What is your favorite shellfish to eat?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: What is your favorite shellfish to eat?

Oysters top my list!

[JCMach1]

1. Cigalis- Persian Gulf Sand Lobsters

Have these puppies grilled... It's like lobster, but with actual flavor!!!

[MedleyMisty]

2. Popcorn shrimp is the only one I eat

Although I have on occasion eaten the big shrimp with the tails still on.

The others - ewww.

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[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. and cloven hooves

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[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. or lettin the ho into church without a veil

[terrya]

10. I tend to agree with the first part of what you said. Not so much the second.

:-)

[mitchum]

36. And even worse, I let my wife shuck oysters with the oyster knife...

when she is "unclean" :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

83. Ay!

Dios Mio!!!!!!

[seemunkee]

4. All of them

If I had to choose I would say steamed maryland blue crabs.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

11. I like a good fried soft shell crab sammich

mm mm



They're great in sushi as well

[mitchum]

51. I was once eating a large soft shell crab outside a club while talking to a friend...

it was night and pretty dark, so my friend wasn't aware of what I was eating. Then a passing car illuminated us and Kip saw what I was munching on. His reaction?
"Fuck man! What in the hell do you have in your mouth???!!!"

Needless to say, he turned down my offer of a bite.
Good. More for me :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

87. Ha ha!

Jokes on him!

[mitchum]

89. And that was coming from a guy who eats Beenie Weenie...

freakin' Beenie Weenie!

[Richardo]

5. Eat as opposed to what?

??

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. You're a creative guy

you tell me

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Other: squid (calamares in Spanish)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Wheres the shell on those delicious beauties?

eh?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Ahem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellfish

"Edible cephalopods, such as squid, octopus, and cuttlefish and terrestrial snails, though all molluscs, are sometimes classified as shellfish and sometimes not."

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. ok then I'll add escargot! mmmmmmm....snails

[Xipe Totec]

72. Caracoles al mojo de ajo!

snails in garlic sauce.

[Xipe Totec]

71. Inside. It's called the pen nt

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

86. or the quill

I have cooked many many many delicious squidzies!

[Richard Steele]

16. Shrimp, followed closely by scallops.

I just don't "get" why lobster is such a big deal-
it does not thrill me.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. Living on the shoreline in New England Lobster is just the traditional

epitome of a great meal. You can't have a good clam bake without one. A lobster tail dipped in melted butter - oh man. I think it's a texture thing.

[Richard Steele]

24. I've had a "New England lobster sandwich", and that was very tasty.

I liked it much better than plain lobster.

Do they actually eat those in New England, or
is that just a marketing ploy at seafood restaurants
in other areas?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

41. Never even heard of that

so I think it's a ploy

[Richard Steele]

50. I suspected that might be the case. nm

[WildEyedLiberal]

52. Lots of restaurants in Boston have lobster rolls

And they are tasty :9

[Richard Steele]

54. Is that diced & seasoned lobster served with mayonnaise?

That's what I had.

[WildEyedLiberal]

60. Yeah

Most seafood places I went to had a lobster roll on the menu - I preferred that incarnation to an actual steamed full lobster. But then again I prefer crab meat to lobster meat so...

[CTyankee]

56. I've seen them at McDonald's in Maine n/t

[trof]

63. The ubiquitous Lobstah Roll.

Traditional New England fare.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

68. They eat lobstah rolls.

Maybe not a "New England lobster sandwich," but they do like to put lobster on (in?) rolls and eat it.

[TommyO]

37. Heathen - it's scallops, followed closely by shrimp!

Actually it's almost too close to call for me - I eat more shrimp, but savor scallops, especially since my local high-end supermarket frequently offers fresh, dry sea scallops.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

67. Neither do I, and I live in frakkkin' Maine.

Tourists go gaga over it, while locals laugh at their n00bishness at eating them, but everyone, local or tourist, feels the need to eat 'em. I personally despise lobster--it's a motherfucking BUG, fer chrissake!

[Joe Fields]

17. None. Being a beef eating flatlander, shellfish makes me wretch...

:toast:

[mainegreen]

32. Damned flatlanders.

:P

[Gormy Cuss]

38. S'okay. More seafood for us that like it.

Steamers for me -- nearly impossible to get out here although there is one crazy former MA guy who has opened up a "New England style lobster shack" restaurant. They serve steamers allegedly. They also serve lobster rolls on the proper Maine style top loader bun AND they toast the outside.

[Gormy Cuss]

39. Soft shell clams (not those hard shelled babies in the poll photo. )

This guy, AKA an Ipswich clam:


A PSA for the flatlanders.

[mainegreen]

40. Mmm. Lobster rolls. Amato's has them right now for cheap.

In the soft roll and all.
:drool:

[Joe Fields]

74. Steam on!!! I'll just sit here and force myself to eat my filets, t-bones,

tenderloin, briskets.....(prime black angus, naturally):hi:

[Shakespeare]

75. Surf 'n turf, Joe. This Texas girl will take them both. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

77. It's a deal. n/t

[Joe Fields]

73. I can't help it. I'm addicted to steroid injected beef!!!

:crazy:

[DS1]

18. I had my first and only scallop last week

I believe I'll be having more.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. How'd you have it?

I like them done a million ways. There even good fried at clam shacks on Cape Cod

[DS1]

21. There was some yellow pepper sauce and chive oil on the side

At one of those fancy places where the meal comes on a square plate. I said I'd never had one and the owner had the chef hook me up

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. Nice

They're probably the sweetest of all the shell fish

[Shakespeare]

28. They're pretty damn good, aren't they.

My mom didn't think she liked them (she's never actually tasted one), so she never cooked them when my sister and I were growing up. When I finally tried them, I actually bitched to her the next I talked to her, demanding to know how she could deprive us of something so good. "OMG, why did you never cook scallops for us?" Apparently my sister had done the same thing a few weeks earlier ("what is it with you and your sister and scallops???")--she loves 'em, too, but we still can't get mom to try scallops.

