ERLIN 1LB Sun Dried Sea Cucumber BADIONOTUS large size

I don't usually write reviews on Amazon, but these impressed me! I bought large size, and there were only 13 per pound, so they are huge! Maybe I happened to have bought them in the right season, so they grew extra large! :)I see a lot of people ask how to prepare and eat these. I'm sure you can find the answer by googling. But I'll tell you what I did. I rinsed the dried sea cucumbers with tap water first, and then used filtered water (cold) to soak them for about a week in the fridge. Changed water twice a day. I probably shouldn't have soaked them for that long, because most of them are already soft when I finally took them out. For those not soft enough yet, I boiled filtered water first, and turned off the heat, and then put the sea cucumbers in the hot water and left them there until water is cool. Then all the sea cucumbers are ready! I cleaned them, cut them into small pieces, aliquoted them, and stored them in freezer. I think the recommended dose is about 50 g per day to enhance your immune system or whatever. Every day I just take a few pieces, about 1/5 or 1/4 of the whole sea cucumber (since what I received is really large, and the size and weight increase after soaking in water). Maybe I'll observe whether I'm becoming healthier, and update this review.Others commented there were a lot of sands. I didn't have that problem. Maybe because I soaked them in water for too long...But you do need to get rid of its mouth and teeth at one end. Maybe those are the "sands" people are talking about?I'll attach a few pictures of how the sea cucumbers look like after soaking in water, and the soup I made with them. :)

Be aware of all the negative reviews!!! Because all of them are true!!! The sea cucumbers here are terrible and the bad and good were mixed and sold together. The majority are bad. 请各位买家慎重下单，下单前务必仔细阅读所有的低星级评价，我的亲身经历告诉我所有的负面评论都是真实的。他家的货除了个别几根好的其他都是坏的，还会给你小广告让你直接去他家网站买，说有折扣；各位一定不要上当啊！为了多赚点钱，这么不要脸，匪夷所思！！！

The cucumber tastes good, but the only issue is that there are too much sands inside some sea cucumbers. It seems some other customer also noticed that in the medium size cucumbers. Those sands will make cucumbers heavier in weight. Other than that, they are good product.

Much better quality than those you get from China Town and cheaper.

The cucumber tastes good, but there are too much sands inside the sea cucumbers. It's very hard to clean the sands.Those sands will make cucumbers much heavier in weight. These are the most expensive sands that I ever bought.

really good, authentic. high quality.

medium size is the best , do not buy biggest size

My first time to buy this kind of stuff. It is pretty good and my father-in-law ate a lot :-)