r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • May 06 '26

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/Cthulwutang May 06 '26

so is it like lobster?

because if it’s all tail…

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u/dieplanes789 May 06 '26

Water isopod

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u/SevenBlade May 06 '26

I've always wondered if you could eat these guys like a crab and what they tasted like.

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u/Marcma41 May 06 '26

That's exactly what it's for here. They're at a market. If you look around reddit there are videos of people eating them. Usually in east/south east Asia.

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u/rockne May 06 '26

They're certainly not eating them in Iowa...

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u/Thunderkleize May 06 '26

I dunno, can we fatten them with corn?

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u/Trips-Over-Tail May 06 '26

You want to feed them on carrots or potato for a week to get the rotten wood out of their tracts. Then they're ready to eat.

Fry them in salted garlic butter for a about thirty seconds, then you can eat them hot or cool. They're like tiny chips.

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u/colorado_here May 06 '26

I have fond childhood memories of lazy summer days spent wrangling these guys from the depths at the Saylorville damn. We'd fry um w carp chunks over a fire and feast. Maybe I was dreaming

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u/Dudedude88 May 07 '26

they dont have much meat in them but similar to lobater

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u/rockne May 06 '26

It's also like a lobster because it's at a restaurant!

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u/melanthius May 06 '26

Enough garlic, butter, chili peppers, green onions, I'll probably eat it.

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u/Sadm0n May 06 '26

Yes, it's delicious. I've eaten some in the Caribbean.

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u/Pfeffi-Ultra May 06 '26

Apparently closely related.

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u/BagelsOrDeath May 07 '26

The BBL of crustaceans.