"Warren" > wrote in message
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> Musashi wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> They used to have Hudson River blue crab festivals every year in NY.
>>>
>>> "It's a totally different experience opening your own urchin
>>> and feasting of fresh uni"
>>>
>>> That is the truth. The uni that I've had in Japanese restaurants has
>>> been but a very pale imitation.
>>
>> Nearly all shellfish I can think of drop in quality very quickly from
>> the time they are harvested.
>> The drop in flavor of uni has, in Japan resulted in the recent trend of
>> packing and
>> shipping uni (shelled) in sea water. Once ina while I see these packages
>> here in the NY area.
>> M
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> I would think that would dilute the flavor, no? Or is it that all the salt
> in the water gets into the uni which enhances what is lost... hmmmm....
>

I seriously doubt this method would be in practice now if it diluted the
flavor
since the objective was to reduce the loss of flavor. I've never tried it
yet myself
but it was even covered on a TV program showing the packing process.
But I will admit that after decades of seeing the familar uni packed on wood
boxes,
seeing the uni sort of "floating around" in seawater does seem unusual.
M