Ever tried Mantis Shrimp?

[wpd7]

Just got back from Bali- and lookie what I saw there:

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These aren't your usual Mantis- reference the chairs in the background. They are approximately 1.5 feet of spearing buggers....

Can't resist! A pair split in half and sauteed with garlic! They had eggs too! (red stuff)

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Very tasty! Very little meat though! However, what little there was was extremely sweet and rich- almost like a combo of east and west coast lobsters combined. The meat was very tender!

Just had to share! :D

[Nick_Kun]

taste like shrimp.

[wpd7]

Better than any shrimp I ever tasted though- could be the cooks! =P

[Nick_Kun]

must be msg ;)

[wpd7]

No salt/spices, anything- just butter, garlic, and some green onion- saw them cook it.

Its the meat flavor that's different, not the additions- I wish we could get these buggers here in that size. They were tasty. Although these were huge, you get very little meat; remember, these were about 1.5 feet in length prior to cooking.

Would take a while to raise a mantis from standard reefing sizes lol!

[Nick_Kun]

just messin with ya. I used to eat them in the phillipines.

[kwilson]

closer to lobster than shrimp, taste great

[seahorse_man]

I heard they make mantis at some of the sushi places, not sure.

[gemini]

you can get them at the 91 ranch markets during some months of the year but they are live then, :( i would seriously hurt someone that messed with Kermit but then again he is only about 3 inches:)