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moleche
soft-shelled crabs from the Venetian lagoon
Moleche (singular moleca) or moeche or mo'eca in Venetian dialect, are caught in spring and fall when they lose their shells; generally soaked in egg and flour and deep fried.
If they're caught in late summer when they're trying to reproduce, they're called masanete ormasenete.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Yuri Long