As I was drying myself off after swimming with stingrays in the Grand Cayman, our guides started another spectacular show, this time from inside of the boat. I saw an entourage of people gathering around the stern and for a second I thought the ship may capsize from the weight. I quickly envisioned a painfully long swim to the shore and wondered if I could possibly ride on the back of one of my new stingray friends. But, then out of the corner of my eye I saw our tour guide cleaning a giant conch by scrubbing the grunge off the shell with a brush and I joined the paparazzi to capture this spectacle. He proceeded to take a LARGE knife and extracted the fresh conch body from its home. He held it up for all the spectators to get a glimpse and asked "does anyone want to try a bite?" A handful of us stuck out our hands for a chance to eat the freshest fish we probably would ever have.
The shellfish tasted like that of a lightly cooked calamari steak. Not too fishy, not too chewy, not too gross. If I was at a sushi restaurant, you could have stuck it on the sashimi menu and I would have ordered two.
Erik Lacy
Check this one off the list. On a glorious trip to Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas for scuba diving, we were treated to fresh conch on the boat by our captain. We followed this up by making our own salad during the week. Great stuff! Thanks for the memories.
April 19th, 2011 4:59 pm
Annette.White
Okay, now I’m jealous that you got to make your own salad
I am so happy that there are other people who thought it was an amazing experience!
April 19th, 2011 10:36 pm