Wake n Bake, Nothing Better!

Jeffislovinlife

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As a kid in S Fla we would keep a couple of queens to eat - the meat is "crunchy" and delicious right out of the shell with lemon. Horse Conch is a carnivorous gastropod that eats other "snails", crabs etc & not really good to eat. But Queen Conch fritters are to die for.

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That's not crab eyes, it's a snail looking at you. :D
Cooked a lot of it for other but I have never tried it Yellow Jack chowder what a memory now I'm hungry
 

Jeffislovinlife

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It is illegal to keep them in Fla now as they are so scarce - I think you can still order them from Bimini or the Bahamas tho.

Bummer, they used to be everywhere when I was growing up.
That was back before Hurricane Andrew I've also heard that the hammerheads are missing down there too and I'm really sad but all I've ever cooked was shipped in I was New Orleans
 
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