To Musashi ,

We call them pipi s , you call them surf clams , i think they
are the same , you can dig them with your feet , top eating

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still fishin , pedro

"Musashi" > wrote in message
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> "Gerry" > wrote in message
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>> On 2007-09-24 08:30:22 -0700, "Musashi" > said:
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>> > Yes at a sushi counter you will find Akagai, Aoyagi, Torigai, Mirugai,
> etc
>> > all in raw form. I think that surf clam is probably mirugai or geoduck.
>>
>> Nope. I get frequenctly in SoCal and they are explicitly not mirugai.
>> They have a very distinctive look to them with a pink point of sorts.
>> It looks vaguely triangular. I found a picture, which though it looks
>> a little skewed to red rather than pink is close enough:
>>
>> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...79752668XPISTZ
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> Ahh...that's Hokkigai. Sometimes called Hokkyokugai.
> I use that when making Nuta sometimes instead of Tako.
> Yes you're right that's called Surf Clam.
> Amazingly harvested in Canada and shipped to China where processed, boxed
> and frozen and sent back to
> the US.
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