How Sea Urchin (Uni) Is Processed Commercially - How to Make It

Welcome back to How to Make It! On today's episode, chef Katie Pickens is at Maruhide in California, one of the country's top sea urchin processors. Once in, Katie learns how uni is de-shelled, cleaned and sorted.
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[@whatmane]

Glad he gave a shoutout to his long time employees👌

[@djamalnanhekhan9236]

Anthony 666 likes i dont want to like it bcuz itll be 667

[@alvarez_e2474]

Yea, (all Hispanics) by the way 😐😃

[@bearbeartidy]

Prop she long time working since with his father

[@redcrimson8359]

@Mata Pendejos Are you upset your gf left you and now you two are just siblings?

[@vikzn1607]

Eva Danii what dose that have to do wth anything your kinda degrading your race showing they don’t try or can’t upgrade their jobs and end up working the same terrible/low pay job their whole lives

[@nibrayt9507]

"This is really therapeutic.." Employees that overheard her: *Inner eye rolls*

[@doujinshienjoyer5515]

If only they speak english

[@Andrea_JW]

I don't get it...

[@pashaputrasupriatna4596]

When did she say that?

[@evanchan4012]

@@pashaputrasupriatna4596 0:05

[@dupond9248]

@@Andrea_JW bc the other employees have been doing it for 8h a day sometimes for years and at that point its not very therapeutic anymore

[@raixbox360]

who was the first human to go out in the sea, pick this spiky thing, ram it open and eat its inner bits

[@Sam-pu9ci]

rai x eat it’s sex organs* lmfao I’m wondering the same thing though

[@JimFortune]

Someone who saw how much sea otters loved to eat them.

[@dottiEpre]

Me.

[@abyssalzei552]

Oh my God I never thought of that

[@Kaeoooo]

rai x oml this had me thinking who was the first to discover milk??

[@britishentertainment7610]

Stepped on a sea urchin and was limping for 2 weeks. They finally broke apart on their own. These days im going to the Japanese restaurant to eat 2 portions of them as a revenge

[@noelsnoir]

British Entertainment Well I mean, YOU stepped on THEM. So it’s their way of revenge

[@tanioraaura1274]

I get a spike under the finger nail harvesting them while diving . Very unlucky. However i get to enjoy the contents . I go through dive gloves often. Just part of uni collecting.

[@phyrim7890]

@@tanioraaura1274 oh my God that sounds awful! Just imagining that hurts.

[@vantekim419]

oh my gosh

[@tanioraaura1274]

@@phyrim7890 It does hurt . If you enjoy eating the roe...you will do anything for the taste. ○ Harvest them ○ Spend sqwillies buying a container . ○ Eat them in a Resturant. ○ Or approach a diver withdrawing from the seawater.

[@jvvalencia861]

The amount of years the employees stayed there (37 & 40 years) says a lot how wonderful of an employer that Japanese guy is

[@jvvalencia861]

Lex Sao Paolo Actually yes, most of the time, people stay those long years (sometimes close to dedicating their whole work lives) because of how the management treats them. Good governance will let people stay

[@jellyslapper2872]

The guy looks 40 at most.

[@ageless2001]

@@jvvalencia861 um, No. People create their own c.v while working. If the Worker shows promise or trainability the employer will up skill them and create a better work coverage in case a more advanced employee takes leave. It's all about production and the availability of a skilled crew. Management makes sure of this to keep a quality product rolling out the door. Nothing else. Bosses take courses on people skills, management skills all kinds of skills but the main reason is to keep themselves off the floor so they can focus on quality and maintaining clients. People are just walking dollar signs. Your importance is based on your colour sign....bronze to platinum.

[@jvvalencia861]

​@@ageless2001 Uhm, I don't totally agree, maybe to some of your points, but not most of it. Employees can leave anytime, they can file a resignation in case they find a better opportunity, the greener pastures as they say. They are not bound to work for one company for a long time, even contracts end. But these people stayed and became loyal to the employer for almost/equal to 4 DECADES, in which I suppose, he treats them well in terms of salary and benefits.

