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> I spot the turgid tentacles and part of the cap floating in the orange liquid, and my stomach turns. The first spoonful of broth goes down quickly. It tastes
by belval 4y ago
> I spot the turgid tentacles and part of the cap floating in the orange liquid, and my stomach turns. The first spoonful of broth goes down quickly. It tastes like a delicious––and fishy––tomato soup. Then I search for a piece of the jellyfish. I hesitate. I slurp it up.
> It feels like a gulp of the sea itself as the flavor of the jellyfish unfurls in my mouth with the strength of a tsunami. The texture reminds me of calamari or a piece of fat from a cooked steak. As I chew, trying to repress the impulsive disgust, I think of cooked tripe. I swallow.
You reaction seems a bit excessive, the entire article is covered with "keeping an open mind", the critical part is that he did, in fact, find it not great. It's pretty far from a "oh look at how disgusting this asian food is".
- mc32 4y agoYeah especially since there are people who view cheese as mostly disgusting. And that’s just cheese. Now snails. I find them disgusting but know people who love it. I hope they do not mind that I do not find them appealing in the least. I should be permitted to also feel disgusted.
- girvo 4y ago> view cheese as mostly disgusting Hi, that's me! I find cheese incredibly gross, from the smell to the texture to it's taste. But I'm certain that's probably because I was raised without dairy as kid (dairy set off my asthma incredibly badly), so I never developed a taste for it. Even as an adult I still find it (and milk) gross!
- mc32 4y agoYeah there are lots of foods which are normal because we were exposed to them as we develop into adults. Those not exposed to some of these items can naturally feel disgusted to the point some people will feel physically ill when trying to eat one of these items.
- kurthr 4y agoHah... Just pretend it's stinky tofu! Seriously, the only way I can deal with 臭豆腐 is thinking of it as weird cheese.