sandhoppers?

[Bluefrog]

Sat around a fire on a summers evening on a beach on the west cost of Scotland; me and my dad noticed all of the sandhoppers hopping towards the fire. Over time a ring began to emerge around the fire, of course this ring was a ring of 'cooked' sandhoppers.This was some time ago and i only remember it after watching kiwi eating them on david attenboroughs the life of birds.
I was wondering if sandhoppers were considered edible as it requires very little gathering and quite a few built up. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Ste

 

[Bluefrog]

i think their edible! i found a picture on Furgus Drennans website on the left called sandhoppers, they look good, a bit like small shrimp. there very easy to catch all you need is a light (fire) and they will be attracted to it. there is no/little gathering involved the easiest protein snack ever, i just hope they taste good :/

 

[Robbi]

now thats a neat idea for beach foraging !

 

[marcusleftthesite]

Blummin things when I used to beach fish they would jump at the pressure lantern all night.If you left a fish on the beach uncovered they would strip it bare !!

 

[Bluefrog]

Blummin things when I used to beach fish they would jump at the pressure lantern all night.If you left a fish on the beach uncovered they would strip it bare !!

get them back next time

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Mmmmmm, they look nice, a touch of safron & ' flambé ' with a generous dose of Armagnac, with prehaps a side dish of lightly safroned whole grain rice & a mixed edibles & seaweed stir fry, again flambé but with either a little vodka or saki.................now that's what I call beach foraging


They are crustacae, & eat rotting vegtable matter, I can't see why they wouldn't be edible, unless they have eaten toxic algae,....... small shrimps don't look appetising either until they've been cooked, .............I've never tasted them, but the next time I have the oppotunity, I may try.

 

[Asa Samuel]

Try going for an evening stroll along a beach with your missus and then the little buggers coming out in a swarm that almost literally carpets the beach. There were many a screams as SWMBO ran back to the car, and many a sandhopper in the shoes afterwards

 

[andybysea]

You'd have to pretty desparate to them,always get them jumping around me when im off beach camping can honestly say its never crossed my mind,that they would make a nice edible delight! on the contary,they look minging!

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Not for me eather... Some of the beaches we fish literally 'crawl' with them. As said, leave your bait on the tacklebox and its heaving by the time you notice.

I would imagine they are a dry land prawn/shrimp, or from the same family.

al.