[@Juan-nz1gu]

@Lex Sao Paolo if the employer sucks they won't have the dedication

[@Blake-cz7mj]

The host didn't come off super weird and was actually likable which is unusual for this channel...maybe keep her around

[@haohuynh9704]

Blake Friedman i love her

[@joylolly4458]

Yeah she's pretty cool

[@05jorgeruiz]

Blake Friedman deff she is good deff should keep her !!!!

[@frostramen4143]

She’s great but she disrupt sometimes, I can see the guy being cut off several times

[@jessesanchez08]

If she's unusually likable for this channel, I'm never subscribing

[@niadurant4846]

He was low key Trynna make sure she didn’t mess up production 😭😂

[@petergriffin6223]

Yeah she even said it.

[@petergriffin6223]

High key

[@Damnnthatscrazy]

Normie alert

[@electrics2043]

To Pimp A Butterfly

[@Trey_GSF]

Clever Thirdy I love

[@ShesABell]

Sea urchin is really good, when me and my mom lived in Hawaii, we used to go out during low tide with a cooler and fill it up. Pour over some freshwater to kill them and crack them open with a spoon. With some soy sauce and lemon 🤤 good times. Love being Palauan 🤞🏽

[@Alaiyna-sl5nm]

I wanna try some

[@Kaeoooo]

Damn girl we can eat sea urchin in Hawaii?

[@ShesABell]

BlessedHawaii yes they look different from those. They’re not a endangered species or native to Hawaii. Lol.

[@jasminesanchez5046]

That sounds super good, I really wanna try it sometime

[@allison_xoxo6909]

Palawan?

[@totallyinconspicuouscarrot]

Workers:*literally slaving away to do this damned job* Woman: ThIs Is ReAlLy ThErApEuTiC

[@Drackwit]

Oh god, you have a very cursed pfp

[@chrism6904]

These people have no idea what "slaving away" is. I work 96-120 hours a week LOL.

[@chrism6904]

@Bob Dylan Someone needs to be asked to give an opinion? Interesting.

[@totallyinconspicuouscarrot]

@Segura Mlk joke(definition) /jōk/ noun a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline. "she was in a mood to tell jokes" verb make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly. "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"

[@LuisRamos-gh6nj]

@@chrism6904 no one cares douche move along

[@riotgrrl9218]

"Hey this is very therapeutic" Tired workers: "💀"

[@lafemmerowena]

I know right. Therapeutic for a few minutes. Smh. Thanks Karen 😁👉

[@pashaputrasupriatna4596]

When did she ever say that?

[@riotgrrl9218]

@@pashaputrasupriatna4596 idk watch it again

[@pashaputrasupriatna4596]

@@riotgrrl9218 i already did, like about 4 times.. she didnt say anything about it being therapeutic.

[@riotgrrl9218]

@@pashaputrasupriatna4596 it's 80 odd people disagree also.... maaaan, no disrespect but don't you think you need to find more things to do? 😅

[@tessoy]

“if i tear the urchin, i could cost him money” next scene: eat two unis

[@elliotterodriguez]

He doesn't seem to mind all that much

[@tessoy]

Elliotte Rodriguez i’m sure he doesn’t :)

[@Giliver]

@@elliotterodriguez free publicity.

[@jasonhuang8068]

@@anthonyheng what?

[@saysoun752]

@@elliotterodriguez He shouldn't as he's the one that offered it to her to try.

[@protocolofficer2629]

I have eaten it raw, in the shell, with buttered baguette and lemon and thought I’d died and gone to heaven. This was about 40 years ago. Enter sushi restos and my tastebuds are happy once again. Thanks for sharing!

[@Kappaman0430]

Now I'm even more interested in trying this

[@bunnysenpaimon6742]

Wow. I feel so jealous. I watched a KZbin video the other day on how to prepare it at home, I hope to be able to do so one day!!

[@jayj6783]

Fresh sea urchin is the best. I live near the beach, and when it's low tide we just bring cooked rice and sit on the beach while eating it. We open the sea urchins, take out its meat, and eat it straight in our mouths. Sometimes we add vinegar and pepper.

[@wtffah]

that sounds fun! mind if I join u guys 😂

[@jesusofsuburbia5884]

Filipino?

[@ab-zb8wr]

Ahhh the beach life in the Philippines

[@hweemengtoh9047]

Yikes that is disgusting... I can't imagine a pinoy burrowing into your rectal walls... :(

[@mabyyy485]

What beach is it?

