Giant Isopods: Eaten in Taiwan?

[David E. Powell]

Two reports so far that they are a bit of a local delicacy at some
seaside restaraunts there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/biub6/my_god_its_a_monster/

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f80/hitchhiking-deep-sea-crustacean-38545.html
Giant isopods, like Bathynomus Giganteus, are of little interest to
most commercial fisheries; owing to the typical paucity of catches,
and because ensnared isopods are usually scavenged beyond
marketability before they are recovered.
However, in Northern Taiwan and other areas, they are not uncommon at
seaside restaurants, served boiled and bisected with a clean lateral
slice. The white meat, not dissimilar to crab or lobster in texture,
is then easily removed.

See also “Simple Summer Recipes for Dead Seafloor Carrion”
➥ Scavenger | Deep Sea News
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Recap on the "Giant Isopod" story at

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/31/2253964.aspx?GT1=43001

[Ray OHara]

"David E. Powell" <David_Po...@msn.com> wrote in message
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Two reports so far that they are a bit of a local delicacy at some
seaside restaraunts there.

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what one looks like.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1100243/Giant-woodlice-residence-Britain.html