Catching and EATING Sand Fleas. Is It Worth it??
2017 ж. 29 Қаз.
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Slow fishing down in Delaware, Figured this was the perfect time to try eating sand fleas.. I've heard mixed reviews as to how these things taste and was curious so cooked some up for breakfast and found they are pretty bad.. maybe not so bad.., overall not worth it. Tan threw some on a slice of Pizza which he said was good.. this whole thing is very questionable.
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Good recipe for those. Soak them in lemon and let them dry on a cardboard. Throw away sand fleas and eat cardboard
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I'll stick to eating real fleas..
ASMR-SENSEI lmfao!!
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Pomeranian Lover stfu
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Its not bad at all..."almost vomits"
Chris Redfield lmao 😂
Those are mole crabs aka sand crabs, not sand fleas. The mole crabs you are catching don't bite and they live in the water. Sand fleas do bite, they jump (like a flea), and they live in the sand. Sand fleas are also a lot smaller than mole crabs, they are pretty small.
yeah, they had me very confused because they were so big and lived in the water
Just looked them up n they r the same thing (mole crab, sand crab or sand flea) with the Puerto ones been somewhat smaller. Either one is not summet I'd fancy eating!
catherine english I'm a marine biologist. They are not the same animal though both are crustaceans. The name "sand flea" is often misused though to describe mole crabs.
That being said, that's the problem with common names. They can be the same name attributed to several different animals and the more I've looked into it, the more animals I find that are called Sand Fleas. So, yes, I acknowledge that sometimes mole crabs are called sand fleas even though that name much more accurately describes Orchestia agilis. There are also actual fleas, called Chigoe fleas, that can live on the beach and are regularly called Sand Fleas. They have painful itchy bites and they sometimes burrow into the skin to lay eggs parasitically. The creatures in this video aren't a kind of flea at all though. They belong to the genus Emerita and are a type of crab. All of this really points to why scientific names are important rather than the common name being "wrong" I guess. But just to be clear, Emerita (in this video) don't bite.
MLATX512 I’m a marine biologist too!! 🦈🤗🐬
Why am I up at 3am watching people eat sand fleas?
I dont know but I applaud your decision
Dude I read this right at 3 am
omg it's 3 and I'm watching it to mind blown😕😕😮😮
Closet Heterosexual dont ask me ive been up for 3 days
12:34 AM here...
Keep the shell on. Add some lemon before you cook them. Old bay and deep fry them. Then throw that shit away and order a pizza.
MLG YODA lol
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I hear dog fleas are good this time of year.
Those are sand tics
Na I like dirt fleas
I grew up in Bethany Beach and my family called these sandcrabs. But sandfleas sounds better.
Have you ever had *roasted* dog fleas! yummyy
What?
7:14 "Dude it's bad." Tan: *munch munch munch* Whatever you say man. Lmfao, best part of the whole video.
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Is it normal to eat the shell. Also do you think that it would make a good fish stock.
shonya Idk but Worth a try since they are Free.
They are free but they are alive. Eat what you pick.
That's Delaware fishing for ya .. catch nothing and eat your bait ... sucks here badly
Dominick Vavala 🤣🤣🤣 this had me crying
Dominick Vavala lmao im done
Those are basically roaches to me... they ate roaches
Cameron Castille they like sea roaches eughhhggh
It's a type of crab though...
clarence capp sea roaches are shrimp lol. Still good tho
Yep
Agreed
“Its not bad”-> eats 2, gags and freaks out
They taste like soft shell crabs. It's only worth it to eat the bigger ones. Take the main shell off, toss in a coating and cook in butter. Top with a twist of lemon. Delicious!!
TheJw1358 they get up to 3 inches long
Wow
Really Real :0
Guts and all? :0
megan leitch He says take the shell off.
The roaches of the sea
veronique spence lobsters are the roaches of the see these are the flees.
Look like damn termite's
They’re also called sand turtles... can call them the turtles of a millimeter under the sand.
Thats Shrimp
Ok, but i want them to be the roaches not the fleas, thanks
'Those dont look bad' Are you kiding me? They look vile af! BLERK!
BLERK! I'm adding that to my arsenal of gross words. Thanks homie.
lmao nps xD
Yes I agree that's sick
Blerk is an interesting word.
Just looks like a fat shrimp. I’m sure you’ve seen a crabs face close up... Way more vile lmao Like a nightmare.
I always dogged underground and found them and they would hella tickle my hand
LOL wow, your boy Tan is eating the hell out of that!
raWr Fishing This is a popular food in SE Asia.
raWr Fishing ii
@Jean P. G. They eat anything that moves
Typical Asian
Jean P. G. Nobody cares
your friend eating the hell out of them🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
he aisian fool that why!!!!!
michael sibilia where the fucked did you go to school its Asian not Aisian dumbass
michael sibilia you racist fuck
michael sibilia asians don't waste anything
• Izumi • as an Asian, we eat lots of weird stuff
just seems wrong to me to eat something that is called Flea and you left their little feet on!
