Sea Urchins Are California Gold: Hunter Gatherer

In our new series Hunter and Gatherer, MUNCHIES joins Stephanie Mutz, a Santa Barbara sea urchin diver as she dives deep for California gold. We follow her as she delivers her prized bounty straight from the sea to the city’s best chefs and her curious customers at the Dory Fleet Market in Newport Beach. It’s time to crack open a few-that is, if you’ve acquired a taste for it.
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[@iRTehSecks]

My only question is who was the first person who saw that and decided "im gonna crack this open and eat the insides"..

[@IvoryOwl92]

+iRTehSecks Probably some indigenous tribe who lived off the sea decided to try it and voila - new tradition added to the cuisine world for all future generations to enjoy.

[@BoofPack69]

+Tjacksun Yooo.... that just ruined the joke for me.. wow of course they did

[@BoofPack69]

Tjacksun Haha I gotta admit I feel pretty dumb after.. thanks for the knowledge, man

[@rct5r]

It was Chuck Norris .

[@ArchSpawn]

+iRTehSecks Someone saw a Sea Otter eat one and thought that might taste good.

[@TehStupidBish]

I have so much RESPECT for this hard working woman. You can tell that she understands her flaws, the needs of her work field, the IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY and how she has an effect on the peuple she supplies. Respect!!!

[@jessesulam1870]

+TehStupidBish what exactly are these flaws you speak of?

[@TehStupidBish]

Jesse Sulam Oh lord, this comment is a few months old, if I recall correctly she means the way that despite being hardworking and all she needs to talk with the restaurateur some more if I recall :P My comment was 100% positive hehe. I truly thing she's extraordinary ^^

[@MaxHalsey]

The best bit of this video is the poor woman who can't crack the box of spoons open. 10:07

[@toestastegood6817]

Max lol

[@bradenrodriguez5183]

Bless her. I picture her giving up and just going home sad.

[@HeliusSlayer]

When she poped up I couldn't take my eyes away from that box. I wondered when she would get it.

[@Finallyevening]

Max I can’t unsee it HILARIOUS

[@robinmaibals1193]

Maybe she's an extra for the back drop. Just like if you've got a construction site scene you might have someone pretending they're hammering on something in the background. I don't want to assume she's dumb.

[@rajasimanta]

Urchin tastes like "Going down on a mermaid" ... Say no more sir, I'm sold

[@stonefly69]

Yah, and you can bet he was down on his mermaid...

[@zachleo137]

@@stonefly69 glad someone else caught that bit lol

[@TonganInTech]

1:56 And the captain called her a mermaid before that. LMFAO

[@sinalisango6122]

Like those guys in pirates of the Caribbean

[@AddiWoo]

@Ivan wait, I don't think that's their eggs lol. Apparently they're sex organs...

[@BillWiltfong]

Shout out to the Newport Asian community, who are apparently the only people keeping the seafood market going.

[@Vi3tKid420]

Bill Wiltfong yeahp! them asians love it, dorys fleet alwats poppin hhaaha

[@jinupeyeti1]

Bill Wiltfong h

[@briansounalath]

They don’t live there. They drive from Arcadia

[@nezu864]

@@jackreacher7189 ok boomer

[@bobbo4962]

Jack Reacher mad?

[@the.pandamonium]

That woman is built like a damn truck. I admire her.

[@the.pandamonium]

William may ahahah maybe i do

[@ahsansiddiqui4263]

+William may you're comment made my day

[@MrYouarethecancer]

+sverebebe She seems rather human woman to me.

[@gankokyuen1269]

Ikr, I'll be honest, I'm the type that sees an unattractive woman and doesn't take a second look. But damn this girl passionate as heck about her work.

[@Cutsman562]

+sverebebe fell in love with her! i appreciate the hard work, courage and art she puts into the industry.

[@earlessroboticcat7102]

"95% of our customers are asians" 😂

[@123fourfive5]

Not surprised. America's middle class is shrinking while the middle class has done nothing but grow in the asian countries. That breeds alot of resentment as the "middle class" in America start to be unable to afford the things they used to.

