I don't know how typical it is, but across the street
from the excellent Caruso and Minini winery in Marsala, I encountered a street food vendor with this pile of spiky sea urchins looking like round porcupines.
One of my traveling companions, wine critic and
educator Michele Shah, forked over two Euros for
two of the creatures and the vendor cut them open with what looked like a pair of pruning shears and then offered them for eating right there on the street. Michele offered a taste to everyone, but I wasn't hungry.
Even after living for almost six years in Japan, I am not a big raw fish eater. Interesting-looking, though.
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