Yes, thanks Kobie.  Several people have e-mailed me personally
with accounts of these cones being eaten by the locals.  I think
I'll decline my share, anyway!  They eat most of the shellfish raw
in Samoa, though I have found several well-cooked Lambis
truncata shells lying around.  Cones evidently aren't a staple
here or I'm sure I would have seen some of the cooked shells.
The Samoans I've seen out collecting turbans and trochus never
pick up the cones.

Cheers,



Don


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> From: R J Du Preez <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "If it ain't edible..."
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 7:37 AM
>
> I bought conus geographus and leopardus from beach boys in Zanzibar, and
> they assured me that the flesh was eaten by their families. They say that
> especially cones are vere 'sweet' flesh and a delicacie.
>
> Kobie