I went fishing today, and a lady caught a small shark. It was filet'd,
and the lady went home with two big shark steaks.

I asked the captain to cut off the fins and let me have them. My
question is, how do I properly dry and process the fins for soup?

I have them drying on a dehydrator now. Once they're thoroughly dry,
what do I do next?

Please let me know, as I have a pretty-much endless supply of shark
fins. All caught on line, and none "finned." (I find that rather
repulsive. Either use as much of the animal you kill as possible or
don't take it at all.) My jaw pretty-much dropped when the captain
told me his customers always just want steak, and the fins are usually
discarded. He told me he'd save all the fins I wanted in exchange for
an occasional bowl of soup. I know how to make the soup, but I don't
know how to prepare the fins...

Please don't e-mail me, the mail will bounce. Just post an answer
here.

Thanks in advance,

Eric
KW

On 6 Nov 2003 17:50:05 -0800, (Eric) wrote:


>Please let me know, as I have a pretty-much endless supply of shark
>fins.

There's some info on Google - "drying shark fins". Looks pretty
involved.

-sw

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:33:21 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>>Please let me know, as I have a pretty-much endless supply of shark
>>fins.
>
>There's some info on Google - "drying shark fins". Looks pretty
>involved.
>
>-sw

I tried that, both with the quotes and without. Except for a few
pictures, the rest of the info was a call to ban shark finning.

E

(Eric) wrote in message om>...
> repulsive. Either use as much of the animal you kill as possible or
> don't take it at all.) My jaw pretty-much dropped when the captain
> told me his customers always just want steak, and the fins are usually
> discarded. He told me he'd save all the fins I wanted in exchange for
> an occasional bowl of soup. I know how to make the soup, but I don't
> know how to prepare the fins...
>

Eric,

So, how do you make the soup?

And what is so unique about it that causes people to do the repulsive
finning you described. Does it have that much of a unique flavor or does
it get its fame for alleged magical curing (sex drive, health, etc...)?

Also, does it work with any old shark fin or is it supposed to be a
certain kind?

I'm surprised that if there is THIS much of a market, at least someone
would be hanging out at the docks collecting the fins for export.

Just curious,

-t

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 08:37:15 -0500, Eric and Nena
> wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:33:21 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:
>
>>>Please let me know, as I have a pretty-much endless supply of shark
>>>fins.
>>
>>There's some info on Google - "drying shark fins". Looks pretty
>>involved.
>>
>>-sw
>
>I tried that, both with the quotes and without. Except for a few
>pictures, the rest of the info was a call to ban shark finning.

You must be using a different search engine than I. Here's one of
many:

http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/X3690E/x3690e1g.htm

-sw

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:35:12 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>"drying shark fins"

--
Curiosity killed the cat -
lack of it is killing mankind.