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Fugu, live octopus, akee, and swiftlet saliva - does the culinary thrill trump the potential for your death? (There's also the taboo factor over eating something still alive, but apparently only a small percentage of you agrees with us that it just ain't cool.) Previously – Poll: Food taboos |
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Hey, that is me in that video of the octopus! CNN YOU STOLE MY VIDEO!!!
YES, i would RISK MY LIFE to save that of the ANIMALS !
get back to the jungle Cole, you're an idiot.
Darwin's theory? apart from this being unecessary and cruel, those stupid enough to partake will hopefully die in pain equal to that inflicted on their killers.
I would love to try the baby octopus dish!
I always loved octopus, why not alive this time?
@ Jason... Please, just shut up, I cant take it anymore.
There is nothing in the world that people wont eat or havent ate. Just the other day I left a comment on a youtube video in reference to people eating rats. In the comment I wrote "this world is crazy, people will eat anything". A rat eater then replied to me saying "what is the difference between rat and chicken?".
live octopus is delicious. unless you have grown in a culture where octopus is regularly consumed you might not understand. octopus when cooked is bouncy and chewy, when freshly cut like sushi, it retains very little of the bounciness and is more reminiscent of biting into sushi. at this point, it is technically not alive but the nerve endings in the legs continue to thrash. if you can get past the fact that its moving, once slathered in the sesame oil and green onion, then dipped in hot chili pepper sauce-vinegar mixture, it is one of the tastiest korean dishes one can experience. and the hype about it "killing" you is highly exaggerated. i have never heard of anyone choking on it and dying. its tiny.
NO – delicious does not " ... Outweigh deadly." PROTECT your precious Life!
Boy...I'd sure like to chew on that commentators legs.....
I've seen Japanese dish that do have live fish in it. They put small live fish in cold flavored soup, then eat/drink it. That's not that bad though. The fish got eaten in the ocean alive too, though not with flavored soup. I found many (if not most) Americans are very conservative at food. For example, chicken dark meat tastes much much better than white meat, yet Americans like white meat more. In many other places in the world, dark meat is more expensive than white meat. Many Americans do not dare to even eat fish (cooked), not to mention sashimi. Food is a personal choice. But I'm so surprised as I get to know more people.
Any culture that relishes live foods is either primitive or sadistic. Ask any of the victims of Japanese sadism and they'll tell you which category the "honorable" Japanese fall under.
If a fraternity house, yes, my fraternity house in the states, requires the pledges to eat LIVE gold fish, then why not? It's not as bad as you think. For those saying that it is inhumane, then you should stop eating any meat product or continue to do so and keep being hypocritical.
Well I'm a vegetarian...so yes, eating live goldfish is inhumane. And a pointless, stupid thing to do for some fraternity. Pro-tip: fraternities are kinda gay. Srsly.
So you know, do you Kai, that everyone here who says this is cruel is a hypocrite? that they eat meat? how do you know that? Did you know the chef injects a tiny amount of cyanide into some of these creatures, just enough to make whoever eats one very sick for at least 24 hours and there have been reports that occasionally someone dies, in screaming agony, after ingesting one of these poisoned creatures, did you know that Kai? ... thought you would, you seem to know everything. It's done to add to the excitement for the sad pea brains whose lives are so pathetically boring that this is the only way they can get their rocks off.
Eating live octopi is horrible. Leave them in the ocean, where everything, when the time comes, dies a natural and peaceful death, resting in a little comfy bed, surrounded by loved ones.
i would eat people if i knew i could get away with it.
Most carnivores and omnivores taste funky.
Eat vegetarians. They'd be stringy, but probably not as gamy, so good for stews and sausage.
With the exception of marine life (fish that eat fish taste like fish), I'd have to agree with that.
i have actually eaten both bear and mountain lion and had no problem with the taste. also i have read many claims that human flesh tastes like the best piece of meat that that person has ever had, though it was not specified whether they had eaten vegetarians or not. i have also heard claims that consuming human flesh is the best thing for you when suffering from malnutrition as it contains all of the vitamins and nutrients required to survive.