Lorrie Ruff another name is Sandra crab
Nothing wrong about it
"Alexa, what temperature do I cook my sand fleas?"
Oh brother...last time I saw Sand Fleas eaten was on Fisherman's Life channel. That stuff looked disgusting. You got guts, mannnnnn....though, Tan Bui prepared them nicely. Dude knows what he is doing. He eats everything. 😂😂😂
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Seafood cooked in butter can't go wrong 90% of the time. Probably because I grew up on the water so I love seafood lol
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Sand fleas on pizza for breakfast...
Max Chronister Still probably better than anchovies
Isn’t that nasty that fishy breath 🤢
coolio diablo anchovies its good man
Sorryiwin I mean I guess they are, that is if you like eating super salty oily rubbery little fish head bones and all.
Better than pineapple
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I had to look it up, was worth it.
You're the man
Bruhhhhhhhhhhh
just seen it when i read your comment lol
I legit have the same one but it’s not purple It’s red
So is there a good way to make the shells really digestible? I've been getting into entophagia lately, but chitin is full of good things (minerals, vitamins) if you can actually get at it. I do think this would be a good add to a dish. Give some texture of done right and still healthy if prepared right.
Wow never thought of going in deeper to find them, GREAT sharing your info Now I know.....somtimes I can find any on certain beaches but you opens my eyes! Always love your seeing your video's and always a BIG THANK You for sharing
I once was fishing up in humbolt for surf perf,, didn't catch shit, I was drunk had a lot of beer, was very hungry ,, I had my mini portable propane stove, but sand crabs were everywhere! I dug up as much as I can eat & with garlic salt then dusted them in flour & pan fried them in olive oil,, shit they tasted pretty good,, maybe you got to be drunk for them to taste good hahaa
Eff that noise I'm never going in the ocean again
That crunch made me feel like i wanna try them!
Man oh man
I dont even have to watch this video to reply; EWWW dude I still remember what it tastes like uncooked.
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i think if they fried them in a heavier amount of oil the shell wouldn’t have been as noticeable.
i remember replying to a post similar to this some time ago.....i am south african from durban...we get a lot here all year round...we call them sealice...proper name is mole crab...need to shell them and wash out all the innards...then fry them in butter with salt and pepper....excellent!
+Tan Bui is a straight savage!
He's Asian, if he says they're done..Trust me. they're done..And its good to see Nev again from catfished have'nt seen you in awhile bro..
Bryant Peoples lmao wtf 😂😂💀
He does look like Nev. 🤣
This guy’s ethnicity makes him a professional cook
Bryant Peoples whoaaaa some racist comments here. I’m Asian, does that normally make me a professional cook...
^He's black, when I say he's talking bullshit... Believe me, he's talking bullshit. I know plenty Asian people who couldn't cook an egg even if their life depended on it.
This has changed my view on beaches completely. I'll never be able to walk peacefully on sand again.
More for us carnivorous types then
@@StovieFromBama what? I said it because I won't be able to walk there in peace without thinking one of those could touch my feet ew.. do you eat those? Nasty lmao I could never eat something called "flea"
Why am I the only one who thinks they look delicious?
RonnieWolfe mmmm
RonnieWolfe your hungry
Cause you're a fucking stupid ass pirate
Marveled editor lol a pirate
It doesn’t look bad, it honestly looks like heavily spiced food, or like popcorn with some flavoring.
Heard you were at Indian River Inlet the other day, bummed I missed you I was there day before. Would of been cool to meet you. I’m trying to get in on that jersey blitz!
Ever had battered shrimp DEEP fried with the shell on? You eat everything, including the shell. and head. Crunchy and delicious! Next time batter those sand flies and DEEP fry them... not just fry in a skillet... I'm sure they'd taste different and crunchy and delicious...!
winston kam we do the same thing lol gose grate with green bottle or your choice of beverage 🤙🏽
How do you clean them if you don’t peel them and take the shit out
winston kam take this man's words he looks asian he would know how to eat it .
Yup, and it completely fucks up the taste. After it is done cooking you can see the shit smearing all over the food and their fingers while eating it. It is disgusting. Most of the Asians I have met that eat shell fish this way are completely unaware they are eating shit and will start cleaning them properly after being told what they are putting in their mouth.
Your killin me Smalls! Hilarious video, guys are so funny....
7:11 I died laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'v'e tried 'em. First few seconds it's a yes, last few seconds it's a hard no.
MostlyFishing why is it a hard no if you already committed to a yes?
