3 Ways to Crack an Urchin

Hi my name is Cliff Hawk sea

urchin

diver and I have some sea

urchin

s I'm going to open them up we're going to clean them and we're going to show you how to prepare them a little first of all you're going to want some kind of gloves because of the dye in the sea urchins you will stain your hands right now this is the top of the sea urchin Nick looks for algae stuck on its spines works with seaweed or any type of underground growth or even fish whatever Ken even lobsters lobster shells anything that can get stuck in the spines and bring it down to the mouth and its mouth is right here, that's its mouth, okay, turn them over and then cut around the mouth, empty the water.

I'll take it left-handed to the side of the boat, salt water. I took out part of the mouth and now there is yes I don't know if you can see it there are triangles it is very difficult to see but there are triangles and in some way it imitates what is inside the row there are five rows of row in each sea urchin and if you can line up the triangles and you cut the triangle now this is a shape of the scissors okay now be very careful with these sharp thorns they are very sharp if you hit them hard they will stick into your skin and hurt so you cut this way cut directly through the triangle, if you don't see the triangle, okay, cut as much as you can and then be very careful when using your thumbs to push against the thumb like this. and pop Wow pop, there it is okay, now it's a fat sea urchin, there you can see the white that is part of its reproductive system, okay, now take the spoon, we have a Tupperware plate here in the water and this is the preliminary cleaning back. the row this is the row this is what you eat the color orange yellow golden pushed back the string scoop it out with a spoon let it fall look at that now that's a nice fat piece of Oni oh yeah I've seen pigs of everything Whenever some people stick their mouth out, put a straw in there after they've let the water out and just soak it all up, like kids in jello, yeah, drink it all and they love it.

I've actually seen that in Redondo Beach. Now that was with the scissors, here's a different method. Now this is a method I prefer just because it's fast. I've done it for years. I hold the handle so no matter what they can't hit me and I just take it. Very good aim and I just go and then shoot there, it's pretty good, you can see, I didn't even mess up any of those pieces, I made that attack and I didn't even do what I didn't even open my mouth. First, okay, this is a way that you don't have to take out your mouth first now at home or whatever, take it and throw the water directly.

This is my preferred method. This is what I do. I've done it for years this way. there are two perfect pieces of rope inside, here is the mouth, you can take it out now like this, okay, pour the water and look there are three perfect pieces of rope, they didn't hurt it at all, so it's just up to you and this it really looks like this. a little better quality now he's still moving yeah they're still alive they're still alive they don't have eyes they don't moan they don't know why you know they don't really know what's going on they yeah suddenly they know it got a little colder , true, but no, yes, they are not looking at you, they are a wonderful finish, they reproduce and multiply.

I'm talking about one urchin can produce over 10,000 eggs, one sea urchin, so if you have 10,000 sea urchins, do the right thing, oh my gosh, look at that, okay, there's a finished product over the ocean biodegradable now that's the bomb oh wow, that's the bomb and look how easy, yeah, I came out perfect, perfect, oh my God and you this, just take, you can take some tweezers, take your hand, look how easy they came off, okay, Get in the water, do that, ladies and gentlemen, look at that clean, that clean, that gold, baby, that's what's good for the heart, good for the skin, good for the mind, body and soul, Look at me, no, don't look at me, yeah, I'm actually 83, no, I'm kidding, here we go, that's how you know if it's really further away, you can do that no. fall apart right Oh Mabel cameraman you have to try to have a little how he cares about the last so much is better better little better color and it's firmer oh that's wonderful that's sweet tell me homely okay mm-hmm oh now there's a column you don't want eat, that you take it out of there and you know that you can find the processing.

Oh, it processes itself and you know, if you don't like that part, boom, take it off, it's firm now I can see you have a little bit. a little bit of dye on your hands there, yeah, oh, this one's doing that, huh, there you go, there's the dye, that's why you want to go out that night, yeah, look at the dye, yeah, so that's a little bit of bleach , we will take it away from you. you know, just a little bit of bleach on your hands, we'll take it off, but there's such a creamy premium candy, now we're going to go with a drink and for me this is my least favorite, the first one, the second one that I showed.

You were my favorite, just a simple line, keep your hand away from the edge so they don't break the spine, empty the water, stick out your mouth, scoop it out with a spoon, you saw now this is a way that some people use De In fact, I've seen sushi chefs use this and at night I would never clean one this way, so it will be a first. There are too many

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to get hit. My path is one-time, but I don't know, and even. It ruins the vibe, but that's pretty nice, eh, yeah, it falls apart like that, yeah, but look what you did, you ruined the tops, the whole room is running away from me and I would never open a sea urchin that way, I would never do it. you've done. splitting the ROE, that's the wrong way to do it, but it's a pretty pretty picture, yeah, and I guess if you do this in front of people in a restaurant, it might be a little more appealing, right, yeah, okay, yeah , Alright.

I'll buy it, but to me that's the least attractive way we are in a lot of the row, true, its performance is to remove the top of the row, but it's a good representation, although about how it's sitting there, it's really a good representation I agree with that, it's kind of a neat representation, but every time you damage the row like splitting it, it makes them melt faster, yeah sure, that's one way to do it, not my favorite , I would never do it. that way, but some people you know, I mean, hey, I don't know, this one here is so creamy sweet.

Oh, sick, mm-hmm, you got it, you got a friend there, oh man, looking for someone, oh man, you know they're thoughtful. In some cultures, to be the ultimate aphrodisiac, she's um, I mean, hey, what do you know? I stir up sea urchin roe, there you have it.