Eat vegetarians? stringy? which cow or sheep was it you saw eating meat? you been eating too many of them mushrooms again T3?
If the main draw of the food is that it's tasty, eat it. If the main draw is that it's dangerous, that's just dumb. I really don't see much difference between this and someone going through a mid-life crisis by BASE jumping.
And to the nonsensical ones touting their vegan superiority, I say the following:
Did you know that rabbits are incredibly dangerous predators? See, by reproducing madly and consuming everything in sight, they kill by starving their competitors. To live is to kill. You either kill directly or you kill by competing for and taking resources from other creatures. So, if you truly want to be altruistic and cause no harm to living creatures, the only solution is for you to not exist.
"To live is to kill. You either kill directly or you kill by competing for and taking resources from other creatures. So, if you truly want to be altruistic and cause no harm to living creatures, the only solution is for you to not exist."
True, but that is hardly a reasonable solution nor the vegan mentality, in case you weren't aware. And a fallacy you seem to be implying is that one can either eat whatever they want because we all impact other organisms anyway, or one can kill themself off to avoid all impact. Do you really not see a compromise here? As in, taking steps to survive in such a way that minimalizes direct harm to others? I'm sure you do, you're simply ignoring it for the sake of attacking a lifestyle/ideology that is at odds with your own.
Tofu: Is it bean curd or bean crud?.... and who gives an #U%K anyway? Enjoy!
Clearly "The Witty One" is a half-wit.
What? No Big Mac on the list??
I laugh at you weak hippies!
Now if you excuse me, i will go ahead and have some puppies for dinner. ahahahahah!
"hippies"??? how the hell old are you?
Am I going to have to travel around the world just to get some exotic food?
Not really worth it...
The Witty One said "The idea of eating tofu is disgusting to some people. The idea of eating veggies is disgusting to some people. While I respect your opions and life choices, it's not polite to look down on others for their choices in life. "Plain wrong" is also a matter of personal opinion. Define right and wrong. Stop. You can't. Just give up. Eat meat."
Why should we respect "life choices" when they involve unnecessary suffering and cruelty. Eating a live animal is disgusting to someone with some compassion for the suffering it causes - it has nothing to do with simple taste (as in "I find Tofu disgusting). "The Witty One" ...how embarrassing!
Indeed. "The Witty One", stop hiding behind the poor moral/cultural relativism argument. It's such a cop out to allow for atrocities around the world. And as Warrens stated, it's not about the taste. It's about suffering. If you can show me how tofu suffers to be on someone's plate, fine. Good luck with that. But it is painfully clear that the traditional animals we consume (livestock, poultry) experience very real physical and mental suffering akin to what we would. That alone should spark the conscience of anyone who has one.
The annoying vegans who think it's their duty to try to make others feel bad about their food choices make me suffer. It's terribly annoying. Therefore your lifestyle causes me (and others, I know) suffering. That is why I do not respect you.
Vegans who eat their veggies and mind their own business on the other hand, they're A-OK.
"The annoying vegans who think it's their duty to try to make others feel bad about their food choices make me suffer. It's terribly annoying. Therefore your lifestyle causes me (and others, I know) suffering. That is why I do not respect you.
Vegans who eat their veggies and mind their own business on the other hand, they're A-OK."
Typical. Anyone who disagrees with you should just keep mum, hm? What's the matter, at a loss for actual argumentation? I imagine you would have been the sort in WW2 Germany saying "hey you silly Americans, stop making us feel bad for exterminating the Jews and maybe we'll respect you. Those who mind their own business and turn a blind eye to unnecessary and unethical practices are A-OK, though!" Nice.
Should we also stop all wild animals from consuming each other? Assuming your definition of "unnecessary suffering" is the consumption of animals, then aren't all wild predators deranged killers? Eating meat, alive or otherwise, is an integral part of nature, and while I respect vegetarians and vegans, it is going to remain that way for a very, very long time.
