Scungili in Boston?

[teezeetoo]

Just had the Korean version of scungili at Privus (called Spicy Moon Snails or something like that!) I had one of those Freudian culinary moments: I miss the scungili of my Brooklyn childhood. Years ago I used to go to a wonderful old Italian market in Providence and get scungili to take home. Anybody know a source in Boston?

[galangatron]

saw plenty of fresh scungilli the other day at the vietnamese markets on dot ave in dorchester (vien dong market, phu cuong market, truong thinh supermarket, etc)

[steinpilz]

Googling the markets that galangatron mentioned I found this great list of "ethnic" markets in the Boston area, thought I'd post the link:

http://www.bostonmuseum.org/bostoneth...

[teezeetoo]

thank you - what a wonderful list!

[steinpilz]

Thanks, I think I'll post it as a separate thread.

[johnn a]

I saw fresh scungilli at the H Mart in Burlington,a very large Asian market on Middlesex Turnpike near the Burlington Mall

[Scungillilady]

You can also find it in your local Stop & Shop's, Shaw's, and Whole Foods Markets. And if they don't have it in the case, just ask for it.

[steinpilz]

I'm pretty sure I saw them at Courthouse Seafood last Friday, large snails maybe 4-5 inches long.

I hadn't thought about them much previously but I am now interested!

Courthouse also had live sea urchin and uni trays, I got one of the trays and it was fresh and flavourful. New Deal had Albacore tuna and octopus last Friday, among other things.

[okra]

C'mon... Get in the car, head south to Venda Ravioli in Providence. They always have it in the case.

http://www.vendaravioli.com/

You know you want to!

[treb]

Man I miss scungili, the last time I had it was at the old DePesquales in Medford, yum. I'd suggest looking at the chinatown markets.

[heavydee]

I've never seen it in Boston, but then again, I've never really cared for it. There a wholesale company out of Rhode Island called Rome Packing that makes scungili salad and marinated scungili. I don't know what kind of business they do outside of RI, but you could give them a call and see if they have any customers up here. 401-228-7170

[teezeetoo]

thanks for the leads. I'll let you know the outcome. I love Erbaluce so I'll look for it on the menu next time but I'm really looking for that wonderful marinated with onions and a bit of hot pepper version - kind of like the italian version of a good jewish pickled herring.

[MC Slim JB]

Don't know where you can get it at retail, but it's periodically on the menu at Erbaluce.

http://mcslimjb.blogspot.com/

[ScubaSteve]

i've seen these in a few of the Chinese markets in ChinaTown, but not consistently. worth a trip imo.