Abalone

Last weekend was spectacular in terms of weather, so I threw the season's first BBQ in my big back yard. Friend Pascal had been diving off the coast near Fort Bragg (Mendocino) and caught some Abalone (all legal, not more than three and all reported.) So, we wanted to prepare this supposed delicacy. The first challenge was to get the abalone out of its shell. We didn't get very far. Apparently preparing abalone takes a long time and Pascal was wiped from diving and driving, so the animal went into a ziploc and the fridge.