Sea Urchins

On my morning walks along the bay, I usually bring TheDog to the water, trying to coax him to swim or at least get used to water touching his fur. Giving him a bath at home is always like a farce -- me trying to get him near the water hose by tugging on his leash, him lying down trying not to move. He always gets up and acquiesce though when I use "the" tone, but not a moment too soon. Happily, he's now at least dog paddling.

Wait, wait, where was I?

The sea urchin roe, yes.

Well, I usually see halved and empty sea urchin shells underwater when I bring TheDog to the water, and I asked the man who cleans the beach where to get some. Apparently, sellers bring the sea urchins (aka uni or swaki) to the baywalk around 10 am everyday and a bottle of roe costs 50 pesos. So cheap, right?

Fast forward to yesterday, Sharkteeth and I went to the bay to meet with friends who were going to Siquijor and on the way to the restobar where we were supposed to meet, I saw a couple along the breakwater preparing sea urchins. Long story short, I bought a bottle of roe and requested for one sea urchin shell with roe.

When we got home, I opened my pack of roe and sea urchin and thought of eating the roe from the shell. The thing is: BUHAAAAAAYYYY siya, mga teh!

Di ko kinaya. I placed it in the freezer. Death by ice. It was the merciful thing to do. I think. When I'm over my fear and awa today, I'll cook the roe in cream and use it as pasta sauce. IF I do get over my fear and awa. Wuz.