[@yinglin7278]

Asians love fresh sea foods, like fresh fresh

[@BLINKforBLACKPINK]

1 2 3 Four Five yeah there’s a growing Asian American middle class in California or really everywhere in the us actually. I love fresh uni

[@millan137130]

Americans love beef , Asians love sea food it’s a no brainer.

[@liquidfps9068]

NOOBZ true because fish in asia is very cheap and very delicious but most of the time is pork

[@hellothere921]

Crack open a spikey one with the bois.

[@MichaelTGomez]

lmao

[@thedr.marioofslanginthoser4171]

Soy Boy Ahoy Crack open a spikey boi* with the bois

[@alexanderbmx]

Cody garbrant

[@theephantommenace]

😂🤣🤣💀💀

[@VN-ux2ep]

Australian would say : Open a spikey with a boiky ! 🏄🏼‍♂️

[@SonOroSound]

"There goes Ms. Mermaid" -later in the video- "Sea Urchins taste like going down on a mermaid"

[@ayushalder]

Jeyson Serafini savage bf

[@jeskvell3254]

LMAO

[@darkdragon1194]

She even gives him a look and he checks her gaze after laughing for a sec

[@mygames9925]

Giggty?

[@Anal_driller3000]

She was lowkey uncomfortable when he said that. He was kinda creepy

[@KevinT318]

She is a genuine, honest, and respectable lady with a warm heart!

[@dekmew05]

She's pretty bad ass. Real people with real passion

[@xx2ol753]

Dex Mann exactly

[@rjpena6273]

I wanna do this to! but no cash...

[@drugsilove2364]

Yup, there's a danger of getting attacked by shark, especially when you're down on the water for too long.

[@Zorooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

@@drugsilove2364 That's... shallow water

[@Kronikwookie]

You determine what gender a sea urchin is by what it jizzes. Nice.

[@dojasak707]

lol

[@Glock-dm5wt]

Kronikwookie omg your profile pic scared me

[@himesilva]

She called it "jizzing" too lmaoooo

[@RickyCue]

very similar to humans

[@thebakeddonut2038]

She cringes when she see's the male one jizz Lesbian AF

[@olliewang5208]

On the conservation side it’s actually very important to harvest and control sea urchin populations because if unchecked the populations boom and over eat seaweed. The seaweed is essential for fish life and other marine life so the work she is doing is actually necessary and helpful.

[@johnnyg6989]

I seen the on another KZbin video that they are over harvested .

[@chikenadobo]

@@johnnyg6989 they overharvest the purple ones. The red ones which are smaller and have no market value are left alone

[@ElementalMaker]

She literally used the phrase "if it jizzes..." I'm absolutely dying. Still will have to try Uni sometime, but all I'll be able to think is that damn J word.

[@senorpickle4207]

ElementalMaker it’s excellent on toast, very buttery

[@aidenmak4595]

If it jizzes white stuff (aka) *SPERM* then it's a boy. : )

[@ngregoirenc]

For a science class we collected some and literally forced them to as our teacher put it "jizz" cuz that is exactly what it looks like ahaha

[@Ryan-wx8of]

That's because you're eating the gonads

[@johnb8190]

ElementalMaker I laughed my ass off at the same part.

[@Zoid-hj8gc]

I’m pretty sure California’s gold is literally gold

[@Jackie89000]

The gold's ran out. People mine for that in Alaska now. The REAL California gold is marijuana now. Alot comes from northern California in what's called The Emerald Triangle.

[@peesweezy4553]

I thought it was Cannabis

[@Jackie89000]

@@peesweezy4553 It definitely is. 1% of California's energy goes towards growing Marijuana. That may seem small but being such a large state, that is still alot of energy.

[@tivo148]

You ain't tasted New Zealand's sea urchins. They are bigger better and creamier. Oh and the best way to eat them is straight from the shell. Spikes aren't so long either.