[@JG-pw5cr]

Chef Katie is awesome. I love the fact that in all of these episodes shes way out of her element in terms of experience, but shes still willing to jump in and learn how the process of making great things is done.

[@makovixen81]

I'm glad I live in New Zealand where I can go down to the beach and pick some sea urchin, and not spend $80 on sea urchin wtf

[@toripai94]

My family catches heaps of kina at our marae. Never knew they were also called sea urchin 😂 too bad they taste horrible to me lmao

[@zacharyfelder6604]

Yea well on the west coast of the USA you can get them on the beach I believe. Idk why sea food is hella expensive in the USA

[@slappy-chicken]

Stop bragging colonizer.

[@ferlanlebrado5000]

Same. Philippines here.

[@tanioraaura1274]

You can tell whose been eating kina/ uni The consumer can't help but drop kina wind and blow about it.

[@tosht2515]

I've seen videos of divers harvesting sea urchin but never the processing. This was very interesting to me. Great series...love the host. 👍

[@wolfylover4ever]

Same! I don't like most hosts for TV shows/ otherwise, especially nowadays they're more show than anything else. She's really friendly, well informed, willing to get into it and dirty herself and doesn't make it mainly about her but about the subject!

[@attemptsinmaking4947]

@@wolfylover4ever Couldn't agree more. She did a really nice job.

[@campkira]

I can not eat too much of it since i a little allergy to it.

[@hrprreview9046]

Woah look, sea rambutans!

[@ruvinijayatissa4560]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thefreeburningspirit]

More like durians, since 'duri' literally means 'spikes/thorns'

[@mack5383]

@@thefreeburningspirit nah durians are pretty Big, the sea urchins look more like Rambutans to me

[@chikkenking6119]

LOLLLLL

[@paulaabada5735]

Ywa ka talaga boii hahaha

[@sidrt4648]

This reminds me of my childhood 😍 we used to dive and harvest them split them open and eat them with salt onion and bread

[@rein44_]

You got a weird childhood-- (*sorry*)

[@riverreeves9983]

That’s incredible I wish I did that

[@ItsOverForMeHelp]

@@rein44_ you clearly weren't raised right if you like gacha. Sea urchins are normal in a lot of places in the world.

[@justintanjunejet7050]

@@ItsOverForMeHelp people have opinions

[@ItsOverForMeHelp]

@@justintanjunejet7050 and my opinion of that opinion was to disagree.

[@jeniferjaradat2193]

I had this when I was in Egypt . OMG the most amazing thing I ever ate in my life. I cant explain how delicious it is ,no words could describe it .

[@elcrack3343]

I looove this food, here in chile isn't that expensive, we eat them with lemon juice, salt, purple onion and perejil. On top of a piece of toasted bread, ITS DELICIOUS

[@ropeman3916]

What is perejil?

[@ApplePi3.1415]

Back when I was 4 my mom and I lived in japan and we went to a urchin festival and ate so much! It was so yummy

[@zidvicious6047]

As a kid, whenever we went to the beach, my uncle would dive and scoop these out of the sea floor. He would eat it and I would be so grossed out by it. When I started dining out in Japanese sushi restaurants, a friend ordered this and I had to try it out of curiosity. Since then I was hooked!

[@weenie.mp4]

“NOOO YOU CANT JUST EAT ME!! I GREW SPINES TO PREVENT THAT SPECIFIC THING FROM HAPPENING!!!” “haha uni go brrrr”

[@augment999]

😐

[@evanchan4012]

Haha shovel thing got thwack thwack

[@GuyAboveTrash]

😐

[@yellowflower2067]

I’m glad that the sea urchins are being used for food. They love to eat kelp in California, and because of their over consumption of kelp, the forest are depleting. So by eating these little guys, humans help keep them in check, which also helps maintain the growth of the kelp forest for other forms of wildlife. I want to try uni!!! 😄

[@Fonthandler]

Correct. They're the rats of the sea. But a very delicious rat. 😂

[@loveskinas3352]

I love how she shows so much respect to him and the uni!