[DS1]

34. I did like it, yes

Didn't taste fishy at all, and not as sweet as people said it would be.

I'm not into sweets.

[mainegreen]

33. You only had one?

'Yes, I believe I'll be having the scallop'
:P

[RebelOne]

23. Stone crab claws are my favorite.

But they are hard to find unless you live in Florida.

[supernova]

25. Tie between crabs and scallops

with oysters a close second. I like them mildly heated on the half shell.

Oh, and shrimp! :9 Fresh calimari is good too.

Heck, it's all good! :D

[wildhorses]

26. all of it -- meow

:9nummers:loveya:

[BOSSHOG]

27. WHAT? NO CRAWFISH IN THE POLL?

Pinch the tail, suck the head, enjoy .. bon apetit boodro.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

42. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!

There's only so much room in a poll

[Crabby Appleton]

61. mudbugs!

yum

[Bridget Burke]

29. Oysters! On the halfshell in season.

Otherwise, possibly fried. In a po'boy? And Oyster Dressing for the holidays.

Here on the Gulf Coast, shrimp & crab are also fresh & popular.

Next time I'm in New England, I promise to eat a lobster. (The ones I see down here have been in their tanks too long.) But I do remember the fried clam sandwiches!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

47. Next time in New England we will take you for seafood heaven!

Drop a line!

[Shakespeare]

30. You need an "all of the above" option in that poll.

And as BOSSHOG noted, crawfish should be added. :9

[dysfunctional press]

31. gotta be sea scallops.

the bay ones aren't worth the mention.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

49. what's a "bay scallop"?

:shrug:

:D

[dysfunctional press]

65. bay scallops are the smaller ones...sea scallops are the big tasty ones.

http://www.stavis.com/features/bay_scallop_china.htm

http://www.alaskaharvest.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?page=ah/PROD/7050

[mitchum]

35. Raw oysters...I even eat them in "the months you're not supposed to"...

there are worse ways to die :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Indeed

:D

[greatauntoftriplets]

44. Lobster.

:9

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

45. Maine or Rock?

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

70. I do believe Maine is the only acceptable lobster, though I don't eat it.

Have you seen those spiny rock things they breed in the Caribbean? They're profoundly alien-looking.

:P

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

78. I've seen AND eaten them

yummy - they're all tail!

[greatauntoftriplets]

81. Either...

or the spiny lobster that you get in the Caribbean.

Yum.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

82. Rock Lobster!

[KatyMan]

46. Sea bugs...bleh

How about none of the above? Remember, the Bible says not to eat shellfish. For those that voted in this poll, you're going against the Bible: WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?????

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

48. see above

[Throd]

55. Aquatic cockroaches! Disgusting!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

84. mm mm mm

!

[Squatch]

53. Scallop and Avocado ceviche

[El Fuego]

57. This thread is so YUMMY!!!!

:9

[CTyankee]

58. When you are in Boston go to a Legal Sea Foods which has an oyster menu.

I like the briny ones. Prince Edward Islands (PEI) are excellent and some from the Cape. Ask the waitperson, they know which is best that particular day.

[MysticalChicken]

59. None...

I don't like seafood and I especially hate shellfish--all slimy and rubbery. Gross. I do like clam chowder, but I try to avoid the actual clams because I hate the texture so much. Oh, and I like calamari if it's prepared properly. Especially--oddly enough--the tentacles. And I like coconut shrimp at Outback Steakhouse, so... I guess shrimp? But only coconut shrimp.

(I was watching Good Eats one night and it was the lobster episode, and Alton Brown said something to the effect of, 9 out of 10 people would say their favorite food is lobster, or at least it would be in the top ten. I'd be the tenth person. I've never liked lobster or crab.)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

85. You are on the right path

my friend

[pinniped]

62. Shrimp, crab, and lobsters are my favorite.

Crab is more tasty than lobster IMO.

I am allergic to shrimp and pay the price after its consumption.

[JoePhilly]

64. That's like choosing between my kids ... I'll have the Seafood combo ...

Clams, mussles and Oysters to start ...

Shrimp, Scallops, and Crab stuffed Lobster in the main course.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

66. Clams or mussels. Definitely not lobster, shrimp, or crab.

Yelch. :puke:

[Kajsa]

69. Crayfish.

They are super sweet, messy and fun to eat.

:thumbsup:

[MrSlayer]

76. Lobster. But King Crab is right there with it.

Yummy.

[Goblinmonger]

79. God hates shellfish. n/t

[RushIsRot]

80. Peel 'n eat steamed, spiced shrimp!

With lemon-butter and heavily-horseradished cocktail sauce on the side to dip 'em in.

[u4ic]

88. Honey garlic shrimp from a certain Chinese restaurant in town

:9 :bounce:

[ashling]

90. anything but oysters

I hate oysters!

I love shrimp, lobster, scallops, prawns, crawfish, clams, and even mussels, but

I HATE OYSTERS ! ! !

[fortyfeetunder]

91. my sister in law's (and her ma's) fried oysters

they rock....

[libnnc]

92. love, love, love the lobster

I don't get it often here in NC so it's my indulgence.

heaven dipped in butter...

[dEMOK]

93. Carrots!...

Sorry; I thought you said "see food."

My bad.