[@Jackie89000]

@@tivo148 I feel like I've heard that exact line in a porno before.

[@longlowdog]

I was a creel fisherman in Scotland. I recognise the passion and the determination and admire the work ethic of a woman actually 'making it' in a somewhat male dominated industry. This video was a ray of light brightening up my evening.

[@billwhitman1326]

Wow Stephanie is a wonderful person, dedicated to her job and good with her customers. We need more people with passion like her.

[@ComputerLearning0]

She's a HARD worker.

[@andrew51723]

"as I call it the box of lies, if you wanna go to work you go to work if you dont wanna go to work you listen to the weather..." - Fisherman hahahahahaha

[@GreyFlash805]

She was my bio professor at Oxnard College

[@kylogged]

Ayy ya sick to see nun locals out here🤙🏽🤙🏽 Going out to Catalina for the yellows tomorrow

[@Momo-bb2fn]

Pictures or it didn't happen!

[@kylogged]

@@Momo-bb2fn Ahh sad to say it didn't happen. Got sum dozah calicos tho.

[@Momo-bb2fn]

@@kyloggeddozah calicos?

[@kylogged]

@@Momo-bb2fn big ones. hawaiian slang

[@xrcoh]

this woman needs to come to New Zealand and try our sea urchins, they grow right off the shore so you don't really need to go deep sea diving, and the water is safe and non-polluted.

[@TheRednaxela12]

Lots of good sea urchins in nz go to rakino island and they're everywhere

[@AudioDiversity]

im on my way!

[@TheRednaxela12]

Haha

[@jamesfru118]

gorelord187 Bullshit, some of the most diverse wildlife, HA its fucken america

[@jamesfru118]

Thats not that many species, i think i counted 4 species and 1 plant thing. Sick

[@sportyjen62]

i love how she appreciates all her customers -especially those that aren't the same culture as her

[@kylogged]

Same. Great to see ya.🤙🏽 Got that love. We teach our people to respect each otha out here

[@Speediesam]

my whole life I tried to never hurt them while I'm surfing or diving then I watch this lmao

[@JohnDoe-hp5nn]

crxh22a4 sexy

[@XPClipzzz]

crxh22a4 there’s way too many of them and they can’t feel pain so who cares

[@MakeKrylonGreatAgain]

Look up " what a sea snail Die-off means for Californians".

[@XPClipzzz]

KEGZ even better reason to get rid of these kelp killing monsters!

[@Kernowking101]

Their population used to be regulated by sea otters but now the otters are endangered the urchins are destroying the kelp forests. Kill as many as you can.

[@JB-db1gp]

She also teaches I had her class :) great video

[@siomakahele]

In Hawaii I would bring a pot of cooked green bananas & taro and dive for fish and sea urchin all day good grinds🤙🏾

[@alkeholic7334]

Sounds like the perfect day off ! you spearfish ? what would you catch ?

[@Ariene430]

Sio Makihele sounds like fun

[@simsmm4050]

Mezzing

[@leaisoufeauyoutube]

Yaaasss!! 🙌🙌🙌😍

[@JM-jt2zd]

Have you tried pickled green bananas? Mmm! 👍

[@starest]

Very inspiring. You can feel the passion when she talks. Thank you.

[@moogle68]

Glad to see Munchies going ahead with a series like this. I think the Faroe Island video showed them that people are really into this sort of thing now. Can't wait for more!

[@marshallallensmith]

I have a rule that I don't eat food that could be the star of the next sci-fi movie.

[@fiddycal4323]

lol

[@Starkesea]

and that is still moving when it's on my plate... fuck that

[@bg357wg]

Lol well then thanks for leaving more for the rest of us!

[@downbeat92]

Marshall Smith™ jji c z ml😀🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖

[@RadenWA]

Still waiting for that sci-fi urchin movie

[@Tamzbai]

I live in the Philippines and we call it Swaki or Uni and the Sea Urchins are as big as a regular size ball. Just 8 steps from the shoreline you can already see them. When you visit the Philippines, please go to Malapascua Island. You'll also find the Thresher Sharks when you go diving. The funny thing is when you are stung with the sea urchin ,someone needs to pee it or you need to pee yourself. LMAO I really don't know the reason behind it. LOL You guys are amazing, I'll subscribe to your channel. Have a blessed day!

