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A creation at La Murena, Pescara. It's a great restaurant, always good. Don't worry about the chipped plate. It's La Murena's version of fish and chips.
A fantastic stew from Northern France (Normandie) based on cidre and served with shellfish and fish... Magnifique!!!
FR traditional. According to Cordon Bleu Paris recipe
+1 point for foodicted.com/gourmet-hunter-game/
+1 bonus (presentation)
Snow crab, lobster, east & west coast oysters, clams, mussels, cerviche, prawns, potato chips. At PrimehouseNYC! Nom!
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Shellfish Aquaculture Extension/Research Specialist and Virginia Sea Grant extension member Lexy (Alexandra) McCarty on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Virginia Sea Grant)
CA SEA OTTERS: MONTEREY BAY
•Food & Foraging:
An otter must consume approximately 25% of its bodyweight in prey each day just to stay alive!
•A 75-pound otter can eat up to 1,500 sea urchins a day, or about 25 pounds of seafood (for a 75 pound kid, that would amount to eating 75 quarter pound hamburgers every day!).
•To meet its high energetic and thermoregulation demands, a sea otter’s metabolic rate is 2 to 3 times that of comparatively sized mammals.
•Sea otters consume a wide variety of benthic invertebrates. Prey items include sea urchins, abalone, crabs, mussels, clams, marine snails, marine worms, sea stars, and squid. In total, otters eat at least 50 species of benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrates, although individuals tend to specialize on only a few main prey types. Prey specialization and feeding preferences are passed on from mother to pup.
•The strong forelegs paws are used to locate and capture prey.
•Pockets of loose skin under each foreleg are used to store prey it has gathered on the seafloor for the ascent to the surface.
•Rocks are often used as tools to dislodge prey on the sea floor and to break open the hard outer shells of some prey items upon returning to the surface. Floating belly-up in the water, they place rocks on their chests and repeatedly pound hard-shelled prey against them to gain access the meat inside.
•While eating, an otter will roll repeatedly in the water to wash away food scraps from its chest.
•Unlike most other marine mammals, sea otters commonly drink seawater. Although most of the animal’s water needs are met through the consumption of prey, its large kidneys allow it to extract fresh water from seawater. Source: www.seaotters.com
Some small marine life, photographed in rock pools at Long Reef.
These were photographed using the "super macro" setting on the Olympus Tough 3000. Unfortunately the camera wasn't quite so tough and is now being repaired under warranty. So much for waterproof cameras!
Pan-seared sea scallops, which were cooked in the pan in which I sauteed the fresh local asparagus from the farm stand with lemon and butter, and linguine in a pan sauce with fresh local tomato, garlic, and basil (strewn with a few bread crumbs)
Scallops have an easily identified shell. You will find a flat lower shall and a arched upper one. The color is mostly off-white with hints of pink. Scallops are highly appreciated shellfish. The best scallops will be 4-6 inches in diameter. Best way to prepare Scallops is to poach it in salty water.