Thread: Starfish

On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:16:07 -0400, Cheryl <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I was watching Chopped and one ingredient was star fruit but I thought
>they said starfish so I wondered if there were recipes for starfish.
>Haven't found many, but this eHow article was interesting.
>http://www.ehow.com/how_8260300_cook-starfish.html
>
>Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?

Starfish are echinoderms, same phylum as sea urchins and sand dollars.
If anybody knows how to, or IF, to eat them, I'd ask a Japanese chef.

-Zz

Cheryl wrote:
>
>I was watching Chopped and one ingredient was star fruit but I thought
>they said starfish so I wondered if there were recipes for starfish.
>>Haven't found many, but this eHow article was interesting.
>http://www.ehow.com/how_8260300_cook-starfish.html
>
>Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?

Doesn't seem at all appetizing to me. so you may have my portion:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8506553_prep...nsumption.html

I have some nice star shaped cookie cutters:
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/jam-...0400000113974/

On Aug 4, 4:16*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was watching Chopped and one ingredient was star fruit but I thought
> they said starfish so I wondered if there were recipes for starfish.
> Haven't found many, but this eHow article was interesting.http://www.ehow..com/how_8260300_cook-starfish.html
>
> Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?

Not in my menu- sounds too chewy to me, as does calamari...

On 8/4/2012 8:56 PM, merryb wrote:
> On Aug 4, 4:16 pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I was watching Chopped and one ingredient was star fruit but I thought
>> they said starfish so I wondered if there were recipes for starfish.
>> Haven't found many, but this eHow article was interesting.http://www.ehow.com/how_8260300_cook-starfish.html
>>
>> Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?
>
> Not in my menu- sounds too chewy to me, as does calamari...
>
Yeah, me neither. It just got me wondering if anyone cooks with it. The
eHow article talked about it being a nuisance animal and it makes sense
to try to figure out how to use it. But then, every life form has its
purpose for something.

On Aug 4, 5:56*pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
> On Aug 4, 4:16*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Not in my menu- sounds too chewy to me, as does calamari...

If correctly cooked calamari is not chewy, but very tender.

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Aug 5, 12:29*pm, Helpful person <rrl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Aug 4, 5:56*pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 4, 4:16*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not in my menu- sounds too chewy to me, as does calamari...
>
> If correctly cooked calamari is not chewy, but very tender.
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

Guess I have never had it cooked properly- usually apps at a bar, and
I have no desire to prep them at home- been there, done that!

On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 17:20:18 -0700 (PDT), merryb <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Aug 5, 12:29*pm, Helpful person <rrl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 4, 5:56*pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Aug 4, 4:16*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Not in my menu- sounds too chewy to me, as does calamari...
>>
>> If correctly cooked calamari is not chewy, but very tender.
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>
>Guess I have never had it cooked properly- usually apps at a bar.
>I have no desire to prep them at home- been there, done that!

Think marinate... foreskins! LOL

On Aug 4, 4:16*pm, Cheryl <jlhsha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was watching Chopped and one ingredient was star fruit but I thought
> they said starfish so I wondered if there were recipes for starfish.
> Haven't found many, but this eHow article was interesting.http://www.ehow..com/how_8260300_cook-starfish.html
>
> Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?

We had to dissect a seastar in hs biology -- nothing inside it looked
appetizing as I recall, except for one organ reminiscent of scrambled
eggs.

I'd go right to the eggs.

Zz Yzx wrote:
> Cheryl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Would you, or have you, tried making something with starfish?
>
> Starfish are echinoderms, same phylum as sea urchins and sand dollars.
> If anybody knows how to, or IF, to eat them, I'd ask a Japanese chef.

Echinoderms have skeletons made of a lot of small plates. For a sand
dollar they are fused. For a starfish they remain separate for the
animal to stay flexible. The skeleton is why peopl eonly eat the eggs
of sea urchins. A starfish might be okay in a strained broth but to get
much meat out of it would be a ton of work.