I don't care how y'all bake it, it sounds too crunchy to me!
Happy holiday,
David K.

>I always thought the idea of baking a shell was to have a golden variety of
>the original shell, which in reality would be worth  a lot of money. Sort of
>like the edingeri with rosselli. John is correct, there are few Cypraea that
>have the size and markings that would allow them to be passed off as
>aurantium, no matter how well they are baked.
>
>I have seen a Cypraea mappa that was doctored to resemble a Cypraea
>aurantium. They paint and bake them, not to change the color, but to set the
>paint they use to doctor the color of the mappa.
>
>Frank in the land of Pilgrims (Some people say they can't tell the difference
>between me and the turkey)