Editing Goose barnacle (section)

==As food==
[[File:Percebes.iguaria.jpg|thumb|Goose barnacles served in a Spanish restaurant in [[Madrid]].]]

In [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]], ''P. pollicipes'' is a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as '''''percebes''''', which are harvested commercially on the northern Iberian coast, mainly in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Asturias]], and on the southwestern Portuguese coast ([[Alentejo]]), as well as imported from other countries within its range of distribution, particularly from [[Morocco]]. A larger but less palatable species (''P. polymerus'') was also exported to Spain from [[Canada]] until 1999, when the Canadian government ceased exports due to depletion of stocks.

In Spain, ''percebes'' are lightly boiled in brine and served whole and hot under a napkin. To eat them, the diamond-shaped foot is pinched between thumb and finger and the inner tube pulled out of the scaly case. The claw is removed and the remaining flesh is swallowed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/730170/Percebes-Grail-trail.html |title=Percebes: Grail trail |date=23 April 2004 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2024-04-07}}</ref> Historically, the [[indigenous peoples of California]] ate the stem after cooking it in hot ashes.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jpvrxVA0PGYC&dq=%22Strongylocentrotus+purpuratus%22+native&pg=PA91 ''The Natural World of the California Indians'']. By Robert F. Heizer and Albert B. Elsasser. Via books.google.com, Accessed 2024-04-07</ref>