Marc James Small wrote:
Hmm. Why would farm-raised abalone be more prone to toxins than wild ones? Here, on the East Coat, farm-raised shellfish are generally much cleaner than are wild shellfish. I have heard this in the past but mainly from the sort of radical Green types whose constant refrain is, "when the US dies, the world will be free!" and the like. I have not seen anything in the serious literature about toxins in farm-raised abalone but do know that abalone are hard to raise in a farm environment.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/NU00292
If you search the net you will find many references.
You can buy domestic farm-raised abalone here (amongst other sources):
http://www.usabalone.com/
Eric Goldstein
And, no, I CANNOT buy any abalone, at any price, outside of a few select restaurants in major cities, and call ahead to reserve your order. Twenty years back, I could get abalone on special order and kippered herring any day at my local Kroger, but those days are long past. But, then, I couldn't get Russian caviar back then, and now I can, so I guess it evens out.
Marc
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