Backyard Aquaponics
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My step dad was from NZ, he used to suck all the crud from the prawn head. Was gross.

That's funny.

Seafood bisque is made from prawn and/or crayfish heads, yum yum.

My father in law liked the mustard that was in the crabs!

The Thais do that as well,when i leave the heads someone on the table will always ask if they can have them,as you say gross.

As a wannabe Kiwi all I can say is that you guys are so culturally insensitive....

Great thread stucco, i must say, im just a bit jealous of your skills with ferrocement.

As far as sucking the heads, thats where all the spices are. You're already eating a bottom feeding scavenger so go for it!

Some Filipino's will eat the whole head and smile, they also eat "Balut" so prawn heads are no great challenge compared to Balut.

Watching someone eat Balut is a bad enough without having too try it yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_%28food%29

AS Martin says: you guys are so culturally insensitive....

Well, we eat duck, we eat eggs, the question I have is if they eat the bones too. I think that they would be rather hard to pick out.

Ha ha ha, Jo, didn't think I would be quoted here.

Ron I think the bones are soft at that stage of development so are eaten as part of the package. Couldn't do it myself.

You can definitely hear them crunch as they eat one, I've seen people buying them ask "how many days old are they?"

They're sold by the number of days you prefer too eat them at and they eat the lot, feathers and all.

Ron I think it's the beak that is the crunchy bit and the good news is that they are available in the US if you want try them.

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/balut-f ... eet-snack/

The absolutely closet supermarket to me caters to the Filipino community. My wife has stories about her neighbors bringing it over. Her parents tried it, she did not.

"closet supermarkets" sounds like a brilliant concept to me!

good catch

Balut is an oddity. It adds calcium to their diets. My wife being Filipino eats it. Growing up in the US cultural mindset, it is difficult to eat.

I was talking with one of my coworkers aout it. He offered to bring me some, I declined. Actually, he is a fantastic fish keeper, and we have been discussing getting him started in AP for some time. So one day he might read this.