[@dougdrummonds7406]

If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you!

[@lilbetty8933]

Doug Drummonds that’s golden shower bud.😂😂😂

[@nameless6161]

My nan use to tell us to piss on our sores...she said its like an antiseptic, she was the family crazy lady.

[@charlieleohart]

I love the whole concept of going out all night or day to fish, then selling it as soon as it hits the land. The packed market where you come down as early as possible to get the best catch, must be a very rewarding and underwhelming industry. But that's what life is about!

[@yoGELLY]

"It's kinda like going down on a mermaid" hahaha love that! Great video

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

+yoGELLY And they are full of semen. It sounds really gross. Tastes like nasty ocean water. No thanks.

[@fiddycal4323]

+haywood jeblome Keep an open mind mate.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Callam Thomas I like to eat alot of stuff but no way would I eat that semen blob.

[@fiddycal4323]

More for me then. :P

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

Callam Thomas Thats gross.

[@almightyeggroll951]

i see her every sat, shes awesome

[@ThePrankDudes]

Oh wow she's in Newport Beach I always pass by that shack and never thought much of it.

[@kevinallen6197]

Used to paddle over thousands of purple urchins surfing in Lag in a beach at rockpiles. The ocean was super clean 35 years ago. Hundreds of big Orange garibaldies everywhere. Absolutely beautiful.

[@joewiltjer5201]

I would love to see more of these local, sustainable, wild food videos. Our land and waters have so much to offer if done responsibility within regulations.

[@ChillaxPlay91]

lets talk about how painful it is stepping on one of these.

[@leewanyasir5845]

+TheHarslord Still can't be as bad as a lego lol

[@davidbuddcmt]

+Leewan Yasir Much worse than a Lego! Haha I had this unfortunate experience happen while living in Hawaii.

[@leewanyasir5845]

Davidcmt ouch...

[@bigdawg1586]

+Leewan Yasir taking it out is he worst

[@thatguyluis]

+Davidcmt stepping on a lego is much worse bruuuhhh

[@atmm89]

good on you Stephanie, I love your attitudes, a happy person. Keep on doing what you are doing All the best mate

[@nathangek]

Eating Urchin's is so metal... You crack them open while they're alive and eat their insides...

[@freddycastro7967]

PNathan they feel no pain since they don't have pain receptors.and since it's been on Ice even if it could it wouldn't.

[@bruceasiandude8979]

Hey people boil lobsters while their alive, crack open the shell’s and eat the insides. Most crustations and shellfish die like this as well

[@Cgchua3300]

Cause it’s more fresh and kinda fishy

[@Cgchua3300]

Random Guy That Comments on KZbin videos basically we are eating their.....................oof

[@KINGVEGETAHWHM_]

Lol that’s not the insides that’s the tounges and let me tell you yummy on bread and butter with salt

[@warrenemery3893]

If there were Maori people like myself at that market we’d be line up at her stall for a feed of Kina

[@PuRpLePoNcHo]

Damn straight

[@ReinventingTheSteve]

You bloody Moldys will eat anything, even the original inhabitants of NZ 😂. Jus playin, love from Australia 😊

[@sammanning3306]

You know Maori people are the original inhabitants of NZ ay? And you're not funny, you're just a cock.

[@whatshappenedhere1784]

@@ReinventingTheSteve You can't be racist and say "just playin" to blow it off. Fucking closet Nazi's

[@Gaiwen_Li]

Reinventing the Steve you’re a descendant of a criminal

[@joromsimpson718]

Stepped on me!! The kid was dancing me. Look at this. Broken, broken, gone, gone, broken, broken To the 1% that no what im talking about. I give you my respect.