There's a reason we evolved with canines, and a reason we can pick and choose what animals we wish to eat. While I certainly don't believe humans are some sort of superior being above nature, the fact is we fought our way to the top of the food chain by killing and consuming. It's a natural process and there's nothing unnecessary about it.
"Should we also stop all wild animals from consuming each other? Assuming your definition of "unnecessary suffering" is the consumption of animals, then aren't all wild predators deranged killers? Eating meat, alive or otherwise, is an integral part of nature, and while I respect vegetarians and vegans, it is going to remain that way for a very, very long time."
I have no problem with wild animals doing the only thing they know how to survive. What I have a problem with is humans doing the same thing as wild animals, when more humane possibilities exist. And, when questioned, resign to their primitive instincts, seemingly helpless to do anything else.
"There's a reason we evolved with canines, and a reason we can pick and choose what animals we wish to eat."
Well ok....there's also a reason we have a vestigial tail (tailbone, manifested as an actual tail in rare mutations). Shall we revert to living in the trees? Our canines are hardly anything up to par with an actual carnivore's. The fact that they exist simply gives us the ability to tear foods a bit better than strict herbivore teeth. That in itself says nothing about what we should or shouldn't eat, but simply what we *can* eat.
"While I certainly don't believe humans are some sort of superior being above nature, the fact is we fought our way to the top of the food chain by killing and consuming. It's a natural process and there's nothing unnecessary about it."
Hm? It is indeed unnecessary to most people in civilized regions. A vegetarian diet contains all the nutrients one needs (contrary to popular omnivore myth). I really have a problem with the "we got where we are for a reason" mentality. We also "got where we are" through centuries and eons and slavery, war, etc. Such things have no bearing on what we *should* be doing at present. Imagine we were some monstrous space-faring creatures that ravaged entire populated planets to survive (bear with me). It's simply how we instinctively behaved. Then imagine we evolved the intelligence to survive without destroying entire planets full of life by artificially producing our own energy/nutrients from inorganic material from barren planetary bodies. Would you seriously still be saying "nah, stuff it, we got where we are by consuming entire worlds and stripping them of life; who's to say we should stop?" You may say that is an extreme example, but I made it so for a reason. To illustrate the point. The difference with our own reality is simply a matter of scale. The argument remains.
In nature, every living thing gets eaten by something, and most are killed to be eaten (the few with no predators die and are scavenged). If you don't kill it and eat it, something else will. We didn't invent the whole animals-eating-animals part of the plan of nature, and we didn't choose our position in it. No need to feel guilty about killing something to eat it.
"In nature, every living thing gets eaten by something, and most are killed to be eaten (the few with no predators die and are scavenged). If you don't kill it and eat it, something else will. We didn't invent the whole animals-eating-animals part of the plan of nature, and we didn't choose our position in it. No need to feel guilty about killing something to eat it."
Resigning to a perceived primal design that we are somehow helpless to change. A tired argument, I must say. It's funny how some people don't understand the distinction between wild animals and human beings. They walk around in highly advanced civilizations, with highly developed brains and capacity for intelligence and reasoning, and then when questioned about industrialized slaughter of animals to be ingested when other options exist, they essentially respond: "oh, I'm just living as my neanderthalic ancestors did. I'm just a hapless wild animal in the food chain, after all". Your physiology and society has evolved far beyond such primitive things. Surely your behaviour can, too?
I will normally try most things at least once. Actually the fugu and the octopus (I like it cooked already).....sound like they would be good to try at least once.
Yep...remember to all you vegetarians...PLANTS ARE ALIVE!!!! You eat them raw or cooked, but the diff to you is you can't hear them cry and they can't move in pain. But they heal when they are cut, grow, and live longer in some cases then mammels. SO using the excuse of I don't like hurting living things sorta goes out the window. Retake biology, or better yet go camping for a week and just watch nature (don't intervene) and then tell me how nice it really is.