[@uncreative5766]

Her respect reminds me of Gordon Ramsay's. She may not have gone to sea to catch the urchins, but she was still willing to learn how to clean and gut them as Gordon would do in some of his videos.

[@robertamielle]

They look like tongues

[@christinakalapnauth9177]

RobertAmielle that’s cause they are

[@mynx6522]

@@christinakalapnauth9177 sex organs

[@DenpaKei]

Great for kissing practice

[@brokenwave6125]

@@christinakalapnauth9177 No they aren't...

[@4xJojo]

RobertAmielle ikr but they are gonads (sex organs) but tell me what kind of creature has sex organs in its mouth.

[@gmc___]

I'm so happy there's a interviewer who had experience before and has actually a deeper interest in the food than just a pretty face that you see way too often on other series.

[@NomWithDani]

Love this presenter, I think this is one of my favourite Eater videos. Would love to see more of her :)

[@killadymond]

daniomnom I was just going to comment the same thing! She was so easy to watch and listen to. Looking forward to more videos with Katie!

[@bridgetklivans7638]

Even from a video you can see how genuine this guy is. He would act the same around anyone in the world.

[@cringecorner7459]

this is one of my favourites omg (not the processed one, but the one that you eat right out of the shell)!!! i remember me and my family going out to the sea in low tide, bringing a table, and eat this in the middle of the sea (which is probably like 3 inch deep) THIS IS MAKING ME SO HUNGRY

[@florgonzalez1211]

What sea is 3 inches deep in the middle wtf

[@matthewalvarez-mahoney7801]

So buttery! Urchin is my fave! Urchin is the butter of the ocean. Mud crab is the bacon of the sea. Put them together and you have unlocked a road to HEAVEN!

[@valeriandsouza4763]

Mother: what do you wanna be when you grow up? Me: *Sea urchin cutter*

[@MusicsInMySoul977]

Lol - I love these videos, I love knowing where food comes from! It's just hilarious to me that the comments on the Caviar video are like "Oh no! They're killing the fish!" but on here there's none of that. it's the same thing, these are people who know what they're doing and do it well. So thankful to be able to learn about this!

[@reysy9766]

There are some islands you could go to in the Philippines where you could literally buy a live sea urchin from a fisherman, have it opened, and eat it straight out of the shell for less than a dollar. Some even lower than 30 cents per sea urchin

[@i_lub_katz4853]

Am Filipino and when I went to the Philippines my uncle caught me one right out of the ocean and it was amazing it tastes better than anywhere I can’t get around my area

[@takeo1794]

Sanaol

[@XXXIMSEXYNIKNOWITXXX]

Am I the only one who thinks they look like yellow tongues

[@semonerobinson8903]

Thats why I clicked on the video. Ive never tried it I just was disgusted and interested

[@770megaman]

Its the gonads of the sea urchin

[@nickangstadt2499]

Cassius yeah I think you are the only person in the world who thinks they look like yellow tongues

[@eveandrews8111]

Cassius 😂

[@lizziedanger4271]

yeah, you're the only one. no one else sees the resemblance

[@Sashurrful]

3:16 lmaooo when she dipped it in the water before she ate it.

[@user-px3fp6ye9r]

🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@noelle1030]

Err... I feel like there's nothing wrong about it?

[@yourmotherdoesntapproveofy6827]

@@noelle1030 the water is filthy.

[@cressychess2622]

@@yourmotherdoesntapproveofy6827 the water was... _f-filthy?_ Time to go to the bathroom again

[@jinri_p1042]

but it's saltwater...? they also packaged the them in that same water??

[@sophondrusik9712]

I stepped on one of these in Mexico, worst experience of my life

[@myra961]

soph ondrusik then? what happened? 😂

[@MintyMiku]

You should kill and eat it after that

[@sophondrusik9712]

myra961 it was literally stuck in my foot and the resort doctors had to cut super deep into my foot to get it out, so I was missing a chunk of skin and couldn’t swim the rest of the week lol rip

[@bunnysenpaimon6742]

@@sophondrusik9712 you should've eaten it in revenge lol

[@pvisai1050]

eri139 😆

[@dice3704]

I love this kind of vids . On the point , lovely , not droning on for hours , simple , funny , educational . Great job from this team !

