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The Case for Eating Jellyfish
- dang 7y agoUrl changed from http://nautil.us//blog/the-case-for-eating-jellyfish http://nautil.us//blog/the-case-for-eating-jellyfish, which points to this.
- yongjik 7y agoJellyfish salad is in fact a common Korean side dish. https://www.google.com/search?q=%ED%95%B4%ED%8C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EB%83%89%EC%B1%84&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=%ED%95%B4%ED%8C%8C%EB%A6%AC%...
- DonaldFisk 7y agoIt's eaten all over the Far East: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_as_food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_as_food
- alanbernstein 7y agoI've eaten jellyfish as a small side dish a few times. The texture - extremely chewy, with a crunch of chewiness at the end of the bite - was bizarre the first time, but I got used to it quickly enough. I wouldn't mind eating a dish made with it, but it might benefit from a longer, slower cooking process. Or maybe jellyfish is nothing like mammal meat and it wouldn't help, I dunno.
- mrob 7y agoHave you tried any of the "tree ear" type fungi? They have a chewy+crunchy texture and bland flavor too, and I wonder if it's similar.
- kakkun 7y agoWe call those fungi, "tree jellyfish" in Japan :)
- alanbernstein 7y agoI think that's the same thing (or similar) as woodear mushroom? That's not a bad comparison, just imagine the extreme of that texture.
- munchbunny 7y agoJellyfish is nothing like typical fish or land meats, so to enjoy it you need to cook/eat it with the distinctness of the texture as a major part of the experience. I love jellyfish, and the mechanical feeling of chewing it is half of the fun. I think for people unfamiliar with jellyfish, eating it in a more "experimental" restaurant setting while blindfolded would make it much more interesting, because then you are focusing much more on the texture, and you are expecting something weird and distinct.
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- mitfahrener 7y agoYeah. Chinese people have been eating jellyfish for a while now. It's pretty crunch.
- wolfpwner 7y agoWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhopilema_esculentum#Use_as_food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhopilema_esculentum#Use_as_fo...
- azurezyq 7y agoAgreed. It can be found easily in markets in my hometown (just off the coast, east of China). And it's my favorite dish. Our style is just cutting them into noodles and make it salad. https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E9%B2%9C%E6%B5%B7%E8%9C%87&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjH873-w5XjAhWP1p8KHQ8mDW0Q2-cCegQIABAC&oq=%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E9%B2%9C%E6%B5%B7%E8%9C%87&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...10146.10146..10620...0.0..0.81.81.1......0....1.W5M0k8b4izk&ei=bO8aXceNF4-t_wSPzLToBg&bih=658&biw=393&client=ms-android-google&prmd=ivn https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%87%89%E6%8B%8C%E9%B2%9C%...
- tptacek 7y agoWhen life gives you jellyfish...
- jmpman 7y agoCan’t we just feed it to pigs, and then eat the pigs?
- King-Aaron 7y agoI like the cut of your jib
- Causality1 7y ago>and the UV radiation from the sun should have killed any bacteria [citation needed] I've seen plenty of dead things still rot in the sun.
- aaron695 7y agoReality is lots of people do eat it of course and it's kinda boring. Interesting but not a real unique texture, not a lot of flavour. For a meat it'll never take of, it's to bland. Kinda like pasta, but it's an animal so not as practical. As a source of materials, perhaps...
- aitchnyu 7y agoKerala, southern (almost) tip of west coast of India had jellyfish and puffer outbreaks threatening other catch. Anybody can tell if we can have a booming jellyfish business here?