A type of yellowish-white sea cucumber, very long and
slender. (They are found in the tidal area, buried under the
sand and are good to eat.)
maN-
To gather batonan sea cucumbers.
Mamatonano rin don ong Cambian, mo-ya
malinaw sia ang batonan loloa.
I'll go and gather
batonan
sea
cucumbers out from
barangay Cambian, it's good that it's calm, that's when the
sea cucumbers come out of their holes.
One end of the sea cucumber sticks up a bit out of the sand
making it easy to see where they are. They must carefully
be dug up so as not to break them in two. The skin is first
scraped off, otherwise it will burn the throat. Then the
animal is split open and cleaned, and then it is sliced up
into small pieces and dipped in vinegar to eat. These sea
cucumbers are considered to be very delicious and men
like to eat them for a snack along with alcoholic drinks.