Kiing milli meaning they taste great the first few seconds then taste pretty bad
MostlyFishing damn u came back here to comment a 4 hr comment that commented 2 months dammmmnn
Anthony Johnson lol
MostlyFishing how does that work???
how long have you guys been a couple?
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Nathan Moss haha
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When I was a child, my grandparents made us catch a lot of sandfleas to put them in soup. They were crunchy but delicious..
I think they are called sand fleas because they taste like fleas. Meaning you don't eat them
Justin Y. What the flying fuck are you doing here too? Jesus christ man
Everywhere
You are a KZhead traveler you have been everywhere
In the future, fleas are considered a delicacy. 3071 is a really weird year.
Except people don't actually eat fleas, so comparing their taste to fleas is dumb.
Tiquiliches! I would hand scoop these out of the sand during the summer out in Mexico. My cousins introduced me to this tasty fleas when I was a kid. These are awesome appetizers!
This confirms that Tan will eat just about anything
Elliot Burack He's chinese?
Elliot Burack he eats poop too
Elliot Burack he asian looking those people will eat anything from the ocean or even if it moves
So I step on those in the ocean!!!!
Jif Peanut Butter if u have been in the ocean more than once, then yes u have stepped on them!
Last Man Standing oh I don’t like that
I have seen alot on the beach that I went some months ago That was the 1st time I saw them
Thr264 s i live in Michigan now but as a Child i lived in Hollywood,Fl for about 5 years, i remember catching them in sand castle buckets, didnt bother me at all back then, as an adult looking at them they make my skin crawl, just way too much of an insect look too them!
Yes you do ! I live in California and I remember the first time i noticed them. When I was walking around the shore I noticed everytime a wave hit little holes would form so I started digging and I found them!
Do you think boiling it maybe with a lil vinegar n garlic could help?
Didn't even know these existed, now i've already seen them getten eaten
The natural chicken nugget from the sea
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do they bite? does anyone know, I went to the ocean when I was super young in Oregon and something little kept biting me I thought they were smaller then that but I don't remember for sure.
I thought you took the shells off, how is it too much shell when you take a bite ?
I would have swallowed that kingfish alive before i would eat a plate of fleas
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Brian G If they were actual fleas I'd see your point
Brian G you do know that they're not....nvm
Sean Channie but a bottom dwelling insect filled with parasites is pretty close to it though 😉
Daproperdocter most animals in the world that people eat has parasites lol
That low key looks really good. If I was hungry I'd eat it
me @ your mom
What do they taste like when not smothered in old bay and butter? I could make gravel taste good with that stuff, so it's not much of a taste test.
You did all that in the morning and I can’t make a sandwich
lol he actually cleaned them before he cooked them. A lot of KZhead'ers don't clean them at all so they taste sandy and really fishy. So of course its gonna be really nasty. But you clean them properly then fry them and put a sauce on them, they just taste like the sauce, but crunchy.
Hey buddy Sea-Money What kind of fish you can catch on that beach using the send fleas?
The passion of fishing La passion por la pesca rockfish
Andy Tong Thanks buddy for letting me know
I've caught catfish on them in the gulf of mexico Ana Maria Island FLA. I'm not sure what type of cat it is but it was gray and a good size
they repopular bait for tog, sheepshead, pompano, striper, kingfish etc
I'm not from USA but where I am if you use local bait especially if it's live then chances are you'll have a chance at majority of the local fish in that area. Obviously depends what's in that area and what's specifically swimming near your bait that day etc. And obviously there's those few fish who seem to be picky and will only take certain baits. Like here in australia squid as bait doesn't work as well as the other store bought baits Idk why but they just don't seem to like it, I always just use live prawns.
7:12 “what the hells wrong with you?” Lol I’m dead
When they stop struggling, do they just die? Do they suffocate that quickly?
Fry them Tempura style.
Sand fleas...sounds so appetizing..
You got a lot of food choices in this world and you choose to eat fleas? What a bunch of..... Sign me in buddy!!! Woaaaa
What did you do with the ones you didn’t eat or use?
Wait... Sea Money could not catch a fish?? Reduced to eating bait... Well thanks for trying it so I dont have to!
I would have pulled off the legs. The legs would be primarily shell, right?
Yea I’d bet that the legs are almost all shell lol. Considering how crabs and lobsters are
imagine trying to peel the legs
My dad used to catch those back in his country where they’re larger (El Salvador) and fry them. Now we do that here in the Santa Monica beaches during the summer. They’re sooo good! You don’t even have to separate them from the shells just wash ‘em and plop them on a skillet with some salt and eat them wrapped in a tortilla. ✌🏼
Please tell me wtf a sand flea is?? We dont have them in Britain
this dude sounds like ice poseidon dudeee cx
Lonk are you 10?
