"I ain't gonna feed it to you." *"I kNoW mAn"* 😂😂😂

“Little bit of soy sauce” *ADDS STICK OF BUTTER*

“ i popped it and this white stuff came out.. “ ahhh...yeah....uh..

eating gonads "very creamy" i lost it

I just watched a man finger a sea urchin

The color of those things depends on if its smoking or not, the brighter the cleaner

Haha pretty sure you just ate some urchin nut

10:00 "yea, maybe thats why he likes it that much!" lmao he got you good there

This whole comment section is just a meme

You're doing it wrong bro you should break the shell in half and wash all the guts with water carefully so that it will not mix with orange meat the taste of bitter and smell is not from the meat its actually from the guts that was squeezed with your finger.

That was the most 4 out of 10 “9 out of 10” I’ve ever heard.

i love how you tackled the root of the problem on why abalone is decreasing so much and questioning the methods of it closing down, putting a fisherman's perspective into view.

Okay so, my dad was a huge abalone fisher when I was younger and tons of times he's bring sea urchins with him. (And sometimes fish) So I got used to harvesting sea urchins and learning about them when I was real little. Being a biology nerd at the time prolly helped. What you're eating is the eggs (not the testicles, you wierdos) of the sea urchins. They have a bumpy texture by feel and taste is pretty negligable? Kinda sweet maybe. But you eat it for the texture which is IMO worth the taste. It's creamy and has an odd solidity to it that makes it really interesting. SO I'm gonna go ahead and say that the dude here is being pretty stupid. DO NOT attempt to open it with an ungloved hand and ESPECIALLY do not put pressure on the other side to press it into your hand. Take the sea urchin, flip it over, place the shiny side on a solid surface, and with the tool you used to pick it up (basically a sturdy metal bar that's fairly thin) just give it a firm whack to the middle using the thinnest portion of the tool. Make sure to wash the uni as there's prolly guts ALL OVER the thing that's gonna make it real bitter. (you'd otherwise be eating urchin crap) Eat the bright orange ones. if it's not bright orange, don't even bother. you got a bad uni. I suggest getting something with nice flavoring to dip it in (soysauce with maybe a little chili powder in it (USE THE LESS SALTY VERSION 'cause it's gonna be salty anyhow) and eat away) rinse it with seawater btw. gonna be more flavorful that way. also the bitter taste the second dude experienced? guts. gotta wash it.

So lemme get this straight, these are balls and at 7:50 its their baby gravy, and the baby gravy makes it "rich" and creamy eh?

You need to get people to believe that uni improves sexual functioning. That will fix the abalone problem.

They are eggs not nuts

i come here for butters. wheres my butter god damnnnnnnnn ...........

all i could think about was WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST DUDE!

purple sea urchin is so cute they look like a giant bacteria

“Well I’m not going to feed it to you” “I know man”

Bradduh its butter of the ocean..... 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

Lemme catch some defenseless balls.

Am I the only one that think the Uni looks like an orange tongue?

These are the funniest ass comments ever

If you want urchins that are full of eggs, you should search for the ones that have bits of seaweed or little shells on their "thorns". The best way to eat these eggs, after cleaning the urchin is by drizzling them with olive oil and a little lemon and then scraping them off with some bread. Always eat them by the sea right after you catch them to fully enjoy this seafood. Always use saltwater to clean them

“Once you pop one of those some white stuff starts to ooze out” ........ this needs no further explanation

Man: fingers urchin LAW AND ORDER!

7:50 “Once you pop one , white stuff starts to ooze out”. Why is this surprising if white stuff Oozes out when you bite into nards ?

Gordon Ramsay: “NEVER WASH UNI!!!”

I love that stuff. We usually just cut the sea urchin in half, cut from the top and it should split down the middle. Grab a spoon and use it to scrape the roe out, much easier and cleaner that way. We dont rinse it in fresh water (rinse in seawater) nor do we have it with soy sauce however, I have eaten it cooked over an open fire. Split the shell in two halves and clean it all out then put the roe back in the empty shell and place that on the coals. That taste really nice, sweetens it a bit.

Eeewww You just earned yourself a new subscriber

there was no cooking in the making of this video

"It's really creamy!" That's what she said! 😂

When your friend Nads is about to win the race

him: old it gently the spikes are really sharp also him: squeezing it

Anyone liking comments while watching the video at the same time? 🤔

"Well I'm not gonna feed it to you" LMFAOOOOOO

Damn why the hell am I still paying market price?! I’d eat the whole population of sea urchins back down to normal!

His mind before he went out to catch sea urchins: hmmmm no..... I don’t need gloves *i want my hands to bleed*

*99% of the comments are memes 1% other*

where have you been man? make it weekly uploads man..please

In Hawaiʻi the sea urchin, uni (Nihon/Japan), kina (Aotearoa/New Zealand) is known as wana. The wana is a treasure from the sea. Rinsing with fresh water would be a sin.

Why add some soy sauce if you have natural sauce in your bloody hands 🥵

They should just make an open season on sea urchin

"so here are its teeth" "its really creamy"

Thank you so much for educating us. The reasons for closing the season on abalone is exactly what you said, but star fish takes a while to multiply. That is why they closed if off. I honestly think that uni is so popular that they should do more commercial on it because it produces so fast. Anyways thank you so much for the videos! Appreciate it. P.S. here in hawaii we place the Wana (uni) in a wire bag and shake it so that the spikes fall off, and it's easier and safer to open up. Plus the white part is the sperm so you know it is a Male..

