Hunt for sea cucumbers, make delicious menus and export them.

Trang, Villagers of Koh Sukon Go out and look for sea cucumbers after the tide recedes, especially "Dothet", a type of sea cucumber. Brought to dry and sold abroad. It has high medicinal properties. Koh Sukorn, Palian District, Trang Province has many good things. One of them is sea cucumber, which is processed into a delicious menu. Or they can be dried and exported to get a good price. During the lowest sea level Villagers go looking for sea cucumbers along the rocks. They are dried and made into food menus. Welcoming tourists who travel to the island. During this time, you will find the most black, soft-bodied, sea cucumbers that the locals call "Dotet". Some of them are 1 -1.20 feet long. When you get it, take it into the stomach and wash it and clean it. before being boiled until cooked It takes about 2-3 hours, then it is dried in the sun for 1-2 days, waiting for vendors to buy it at a price of 500 baht per kilo to sell abroad, such as China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. But if you buy them alive, it cost s 25 baht per kilo. Each day the villagers will find different amounts and less. Some days they get 2-3 kilos, but some days they get 10 kilos. From research from many institutions, it was found that Dotet is a sea cucumber that has high medicinal properties. Rich in useful nutrients Contains mucoprotein Helps relieve osteoarthritis symptoms Osteoporosis in the elderly It has protein similar to banana squid, blue swimming crab, mussels and clams. But it is much lower in fat. Leek Dot is another option for people who can control their fat very well. There are also leeches. This is another type of sea cucumber that can be found on rocks. Along the beach and along the sea grass Get a higher price than foreign leeches Because it's more difficult to find. The leech is cylindrical and round, similar to a sausage. Its body is retractable. There are brown stripes. The body is slightly knobby. It has high medicinal properties. Used to make cosmetics Pickled wild honey to heal wounds and nourish the skin. and nourish es joints and bones well when 10-12 kilos of leeches are dried You will get only 1 kilogram of dried leeches, selling for up to 3,500 baht per kilo. They can be used to make any kind of food. By bringing it to a boil. Cut down the middle to remove waste. Cut into bite-sized pieces, then boil, stir-fry, curry, fry or salad with roasted coconut. It tastes like eating chicken tendon or pork skin. It feels crunchy, chewy and has health benefits like other sea cucumbers. The selling price is fixed. It is 160 baht per kilo, but if you simmer it with herbs such as lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, roasted coconut, white turmeric, and galangal for about 3 hours, you will get leech-ka-mat oil, sold at 20 cc. per bottle, priced at 100 baht, which has properties in Treating fresh wounds, burns, scalds, canker sores, and treating inflammation has had limited results. As for the menu to welcome tourists, it is the most popular. It is Salad Leech Kamad. Add roasted coconut On Koh Sukorn, Mrs. Aree Chumkhong, aged 72 years, is the only villager who processes sea cucumbers, both kamat and dottad, for sale. Generate additional income of not less than 10,000 baht per month. Mrs. Aree Chumkhong said that she made leeches alone on the island. If anyone comes to buy and sell, bring it to sell at their place. Because some people don't know the formula. Don't know the secret When you make it, you can't eat it, is it fishy or something? Some people pick it until it stinks and have to throw it away. causing people to hire themselves to do it very often Leeches are more expensive than dots. Because it is a medicine As for the dots, they must be sent to be processed into medicine in China. Dried daffodils are sold for 500 baht per kilo, but live ones are bought for 25 baht per kilo, while kamal is sold in the form for 160 baht per kilo. If 10 kilos are dried, only 1 kilo will be left, which can be used for many things. You can make cosmetics, balms, salads, roasted curries, simmered in oil, pickled in honey, and used as all kind s of medicines. Stimulate to have more fluid. Source: Thai News Agency