I don't know what type of jellyfish it was, but I do know that it was dried, then reconstituted with water before being seasoned and made into this delicious "salad. Medrock sent in the photo above of his arm after he said bumped into a cannonball jelly, which left a dark brown gel on his arm. He said it was painful for about 6 hours. The next day it was very itchy and required hydrocortisone applications. The Cannonball jellyfish often plays host to this type of Spider crab.
It provides shelter and transportation for the crab, and presumably the crab shares the food that the jellyfish kills. Maybe the crab even takes a little nip of the jellyfish now and then. I received a contribution of information from Dr. Richard Courtney with more info on the Cannonball jelly's ability to sting. Below are several quotes from Dr. Courtney's email:. There is a huge bloom of cannonballs off the Panama City to Pensacola coast every year, thick.
We surfed the jetties at the entrance to St. Andrew's Bay. Paddling through the jellies was no issue. The small tuft of tentacles sticking out of the "ball" never seemed to sting us.
When surfing, the skeg [surfboard fin] would hit them staccato, bap, bap, bap The ball struck my arm, ruptured the jelly, and left a mildly stinging path across my arm and chest, no big deal. My buddy, laughing with glee at the impact, reached up to rub water from his eyes. Among the edible jellyfish are Aurelia aurita, Catostylus mosaicus, Cephae cephea, Crambione mastigophora, Crambionella orsini, Dactylometra pacifica, Lobonema smithi, Lobonemoides gracilis,Nemopilema nomurai, Rhopilema esculentum, Rhopilema hispidum, Rhopilema verrilli, Rhizostoma pulmo, Stomolophus meleagris and Stomolophus nomurai.
And I well remember as a kid watching Aurelia aurita off the coast of Maine, never guessing it was edible. There are actually two variations of Cannonball Jellyfish in local waters. On the Atlantic side is the kind with a brown rim around it, picture above.
It is also called the ruby-lipped cannonball. The ones found in the gulf coast are whiter — snow white Gulf Balls, pictured below. The latter are the preferred ones for market. Apparently the environment would be better off, too, if we ate more Cannonball jellyfish.
They are veracious predators eating plankton, fish eggs and larvae. Are the toxic jellyfish? The sea wasp— Chironex fleckeri — of northern Australia can kill you in three minutes. It has enough toxin to kill 60 at a whack. Avoid any jellyfish with long tentacles. My good friend Jack Rudloe of The Gulf Specimen Marine Acquarium in Panacea Florida went to China a few years ago and worked with the Chineese, who love jellyfish and have creatred several ways of processing them commercially, to help market a nother seafood resource.
I tasted some of the product he brought back from China and it was like a tender jerky in a way with a salty marine taste. I thought it very good. Jack was trying to create a bi-catch market for Florida shrimpers and, as the Chineese were willing to foot the investment, it was a great idea. Problem was that since it is a very seasonal catch he found little interest from local shrimpers or fishhouses to handle Jjellyfish.
I thought this odd as both are always grumbling about not makeing enough money in the commercial fishing industry. Especially since the shrimpers could catch tons of jellyfish at a time at a rate about 5 times what they get for shrimp. Oh well, hopefully American fishermen will come into the 21st century one day and participate in a growth industry which could be profitable for all concerned. Meanwhile I enjoy catching them in my cast net in Setember and October, and after a few days drying in rock salt I slice them and either bread and deep fry the slices, or cube and use in a stir fry as you would Tofu.
Experiment and enjoy. Just had sea jelly for the first time about a week ago, it was served covered in a spicy dressing. And was like eating a soggy rubber band but, was overall tasty. I recommend trying it at least once. I woke up this morning thinking about world hunger and how we are, literally in this case, swimming in food. I live on the Texas Gulf Coast and wondered for years why we disdain this plentiful and easily obtained food source.
Just this past year I learned how to prepare them. James, You are absolutely correct. I just had lunch in Honolulu with garlic cucumber and jellyfish. You say alum is used in curing and I assume it is potassium alum. The reason I ask though is that there are at least 5 different types of alum occurring naturally in the deserts on the Pacific coast of South America. Imagine what can be done if they were caught and sold for profit instead of being just buried and incinerated like they are doing now.
I often go out to Mayport Fl and several times noticed some people pulling in large jelly fish. Your sight is terrific. I am blogging about gardening and such and I like to use some of your information on the jelly fish. I would like to have your permission to do so. You have a moon jellyfish pictured with the cannonball as the same species.
These are two entirely different jellies. Which makes me wonder which one you are referring to to eat. Good information is hard to come by and I really enjoyed you site. If you could clarify I would feel better about eating them.
The article specifically lists the edible species. What might be confusing is the cannonball name at the end of the article. Chinese treats special guest with jellyfish only at special occassion—banquet, it is not for casual consumption; jellyfish, together with other cold-cuts, i. I am trying to research ways to brine my own jellyfish without using alum potassium sulphate, right?
It is very hard to get clear information on whether this is considered a heavy metal, and whether there are heath risks seems there are both to us though we can flush the jellies of most of the alum and to the surrounding ecosystems near the brine wastewater.
Any clarifications or suggestions would be appreciated. I read somewhere that oak leaves used to be used in the brining — which as I understand, is intended to reduce the water content in the jellyfish and preserve its crunch and form? Thank you. I have read enough about the toxic effects of aluminum on the body. I avoid aluminum pans, baking powders containing aluminum, and just about any food ingredient for that matter. Anything processed with alum I would never touch.
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