Omg he does
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It's "dood" hehehe
Lonk I was about to say xd
I think he over seasoned them
snake eye gaming no such thing as over seasoning. Only over salting.
Only u would think that out of everything. 🤦🏽♂️
use the sand fleas for bait. Whiting love them. A tip for storing them, blance it hot water, the ice bath, then freeze, they freeze well.
Where yall staying in the outerbanks ? I recognize that kitchen from a beach house
Put those on a hook and youll catch something to eat. In hawaii we call em sand turtles, easy bait if u run out of squid or tako.
HNK 808 did you watch the start of the video that’s what they used them for but the fishing didn’t bite
HNK 808 tako and squid are the same ,one is japanese
Actually, tako is octopus.
why does the thought of eating that make me feel weird inside
Justin Reyez its gut instincts. Those sand fleas carry hookworm and tapeworm.
@@paradoxal4 shouldn't it be fine if you cook it though?
Where in Delaware did this take place? Just curious
I called them sand crabs this whole time. That's what they were called when I first found out about them. The name "sand fleas" sounds more suitable for them though because of the way that they look and because they pretty much are the fleas of the beach. I've alwayse thought about cooking and eating them. I alwayse wondered how they would taste.
Go to home Depot get a large piece of mesh netting and make a frame you'll catch 100s of em every time
Wtf is a sand flea? I literally never knew that was even a thing.
Aquarius They aren’t sand fleas. They’re actually sand crabs/mole crabs. Sand fleas are tropical parasites that burrow into your skin and cause severe infections.
This is the type of food you eat when your trying to survive on an island or an apocalypse food lmao 😂
the fishing of sand fleas looked so satisfying to me
Ok, for a bit i was gonna puke, however what you call sand fleas, i grew up call Sand Shrimp... Because what i think of when i hear Sand Fleas are shelled peanut sized biting insects....
How dare u eat my kind
doomsday5635 RIP
7:09 "what the hell is wrong with you"😂😂
Hi where did you got your metal net?
Remember catching them at the beach putting them in a bucket and naming all off them..... Na this guy will be like I eat this
Lots of people eat fried shrimp, battered with the tail on, I wonder if you deep fried those bad boys if it would be better
J Slik some other youtubers have deep fried them and said they taste like a crab crossed with a shrimp. Might try these
You should try some moon crickets with rock snails marinated in orange peel tomato sauce
What camera are you using?😍
Sand fleas are actually small Crustacia related to the stone crab and hermit crab. They are fantastic in seafood soups and Ramen and you do not need any form of license to poach them. Probably one of the greatest sources of free food around.
Charles Bronson What? I caught crab before from the ocean and ate it, not alive of course but deliciously grilled... although it broke my heart because I was lonely and wanted a pet and my mom didn’t agree on a pet crab.
I'm afraid of roaches but not afraid of sand fleas for some reason.
Toasty-J cause they are not the same thing
maybe roaches always make sudden moves playing on our instinct of avoiding danger.
Sea crustaceans are roaches of the sea...
because sand fleas are constantly taking salt baths unlike their filthy dry lookalikes
My family has been eating them for years. My Dad's side is from the Nayarit, Mexico coast and they just fry them up. I've had them before and they were really good. I always catch them by hand by digging after a wave comes by (the traditional way). And yeah we call them Tikiliches (TeekeeLEECH ays)
Do you guys sell them to or do just eat them
Probably better to use them for stock
It sounds nasty because he only uses the colloquial term for them. The "sand flea" is a actually a species of crab, the mole crab.
My mouth is watering … great video.
I have seen these. Also never goto the beach lol.I'm from IL. But going to gulf shores next month. Do these things bite of you step on them?
Target Time little to no chance it will bite, I used to catch them as a kid
You gotta fry them...think popcorn shrimp only with sand fleas...try it, you’ll thank me.
Who else was uncomfortable when they were in the bucket and moving ☹️🤮🤢
That's a healthy coastline .. So many,with little effort. Illegal bait in some countries,fish dig them,when feeding. Cool vid.
Recently tried these at a friends house. And they are decent. Wouldn’t mind eating them again, but would not go out of my way to get them. Like you said, too much shell. Still a nice taste though.
This October is really rough. Worst I can remember in a long time. At least in Monmouth and ocean county
yea it is... in years past Id be catching nice stripers this time of year... not eating sand fleas.
Sea-Money Fishing exactly. Haha
how tf did i get here
I know this feeling, too. But it was worth it.
VintageJZL ikr
same tho lmao. I stared off watching a video about a lifted miata, one thing led to the next and well,here I am
“It’s like pizza with.. oceany bacon bits” lmfao
Didn’t realize you could scoop up that many sand fleas like that. Will have to try it out some time!