-(

As my granny said, we better leave some to see the next time one goes back, and that is already a good reason to do so !!!

Amazing how well you do this, I would like to try doing it myself someday...

Thank you for been so kind and sharing it , even if we dont get them over here, it was a good lesson and aknoledment special for gormets !!! Warm regards chap!

[MatthewGeddes]

was waiting for something to jump out and latch onto his face....

[drunksmokingjurkk]

cant believe you touched your camera with those hands

[reuie]

could be good sound effects for some killer movie lols...

[kinmik]

that's hardcore

[Scottyhutch1]

man thanks for this vid aye. I grew up in small town New Zealand on the coast so kai moana, or sea food was one of our everyday foods. I'm at work at the moment and am just dying for a paua, or New Zealand abalone so thought I'd jump on here to give at least my eyes a taste of it ahaha. If I was getting the death sentence and I had my last mea, paua would definately be on the list. thanks mate

[JustAnothAznNPerson]

thats one big ass abalone

[luc649]

You would more likely get jail time if you get caugh harvesting them of the coast of british colombia cos they're almost extinct here...or were but thanx for the vid anyway cos I never seen one before and I lived on the ocean for many years.

[winkiedinkielive]

@luc649 yeah but in northern california they are allowed to be collected, on the rocks off the gulf island you can sneak some i never have but neighbors out there have.

[luc649]

@winkiedinkielive thanx for the info. I dont expect nobody to break our border law, so maybe I will come for a visit sometime...thank you.

[MaxC17]

oh that was very clever!

[tfowler20]

why did u need the knife?

[3197063]

if i remember correctly it has a connective muscle like a clam that needs to be disconnected

[slice0001]

he didnt hes only using the knife for the second part

[UkPR0]

i heard u need a special license to catch these guys

[PokemonReborn]

u didn't hear wrong

[toanieb]

thats friggen huge compared to what we get in Aus

[Obenjamin0]

wow cool :D

[ttomray123]

thanks for posting this now i know how to clean it never tried abalone, next time i'm by the ocean i'll try and buy one

[mienladyc]

where can i sell the shell

[sergio2903]

Hello people.

We live here in my town tanks to the harvest of abalone, then we sell the shell !!

and of course it´s expensive..

[hige5678]

and all the pearls are in the guts

[zexytube]

i never seen anything like this in my life before...

[alloqbemban]

u live under the rock ?....

never seen this creature

[rivergod151]

dont be a knob..if zexytube comes from places like the uk ( where i am from) you can't get these, so unless you visit a place that does have them then you are unlikely to ever see one..just because this thing is common to you does not mean its common to others so dont be rude and ignorant..ive never seen this creature before myself as ive havnt visited a place that has them yet but that doesnt mean that i live under a rock it means i live in a place that doesnt have them!!

[01bacKY]

@rivergod151 yeaa dodee this shi* pretty rare in canada ,in chinese resturaunts,a dish of this would go for easily over a hundred buks canadian

[ltnguyener]

take the guts out because u might find pearls

[madigreg]

@ltnguyener heck ya i have gotten over 50 pearls some bigger then BB's!!!

[fluffywhee]

@ltnguyener This is not an oyster, hey xD

[malejames90]

@ltnguyener don't know if you can find pearl in abalone....it's kind of rare

[hidetolin]

abalone! hahaha

i ate it every chinese new year here in singapore! its tastyyyy :D

LOVE IT LOVE IT and it doesnt taste like POOP please. Its super delicious and Expensive.

thats why our family only could afford to buy a few cans during chinese new year season.

[pkmnsoulealer]

WHAT THA HELL IS AN ABALONE?!?

[alloqbemban]

this an marine mollusc

animal.

[mujipooh]

they're like giant sea snails that go "O HAI! ^^;;" when you wave at them. You eat it with fork and steakknife because their meat is tough/chewy. Tastes good when prepared right.

[dasupasin]

Its like a molusc with 1 sided shell

[Kaotic009]

its a sea snail:)

[xtina112233]

thats cool, love abalone, they are so delicious

[kukurucoocoo]

i dont even taste abalone in my whole life,,can u tell me what the abalone's taste is?? :D

[SLWproductions]

it doesnt only look like poop. It probably tastes like it to

[monsoon56]

its really fishy and chewy

[kukurucoocoo]

you mean like a rubber??? :D

[tortugoman]

i have heard abalones are expensive... but... how much??

[frewcc]

$300 per pound or so it varies by season

[dasupasin]

Really? Is it really 300 per pound? GOD DAM thats expensive. I would just eat catfish, its very cheap in Orlando,FL $5 per pound

[TuiL0uMuli]

$5 a pound for Cat Fish??? Here is Sacramento California I can get a 8 pounder for $5. If im lucky. But it is not rare to get it at that price.

[dasupasin]

That was a long time ago, its at '$7.89 a LB now

[sophiasan]

wow that one must be s0o0o expensive. they're delicious!

[rose500]

where do you get thees shells from

[exnihilo17]

freediving the north coast of california.

[LoletaEric]

Nice video. I have been working on making a video with EXACTLY the same info. Watching you do that was like deja vu of my life - including the big shells on the fence. Where's your location? Any 10 inchers?

I'm Eric and my name here is Loletaeric - check out my videos by searching for Shelter Cove and Kayak.

Take it easy, twin.

[Ryzon28]

daaaaaaaaaam brother im in new zealand we call em PAUA and man id eat the pear which u probly threw away LOL that is one mint abalone man lucky dude