[@jsoto20870]

Cool to see this video, processing sea urchins was my first job in the 🇺🇸 (Northern California) I can eat them because I know how to pick them but I would not describe them as delicious even if they are premium quality. Most people would spit them out unless they grew up eating them. I enjoyed this video.

[@martharendon669]

Bless that man Roberto

[@anniediaz4638]

Love that this was filmed in Long Beach. Born and raised!!

[@xalbatross1]

Reminds me of my family’s farm in the Philippines, I would go to the beach nearby during low tide with a water tumbler and a fork. My mission was to fill up the water tumbler but I used to eat it as soon as I cracked it open😂

[@Vikotnick]

I am still trying to acquire a taste for these. I've tried it a couple of times and I will keep trying because I don't know if I have tried it in the right place. Then again, it took me a few times to get the taste for Ikkura. Now I love it.

[@official_surge]

I've tasted it fresh from the sea,it was so creamy and an overall great taste.oh and I want that sea urchin opener

[@6sinco067]

"How am i doing" The guy "ok" Her "too slow"

[@natashahaira2356]

In NZ, Maoris hobbies include diving for seafood (most of the time it's for kinas) and we eat it straight out of the shell while still in the water or on the rocks 😂

[@keita7787]

natasha haira hard 😂 it’s weird for them to be so clean they keep washing it in the water like whaaaattt

[@matariki964]

thought I was the only newzealand and maori here

[@maorismurfnz]

This was the comment I was looking for

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz2386]

They’re soo expensive gheez. I’m so happy that I have family that loves to dive for seafood for fun.

[@variable7833]

You can tell this dude is a super chill boss.

[@axgarcia5654]

Incredible taste, for me thats the best caviar in the world. In the north of Spain we boild the sea urgeons a bit in water, salt and bay leaf and we have them with apple cider (alcoholic) or white wine. I love them.

[@MoxieBeast]

I want to eat alllllllllll of them

[@jakeaivilo3821]

It isnt that tasty

[@ayeshak6822]

It is.

[@Psychotechmusichead]

Its nasty

[@kd0428]

I could only eat one piece of uni or else it would be too much for me, it’s basically like bitter butter.

[@mientrant3615]

Go to Indonesia, I saw numerous of it on the sea.

[@morganrogue5305]

I couldn't work there, I'd keep eating the product out of the baskets. XD

[@nkyryry]

Awesome video. That guys running a pretty fine business there.

[@RadagonTheRed]

Sea urchin couldn’t look less appetising. Amazing when you finally break into it though.

[@darknut123]

If I work there I definetly would snack on some of these, one for me and then one for the box

[@maurienvy]

Katie: *Tries a sea urchin just out of the shell* Next step on the line is cleaning the last bits of inpurity Katie: 👁️👄👁️

[@davidwussah4312]

Years ago I used to dive to harvest this from the sea bed near the Tema harbour in Ghana. We mostly catch them on the rocks were old ships have been left

[@JohnQuach]

This is awesome, been wanting to know the standard price for premium uni from suppliers.

[@emmapeel8163]

grew up in Portugal. Dad would fish for these, crabs, clams .. we made a fire on the beach & enjoyed fresh seafood. the Uni i lived for & didnt wait for the beach party. i ate them as soon as dad caught them.

[@thefamouspearl]

We used to eat that when I was a little, I mean a kid when I was still in our province in Zambales and I remember we call it maritangtang. Now that I know how much it cost, at least I can say that I am proud and I can still remember the taste of it, same way the reporter describes its taste.

[@ALPHAdigitUNBOXING]

Tasting Uni locally is absolutely horrible, however when I tasted Uni in Japan was amazing like butter completely different in taste.

[@jsingh1355]

1:12 dont tell me that the sound editing was not intentional to match the lady's hand work..

[@ICanFinallyChangeThisShit]

4:25 thinking about 5 minutes ago how she ate one that wasnt fully cleaned

[@Xgm.]

There's really no danger other than the fact you're eating its guts and it makes it real bitter.

[@darrylros681]

I dont know why but these sea foods are delicious. Like once you taste it you'll have a craving for it in life

[@jerxi6538]

Here in the Philippines we buy freshly caught sea urchins or _salwaki_ as we call it from sea gypsies fishing from their small outriggers. They break it open in front us, and we eat its innards from the shell mixed with fermented vinegar or _sukang tuba_ .

