PERCEBE

cool stuff, so wanna try it. looks like a penis tho. haha.

PERCEBE, a spanish word pronounced as per-THAY-bay. this is a delicious, edible gooseneck barnacle which thrives at the ocean’s foamy edge.

SO how do you eat it?

You obtain the freshest percebes possible, then you boil them, strip off the outer skin of the stalk and bite off the interior meat which has a delicate, seafoody flavour recalling lobster.

In Spain, the culinary belief is: the shorter the stalk, the tastier the meat.

Interesting huh? for more info, check out http://www.billcasselman.com/words_of_the_world/percebe.htm

for those who aren't sure what a barnacle is, click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle

Cheers. :)