[@kristelatan6186]

*swims on glow worm poop

[@kaytlinjustis5643]

Gotta work on your spelling a bit, but yeah, I love that line! ^^

[@Sand-Walker13]

I get it

[@MrNobbless]

freaking love that movie

[@marchellopollard2300]

She digs you, dude! She called you crap!

[@plisskenarmitage2075]

1:53 - The foreshadowing. 6:50 - The warning. 6:56 - The proposition.

[@azndude963]

The way she killed those sea urchin underwater...sponge bob cried a river. 😢😥😶😰😱😲

[@Enrios]

Who the fuck cares you vegan fuck

[@kwuagga5484]

+CatHeaven It was that time of the month wasn't it?

[@Enrios]

+SneakyNinja1220 fuck on, mr. White

[@po-tae-toe1001]

Haha lol

[@andrewhales9771]

+Roob Trulso Some of us keep these urchins as pets in our saltwater tanks =(

[@InformedPanda]

155 sea urchins disliked this

[@westindian10]

lol

[@azeissler1987]

746 now. They are growing at an alarming rate

[@yidilau]

799 actually :///

[@playaplayer4662]

I truly respect her hard work and dedication!

[@DanhNguyenster64]

I VERY much appreciate your work in reducing the number of urchin and helping restore our kelp beds.

[@wesleyhessr7371]

crabby needs his own show. "sometimes you have to explain what they taste like. if ya ask me its kinda like eatin out a mermaid."

[@trippyy2767]

Going to down on a mermaid*

[@rajpatil4179]

When the video started thought ah one more wannabe. As I continued, thought such honest, dedicated and hardworking individual.

[@Reikianolla]

6:58 "taste like going down on a mermaid" immediately looks over at his fisher girlfriend :O

[@redleprechaun6970]

Stephanie seems super down to earth and someone youd want to just work with. I'm going to check this place out next time we go to California

[@atourdeforce]

6:55 Tastes like "going down on a mermaid" omfg lol lol

[@richsmith3300]

kinas we call them in New Zealand staple food of the Maoris.

[@batmanking1634]

Richie cruiser yess a maori. Kinas on boiis

[@juarnlewis761]

quite a lot of new zealanders eat these. We call them Kina over here.

[@johnnydon6738]

5 bucks for one.Wow its expensive here in NZ unless you go diving for it yourself. 200 gramme punnets here in Auckland goes for about $22 to $33 bucks. More expensive there in America.

[@juliejuliet5770]

Well duh she's a diver she uses her arms of course 10-15 yrs will get you fit and muscular with the swimming she does. She is doing great

[@uuuupppssie]

Love her. Direct and very respectful to her craft and to her customers. She deserves this exposure and a lot more!

[@gamevault9352]

She is fantastic. She is what people should be like, working hard for her money but enjoying her job. She is also very respectful of all the different cultures and they in turn respect her and her product back. Long may it continue

[@Munchies]

In our new series _Hunter and Gatherer_, MUNCHIES joins Stephanie Mutz, a Santa Barbara sea urchin diver as she dives deep for California gold. Read Now: Diving for Salty Gold in California - bit.ly/Salty-Gold

[@ZebbMassiv]

Munchies More like forager.

[@YourLordAnon]

how sustainable is urchin diving?

[@wasfun22]

+Jeziel Vargas there are way too many of them haha

[@Thunda1986]

+Jeziel Vargas they can become a pest, if they're not careful

[@cmqmcq1239]

In New Zealand we call this kina, our coastlines are packed full of them! no oxygen line needed, find them in waters of 2m up. you seriously should come do a few dives over here its hectic!

[@PhatzDeZign]

+numts you know nothing mate, so I think you should have taken your own advice.

[@UrbanCrunkMovement]

Killing animals is wrong, I get all my meat at the butcher.

[@katyasousa6014]

Wtf

[@otteliasb]

Lmfao

[@jasonlee7897]

+UrbanCrunkMovement seems to me you dont like school at all

[@bileygr1216]

Jason Lee it's a joke...

