J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

For creamy sea urchin pasta recipes, the typical process is to saute garlic, shallots, and chilies in olive oil, then add the pasta and pour in a sauce made from raw sea urchin roe blended with softened butter or heavy cream.

American Chef

Diane Ackerman

The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe, floating in the sea that wet-nursed us all, moved me deeply.

American Poet

Mercedes Schlapp

Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on abortion.

American Public Servant

Tony Campolo

Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.

American Clergyman

Walk into any Japanese fish market, and you'll see neat rows of sea urchin roe sold in little wooden trays.

Often used in a culinary context when discussing gourmet food or specific dishes like sushi.

Culinary Context

Do not confuse 'roe' with 'row'. Roe refers to fish eggs, while row means an argument or line.

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In some cultures, roe is considered a delicacy and may carry positive connotations of taste and luxury.

Cultural Delicacy

In zoology and wildlife contexts, 'roe' relates to the small European species of deer.

Animal Reference

Roe usually specifies the female deer, just as 'doe' is used for females of species like rabbits.

Gender Specific

Roe often inhabit woodlands and meadows, information that may appear in descriptions of their habitat.

Habitat Mention

 There is a lot of collagen in it. It's really good for skin apparently. And then when the tide gets low in the full moon period they go and gather seashells etcetera. They even find these little guys here. Urchins. They collect a lot of urchins . And eat the roe inside. I love these kind of stories, of this kind of destination

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 Wow so this is the kill exactly where we were told it would be it's a young female roe deer and the flesh it's still quite movable hasn't frozen solid so

Roe

Culinary Context

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Cultural Delicacy

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