[@jedidr4918]

“Its really therapeutic” say that to Roberto who’s been doing this for 37 years

[@LifewithAnnaBee]

This was an awesome episode. The process is so tedious and I love uni! Thank you. 🤗

[@AmbenMagtalas]

I tried eating it alive kzbin.info/www/bejne/en-yfqRmmJulaKs

[@the.paige.turner]

“Stepped on me. Stepped on me? Are you kidding? This guy was dancing on me. I mean just look at this, broken, broken, gone, gone, broken, broken, broken.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cowbells1000]

Olivia Sherman you’re my favorite person Hahahaha

[@the.paige.turner]

Modern Vintage I’m so thankful that after a month of posting this comment, SOMEONE finally got it! 😂😂😂😂❤️

[@namastenurse]

I love you ❤️😂. That’s my sons favorite movie.

[@the.paige.turner]

namastenurse I’m 31 and it’s def ONE of my favorite movies ever! ❤️

[@Antphoneigh]

Legend has it that she is still enjoying this therapeutic uni session to this day.

[@helium-379]

Best part is that these guys are absolutely everywhere.

[@tee228]

Chef Katie: this is premium? **eats it** Owner thinking "you gonna pay for that? you couldn't eat the cheap one?"

[@RaymondLo84]

3:30... She was about to vomit.

[@RaymondLo84]

3:40 they even skipped the shot and she did not even take the second bite... she was faking it

[@LavaHeadNexusNerd]

@@RaymondLo84 it literally went in her mouth but ok

[@jamsla2635]

Lol, it does look like she didnt eat the 2nd one

[@eatyourvegetables1449]

I think I saw her keep it in her hand. At somewhere around 3:40 where she is chewing you can tell she is faking the chewing process. Because I don’t think you swallow it that quickly.

[@zz7733]

Eat your Vegetables You don’t really need to “chew” uni, it’s very soft and falls apart in your mouth. I eat uni the exact same way.

[@chayeng1948]

She looks a lot like Amy Schumer.

[@SloppyDog]

She does.. and I’m so happy she is not.

[@JolliQ]

Naw she looks like Kim Wexler

[@MintyMiku]

She does lol

[@Tootisepop]

Who TF is that

[@yolandaponkers1581]

Chay Eng I thought I was the only one! She reminds me of Amy so much even in her voice

[@ax756]

Even if i havent try sea erchin it looks so delicious

[@bilzy67]

So lucky they grow everywhere around New Zealand. Yumm

[@stevenizanagi5279]

As amazing the video is, I am more amazed how fluent the japanese guy speaks english. 😊

[@onniestone442]

Take a shot every time she says “wow”

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

The yellow stuff is actually the sea urchin's sex organs.

[@protocolofficer2629]

Do you have a point?

[@karkleswhitevans]

Protocol Officer This is the COMMENT section, comments don't need points.

[@JohnDoe-dw7or]

KarklesWhitevans thats a good point

[@protocolofficer2629]

KarklesWhitevans 🙄

[@ytube777]

they should have explained what that actually was... i thought for a second he said it was the tongue, but that made no sense. So sea urchin's have 5 "sex organs"?

[@jiamjoevenirishampit5167]

This is my favorite food!!!! Our favorite favorite food!!❤️❤️❤️ I’m from Bohol, Philippines😊❤️We can even just go to the shore when it’s lowtide and pick some sea urchins, crack them and eat them🤤🤤🤤🤤❣️❣️

[@ithinkguy9233]

Og matumban mag yawayawa na!

[@AmbenMagtalas]

I tried eating it alive kzbin.info/www/bejne/en-yfqRmmJulaKs

[@LaurenSarasua]

Yummmm I LOVE sea urchin! I just dove for some the other day, they're delicious!!

[@judy0393]

I remember trying it when i was little i thought it was some kind of goo with the taste of Soy sauce and salt it was good though

[@alphaj6413]

In NZ they’re called kina’s, Anyone else?

[@christianlagbas1294]

In philippines they're called "toyom"

[@jaffaranga]

Kiwi here!