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

me too

[@kunzaxe]

This is the story of a hard working person why would any one thumbs down this video? I want to know why?

[@dawnfkahamilton-doerfler6982]

That’s nice of those restaurants to support her. And the boat guy too. God bless her own business.

[@liamgrech1]

One of the best foods ever.... just love going snorkelling and collecting a couple and just eat them there and then.. there is nothing better in the world than fresh sea urchins

[@liamgrech1]

SnorkFlirt wtf are u saying?

[@spoonballs]

Panzer shreck They said, ''pussy?''

[@Funkaaaay]

spoonballs swamp

[@MakeMeaSandWh1ch]

purple

[@AudioDiversity]

family go find a nice little cove, set up a citrus and spice bar, go hunting and return with the goods, tasty freshout da water seafood with a tasty cold beverage on an exclusive private cove, good livin

[@petev23]

Stephanie is very charismatic. I like her.

[@noobnoob911]

The 100th generation of the House Of Tarth is an Uni hunter

[@EmilyZarza10]

Wow. I hope someday I could have just an ounce of her work ethic

[@kaiuluitova6369]

Pacific islanders love sea urchins Its comfort food really delicious and it good for helping hangovers lol

[@madchunk5]

Our black urchins in the Caribbean sting you if you hold them. There are white ones which you can hold but the black ones is pure pain.

[@deadzone7388]

+Jean Thomas Just like humans right? bu dum tsss

[@madchunk5]

That was really mean of you Sir

[@deadzone7388]

Jean Thomas Just doing my job good fellow!

[@madchunk5]

Sad world it is

[@deadzone7388]

***** Come in almost 3 weeks later to tell me shut up... okay...

[@andrewbellinger6120]

When your food come garnished with garden clippings you know it costs too much

[@bonkersblock]

Eat like Italians! On crostini top with melted lardo!! The best!

[@exodusdiva2295]

Those kinas look delicious. Good that she cracked them open not only to see their yield but also to feed some of the other sealife down there too

[@grantwysopal2363]

Shoutout to Newport Beach and dorys fish market. Grew up there, always cool to see the hometown on tv. For anyone that visits about 10 yards away from dorys is one of my favorite restraunts period. Rockin Baja lobster, you can’t miss it. And get the biggest bucket, has everything in it. Won’t regret it. Newps for life y’all.

[@raymondostiljr2472]

“California gold” doesn’t make much sense, “California gold” is gold

[@getbent4206]

She is so amazing if all people where like her this world would be perfect

[@optimisticnihlist9705]

12:00 did- did they just subtitle that man's perfect American English? Like, just because he's Asian?🤔

[@IronMikeyT]

cause he rolls his r's

[@riproar11]

One company I worked for we would take new employees out for a sushi lunch and make them eat Uni as an initiation. Only one chewed and fully swallowed it, but all the facial expressions were priceless. Tastes like biting into a tide pool.

[@mshell1959]

I had the great pleasure of having some of Stephanie's Urchin/ Uni this past weekend. Absolutely the best I have ever tasted! I can't wait to go back for more.

[@williamhoskins7818]

Your totally awesome. And a genuine professional

[@UnAnsweredSolution]

My question is how endangering can this food trend be to sea urchins, especially with the mass amounts clearly gathered in this video

[@beta1177]

UnAnsweredSolution you have never been diving have you. These things are everywhere, everywhere. covering the sea bed of the Virgin Islands and Florida. Not only that but these things can be found in trenches and I highly doubt that we would be chasing them down there.

[@rayrayqbaby]

Uhhh She addressed the question of over-fishing sea urchins towards the end of the video.

[@G00R00]

Loved this episode :)

[@drexelspivey872]

the crown jewel of sushi...havent had it in so long. probably my favorite food

[@EatingCleanKeto]

This is my FAVORITE sashimi! Very cool to see how it’s done.

[@javier1359]

1:15 "most common type of pet: cat and feline"

[@T3mpestwulf617]

I New Zealand we call them Kina.

