Kōrero: Starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms

Eating kina

Eating kina

Here, kina roe is being scooped out with knives and spoons. The traditional method is to crack open the kina shell with a rock and take out the roe by hand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 1/4-054105; F

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Maggy Wassilieff, 'Starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms - Sea urchins', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5208/eating-kina (accessed 24 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006