We bought clams and some other kind of bi-valve (a type of conch I think - they called them "madreperla") directly from fishermen who opened them for us so we could feast on them. The clams were the most amazing I've ever had.
I was doing great with the gargantuan, substantially chewy unnamed bi-valves (the mother of pearl in their shells was amazing) until I noticed they kept moving when I would season them with lime and chile. No one ever told me we were eating them alive! Did anyone else know this - that when we eat oysters, they are alive? This really freaked me out.
The last straw was the little teensy translucent lobstery-lookin' dude waving his pincers at me from the bottom of a shell, the contents of which (save for this little dude) I'd just emptied into my mouth!
Here are some shots from today.
hey!
ReplyDeleteOur blog is a few days behind. We left Oaxaca today and will arrive in San Cristobal tomorrow afternoon. We'll stay a while, so let us know if you're going to make it or need an airport pick-up!
Jason
oh no! San Cristobal is on our itinerary, but we are going to Atitlan first. We won't get to San Cristobal for at least a week and a half. Surely you won't stay there until then... Will you?
ReplyDeleteps- why'd you leave Puerto Escondido so soon? Did you enjoy it there? Or was it just the heat that drove you away?
ReplyDeletereally -- oysters are still alive...kinda. yeah, thats a bit unsettling. i think the clams that were consumed @ aquarelle had def drowned in white wine and butter. at least i hope they did. wait were they moving -- naw. was the lobster a langoustine? kind of a cross between a prawn and a lil lobster?
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