Northwest Dive Club

Saw this not long ago...

Wow - Thats pretty huge!

But why would you bring it up to the surface? cant you take the shot down there?

Looks like a really huge orange peel nudibranch. They are supposed to be edible but I think I would pass on that.

That is big. No wonder they renamed in to Tochuina GIGANTEA !

Brought them to the surface to take a picture and to eat them there so good...Hard to take pictures of them when your getting towed 2.2 mph on a sled...There were lots down there along w/king crab..

Interesting, How do you prepare them? deep fryin? No offense, but they dont look super appetizing..

Excuse me? Did you say you eat them?

kdupreez wrote:Interesting, How do you prepare them? deep fryin? No offense, but they dont look super appetizing..

As a southerner, I can confirm that deep frying makes everything taste better. As does gravy.

Nwbrewer wrote:Excuse me? Did you say you eat them?

Actually, this species is regarded as a delicacy in the Russian far East, where it's called "Tochni". If Dave and his family eat them up in Alaska, more power to them. I personally wouldn't want to munch on one, but to each his own! I'm curious, though, if the taste is anything like escargo, which I actually have enjoyed previously.

What's it taste like, brother?

- John

Nwbrewer wrote:Excuse me? Did you say you eat them?

Tochni - I have heard that native peoples of the regions did indeed eat them. Can't confirm that, and I'm guessing that I probably wouldn't get too excited about the flavor.

Although I wouldn't eat a sea cucumber either, and tens of thousands of people do.

I'm thinking if you add enough garlic you could get them to taste like escargot.

(rubber + garlic = fancy snail)

GearHead wrote:I'm thinking if you add enough garlic you could get them to taste like escargot.

(rubber + garlic = fancy snail)

... Out to the garage I go for some old bicycle inner tubes and garlic.. Tah'night wee havin fancie eescaargoo

Jan K wrote:That is big. No wonder they renamed in to Tochuina GIGANTEA !

That thing is huge! Do they come this far south?
I have tried urchin, moon snail and I think a 'sea squirt', but never a nudibranch.

fishb0y wrote:

Jan K wrote:That is big. No wonder they renamed in to Tochuina GIGANTEA !

That thing is huge! Do they come this far south?
I have tried urchin, moon snail and I think a 'sea squirt', but never a nudibranch.

I have seen them here, just never that large.

Penopolypants wrote:

kdupreez wrote:Interesting, How do you prepare them? deep fryin? No offense, but they dont look super appetizing..

As a southerner, I can confirm that deep frying makes everything taste better. As does gravy.

No,I never ate it returned it to the sea floor & let it grow up....

Diver_Dave wrote: grow up....

huh???? they get BIGGER????

much bigger and they could eat a diver!