On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:06:31 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> "James Silverton" > wrote:
>
>>
>> I've eaten the eggplant spread and there are a number of good Indian,
>> Greek and Italian dips made from charred eggplant. There are also quite
>> a lot of quite decent caviar substitutes made from various fish roes,
>> like whitefish (usually tinted black) and salmon. The Japanese use
>> sea-urchin eggs in sushi as well as salmon.
>
> We used to live in California. I've had fresh sea urchin roe collected
> right there on the beach, right out of the cracked open critter.
>
> It's quite good actually.

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blake