[@mardono1]

In Chile, "Erizo".

[@erictaylor5462]

"This is therapeutic." Not so much for the sea urchin.

[@corr4927]

They don't have eyes or anything they cant even feel it

[@pashaputrasupriatna4596]

When did she say that

[@erictaylor5462]

@@pashaputrasupriatna4596 at about 0:05. It was the very first thing she said.

[@erictaylor5462]

@@corr4927 Why do you think having eyes makes the difference between feeling pain or not. Also, whether they feel it or not, they still die. Not saying it's wrong to kill urcins, just that it is not therapeutic.

[@ManishSharma-jn7ud]

"This is sweet.. Like salty.. ".. I salute her🤣🤣

[@ewqwebabandoningship6026]

I go on a mini scuba dive every year in the monterey bay aquarium, for kids with mental disabilities, for context I have aspergers, and I saw a sea urchin and got to feel it (i was 11) See, the urchins don’t just sit in place, they move, slowly, and they use their spines and tiny tube feet (which move) to push pieces of sand down the line, to the star-shaped mouth on the bottom. Sand dollars are urchins, and they feed the same way. Circular urchins also feed on algae (as said below)

[@user-py9ue2tz2z]

I remember when I went to the beach at the Philippines and stepped on one of those 😫

[@takeo1794]

U lucky its not a stonefish

[@TriniCookingwithNatasha]

An amazing process tfs!

[@randomdreamer12]

I usually eat uni from the sea urchin itself. Never knew it was actually processed and has different grades, I thought they would just dump the urchin in a tray and sell it.

[@SilasCochran-zq5de]

Cool I enjoyed that ride I'm from Florida but I have never eaten sea urchins I will now I've seen plenty of them when I was snorkeling now that I know how they are prepared I'm all over it😁👍

[@kaustshroff381]

Most people hate Uni because they have only ever tasted average quality Uni. The REALLY good stuff from Hokkaido, Japan is to die for.

[@cri205]

2 years later. *SEA URCHINS HAVE GONE EXTINCT!* I only said this because of how much the amount of sea urchins there were getting killed. Insane

[@Xgm.]

Actually idk if dis true but Sea Urchins are overpopulating and are killing Abalone? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@zethicc7557]

but one sea urchin can lay eggs to 500 million eggs in her lifetime

[@benmartin2404]

Aoesia actually sea urchins are invasive species that are hurting ecosystems so eating them is actually good

[@cri205]

Typical War Thunder Player it was a joke but thank you for your information, thats cool!

[@cri205]

Ben Martin oh ok

[@MLew0032]

I bet his profit margin is massive at his prices

[@jayleno2192]

Only a few trays of premiums come from 1000 pounds of urchins. So yes, the profit margin on premiums is going to be something crazy like 1000%, but on their normal products the profit margin is going to be much lower, and probably even negative for the #3 grade. I would bet that their profit margin is somewhere around 50% on average.

[@AngelaBonanza]

I like how she says "wow" hahaha

[@spaghetti5914]

I actually wanted to try that It seems very tasty But then I read the comments and learned what they are

[@finlayhobbs86]

spaghetti it smells like ass and is very salty

[@erwingomez1249]

just by looking at the process, and how good looking the dish looks makes me want to become a diver.

[@smhsadley]

Dont forget to clean up your local beaches and help keep plastic out of the see people's

[@bobwaltz4651]

Peta: **Triggered**

[@robertnewell4054]

@Bobby Catfish ..... Vegans HyperTriggered

[@valerieupchurch7110]

Actually they’re alright with it 🤷🏼‍♀️ sea urchins have a very simple nervous system and can’t feel anything. They’re also an invasive species and destroy the aquatic biodiversity in big numbers. So eat as many as you want !

[@bulbousborb]

@@valerieupchurch7110 Sea urchins are good if they are native actually. People seem to forget that. But yes, eat the invasive ones as much as you want.

[@skmuakful]

Ever found a plankton in a odd-looking sea urchin? A green colour...one eye...No? ok. :(

[@09synik14]

In New Zealand we call these kinas.fresh from our sea it's a delicacy seafood our country love..

[@izzrunning]

i could hear all those sea urchins screaming “this is really therapeutic”