[@Redford_lee]

over fishing sea urchins is good thing it helps to slow down bleaching of coral reefs(seabed becomes 'desert') eat your sea urchins people! (and...starfish, jellyfish;;;;;)

[@joeblack4436]

Over fishing anything is bad. Those urchins have a role to play in the ecology. They prevent the bamboo from becoming too plentiful. There are species of fish that only eat urchins. On the other hand overpopulation of urchins is devastating for ecosystems and it's always due to over fishing again. The way it looks like it's done there seems fine on the face of it though. Limited permits. Enough urchins for fish left over. Plenty of bamboo. There are always margins within which it is fine to exploit. Beyond those margins though... Bad, bad news.

[@coocoo4coca]

@@joeblack4436 While what you said is usually correct, the urchins along the California coast were brought there accidentally on boast and are an invasive, fast-moving/fast-breeding species. They've done huge amounts of damage to the Kelp Forest in the past 7-8 years which is a fragile, unique ecosystem that supports tens of thousands of species of fish, crustaceans and mammals. Urchins should be eaten and hunted vigorously in this case.

[@joeblack4436]

@@coocoo4coca Oh dear... Well that does change things. Agreed. Just want to add that I wasn't advocated for no hunting to start with just sustainable exploitation. However as an invasive species all bets are off. Eradicate.

[@coocoo4coca]

@@joeblack4436 sustainable exploitation is the name of the game :)

[@duarterodrigues5851]

@@coocoo4coca do u know the name of the species? Looks like the same that exists in Portugal coast, but that are bigger

[@butchie0415]

I miss Santa Barbara. one of the most beautiful places you can live in America.

[@wyldeman0O7]

Met her at Smorgasburg DTLA, she's pretty chill.

[@aaronmac4115]

We call these kinas in NZ. Some useless information.

[@Z4Zander]

Call them what you like,still aint gunna eat em bro.Don't mind a decent Paua pattie tho.

[@Kevinthewoman]

We call them Wana in Hawaii [ pronounced Vah-na) thanks for letting me know the Maori name!

[@kellystrammy3867]

If only my arms looked that good 😭

[@richdunn9774]

Wonder if that box of spoons ever got opened?🤷‍♂️

[@peterr4706]

I worked as an abalone diver on the British Columbia coast in the 1970's. Sea urchins were not utilized at the time. Still, I was interested in food from the sea. I found sea urchin roe (uni) to be strong in flavour. I would take uni and mix it with the stomach contents of abalone (awabi) and spread it on toast. The result was a perfect pairing of flavours.

[@savvysearch]

Jesus. Only $5!!! Incredible deal. For Santa Barbara uni, among the most prized variety around the world. I used to live near that market. Wish I had known about it.

[@Robert-if5hh]

This chick is badass!

[@SpearChuck777]

Ever try uni with a quail egg on top, wrapped in seaweed and rice? Yummy

[@SpearChuck777]

The egg smooths out the texture

[@kaytlinjustis5643]

STOP! You're making me hungry... -_-'

[@betterffd]

I was less hesitant to try it before she started talking about who jizzes out what when they get cracked open.

[@FlyingTigersKMT]

Hey, any hard worker that drives a Ford Ranger has my respect. I love those little trucks.

[@S0lidStewie]

This woman is on her grind I don’t even work as hard as her. Respect

[@LadyPenelope]

I don't think I trust the seafood off the coast of CA. I'd want to see random testing results.

[@Pickwow]

The air we breath isn't even clean, wouldn't matter.

[@MrTigerlore]

She dresses up like a seal and dives in shark-infested waters. I wonder if she’s ever run into a great white at work.

[@VasOnTheSpot]

Living spiky coconut bois

[@trainzguy2472]

My father lived in the Santa Barbara area about 25 years ago. One night he saw the fishermen loading urchins into shipping containers and asked where they were going. Apparently, they were shipping them out to the airport and flying them to Japan that very night. Seems like the urchins from here are world-class!

[@moitan434]

She so helpful & friendly!