* Sees spiky black thing in the ocean that may or may not be poisonous* Humans: *Hmm, I wonder if I can eat it?*

Props to your homie for keeping a positive view on the food. Food can be a sensitive subject to some (idk why) but the fact that it seemed like he didn't like it and was trying to find the "good" flavor in it, shows some good character in the gent. Anyways sick vid bro and Im probably not going to try uni lol

Title: catch and cook sea urchin Comments: fingering a sea urchin

You need some vinegar or lemon to flavor its taste. Thats so healthy. We exported this stuff to Japan.

yeah sure you used your finger smashed every organ inside it. surely it will take like bitter and smell fishy. dude just crack open it and try not to damage anything you will get some fresh clean thing to eat, not this muddy gross creature guts. this is kinda ruining it mate

So sea stars actually eat urchins? And I thought putting them on urchins at tidepools was torture

OH dude your hands!Urchin spine is venomous ,Gloves and or a tool . I believe the abalone season is rightfully cut off,and open season on urchin till the populous is stemmed might fix alot . Great catch & cook however ,rice ,seasoned bean curd & soy sauce would have Knocked that urchin out the park as far as preparing is concerned but you were correct in soy sauce makes it that much better .Right on dude .

Uni is delicious! At least you'll still have that (and anything else you can nab with your speargun) if the shut down the Ab fishery. Speaking of which, you're right in that closing down the take of Abalone won't stop the urchin population from blowing up and depriving the abalone of their food source, but closing it _will_ make sure that there's not _additional_ pressure put on the ab population by divers while CDFW and researchers figure out solutions for shoring up abalone numbers that will eventually allow for recreational take again. Shutting down the commercial fishery would definitely ease pressure, and one that I'd argue for, but the reality is that creating regulations that impacts people's income is farrrrr less palatable to policymakers than regulations on recreational anglers & divers that only affects our hobby. It's a tough situation no matter how you slice it.

Gonads... you realise that it's a colloquial term for testicals right. So I've just watched an American man scrape a sea urchins gonads with his finger nail

04:04 close your eyes and listen .

its called kina in NZ we love it here aberlone are called paua we love them too

As much butter as this guy eats, he is really skinny. Another good video brother! :)

U are a legend u poked a sea urchan and bleed

Get a pair of good kitchen scissors and cut the urchin open...then get the uni.

the stuff you eat is the roe, just thought you'd like to know

1st time i had uni i did not like it but i love it now!

I eat that and I have diarrhea

Do people ever cook them, or are they typically only eaten raw? It sounds kinda gross raw, but I'd love to try it cooked.

You should catch as many uni as you can to save the population of that fish thing

Guys hes repeated its their gonads no need to act smart

This video popped up in my suggestions one night when I was meant to be sleeping (6 hours past my bed time lol) now I come back to it every single day !

so blue/purple sea urchins are babies and reds are mature?

He says “I have a feeling it’s not good” eats it the next day he is on the news “man dies because he ate a bad sea urchin

These 2 together is the best thing ever

So cool ! Me and my 4 yr old have been watching these videos all night. Now he wants to go fishing

The 1,400 people who disliked this are sea urchins in disguise

In South Korea, many people eat sea urchin like this video too.

I like how one guy is all clean and still trying it for the first time while the other is Russian squatting with bloody hands staring at the other guy while holding the dead corpse of a sea urchin

In New Zealand we called it Kina. It’s one of us Māori favourites food. DELICIOUS

We call sea urchin in new Zealand kina.

and the bits your eating arent nads they are roe which they eventually release and in turn make even more urchins

Hi. This is beautiful. I just saw a video on Eaters about the procurement of uni from Sea urchins and I stumbled upon your channel. Damn. Hooked up. Fishermen pun. And YOUR VOICE!!!!! water water everywhere but not enough to quench mama's thirst.

you guys really out here livin. Love watching!

You ate jizzy gonads, of course they were salty...what did you expect lol.

You know its rich and creamy hmmmmmmm😙👌🔫😭shhh

6:38 that shivering in Daniel's voice xD

Yo from New Zealand we call these kinas, bit of a delicacy here but we love them..eat them raw from the sea and the things u call abalone we call it paua and it is beautiful! 😍

You should have dipped it on aspicy garlic vinegar or lemon

I wonder why it was creamy 😏

BRUH I REALIZES WUT GONADS ARE BALL SACS AND THAT SEA URCHIN. WAS violated

Is it just me or it’s satisfying When he open the Sea urchin

It is an aquired taste. Here in New Zealand they are called kina.

Thats not how you eat a sea erchin... you cut its mouth and then you cut it in half and scrpe out the food

The sea urchin opener sounds like a "pear of anguish" which is a medieval torture device.

So interesting to see how you americans prepare and eat abalone and sea urchin. In New Zealand we call them Paua and Kina. Much love 😊

They will keep closing everything until the whole state is red. Just look at the map. It's easy to see what's going on. If anything limit the commercial guys.

I like to eat Sweden fish

Is it just me or is it super satisfying when he cuts the mouth open??

Is it just me or is it satisfying when the sea water comes out

Chum the water with urchin by smashing for fish two benifits reduced urchin and more fish

NASA wants to send astronauts to mars at 2030

Cool you guys got past the grossness factor. Uni is delicious. If I lived where you guys do I'd be eating it every day.

Rinsed off nicely is definitely the way to go. Harvest the red ones from an area where there is a lot of kelp which is what they eat and what makes them have nice large healthy gonads.

Gotta cut them open man, you're piercing the guts with your finger that way and its going to make the edible stuff taste pretty horrendous.