abalone

And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

For commercial abalone farmers, “four years is a long time to raise a shellfish to the size of a duck’s egg.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

The only otter seen on Thursday was way off shore, floating on its back atop a kelp bed — presumably eating some tasty morsel, such as a crab or abalone, retrieved from the sea floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

With a sinew line and a hook made of abalone shell I caught two that had large heads and long teeth, but are good to eat.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

He recalled dishes considered delicacies such as donkey meat and abalones - a type of mollusc - being flown in from Pyongyang.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023

The traditional dish known as “poon choi,” or “basin food,” is a large dish filled with lotus root, radish, taro and more expensive delicacies such as prawns, abalones and meat layered on top.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

“Chinese people like to eat these expensive foods like sea cucumbers and abalones at our Lunar New Year family gatherings because we have worked very hard over the past year,” Fong said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

For centuries, fishermen have carved their homes into the bluffs, like bird’s nests, plucking abalones and sailing out for bamboo crabs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2016

The sea water kept the abalones fresh, but when we had to go out again the night was too dark to find our way to the reef.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell