My invertebrate zoology professor at San Diego State studied abalone for his dissertation research. He told me they tasted like cardboard. Is the thing so muscular you have to pound it like a round steak to make it chewable? If so, I'll stick with oysters and crawfish. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Brick Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:08 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Abalone and Caviar It is not illegal to go Abalone-ing on the CA coast. I grew-up Abalone-ing (the CA coast between Monterey and San Francisco), and after pounding the crap out of that piece of muscle, it wasn't really my favorite food. But my neighbors seemed to love it. I traded a lot of Abalone for Halibut and Ling cod. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/MRD/ab_regs.html Jim At 08:30 PM 8/10/2006 -0400, you wrote: >At 04:28 PM 8/10/06 -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >Jeffery, > > > >Just below that lighthouse WAS some of the finest abalone "fishing" > >in the world. Illegal now. > > > >Jerry --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list