Yep...remember to all you vegetarians...PLANTS ARE ALIVE!!!! You eat them raw or cooked, but the diff to you is you can't hear them cry and they can't move in pain. But they heal when they are cut, grow, and live longer in some cases then mammels. SO using the excuse of I don't like hurting living things sorta goes out the window. Retake biology, or better yet go camping for a week and just watch nature (don't intervene) and then tell me how nice it really is.
Well I have an honours degree in biology and frequently enjoy camping, so ok, I'll bite. Growth and longevity have nothing to do with the vegetarian/vegan argument. A rock can last millions of years. Crystals can grow. Moot points. Assuming you took biology, you know that plants do not have nervous systems, and thus are not capable of the sensation of physical or mental pain/suffering as animals are (mental only in higher animals). Can they still respond to stimuli? Sure. So can bacteria. That doesn't necessarily mean anything.
I really find it unfortunate the frequency with which I see people trying to justify universal meat consumption by attempting to discredit vegetarianism/veganism with pseudo-arguments about plants' well-being, an argument they know is more trolling than actual debate. Nothing about such rhetoric removes the fact that you certainly can reduce the harm done to other animals – many of which feel pain just like we do, especially those commonly consumed – and still live comfortably. If you think it your God-given or evolution-given right to consume animal flesh, at the very least reduce support for inhumane farming conditions by being conscious about where your meat comes from. Better yet, hunt your own food. Additionally, you can cut out *some* meat in your diet and still be perfectly happy, I'm sure. Any reduction helps.
I should also mention that there are convincing health, economic and environmental arguments for reducing meat consumption also, backed up by science. But that's another whole set of discussions.
well...59.42% of you all are yet to truly live!!!
I would love to try all of these plus some, including Tarantulas and Scorpions and so on. My dream job is to work on bizarre food along side of Andrew Zimmeren.
I couldn't do tarantulas... with their hairy, freaky, nasty little legs! aaaahkk!!
Scorpion though, I bet that would be pretty good.
I imagine they would cook/de-hair the tarantula first. Tarantula hairs (particularly those on the back, which can be defensively dislodged by the tarantula) can cause severe irritation of the respiratory tract.
Just had bird's nest aka swiftlet's saliva. yuuuuummmy. They're great for woman's skin.
Not something I would particularly like but I don't see anything wrong with eating a living thing. Thats the way nature intended it. I don't see it any worse than boiling live lobster for example, and I can't imagine having an issue with that. It's not like someone it taking a bite from a dog's ass and leaving it to bleed out. There is a spectrum based on human empathy for certain animals (why do we eat rabbits but not cats? answer: carnivorus mammals usually dont taste good) and taste, people who are to soft too appreciate the balance and poetically unforgiving cirlcle of life that makes up our natural world.
On a final note; in wetern imagery Eagles and Lions, natures most elite killers, are considered the most noble of animals often representing justice and bravery. On the other hand vultures and hyenna's, who eat only meat that has previously been killed, are considered the most ignoble and hated. Why should it apply differently to mankind?
Japanese people are awesome! They are very respectful people, they invented sushi and karate and they are the most advanced country in technology. Now they make a delicassy called fugu!
I should go there once.
I'm a waterterian.. I dont eat meats or veggies. It's such inhumane act to EAT..
That's disgusting! You sicken me! How do you know that water doesn't feel something?
I get all of my nutrients from the SUN, which of course makes me morally superior to you. Water killer!
I couldn't watch the video at work but did they include the lead candy bars?
Hah, that would have been more in keeping with their "toxic" theme, wouldn't it?
I have a great recipe to add!
Six Nuclear Sludge® Chew Bars
1 Gallon high lead content paint
1 Roll lead foil
Dip Sludge bars in paint. Let dry. Dip again and while still moist, sprinkle with crumpled lead foil. Enjoy.
I've had fugu at Morimoto's in NYC.... it was alright. I need to go to Japan for it to be really fresh. I have no desire to try live or squirming animals.... and bird's nest I've had in a smoothie. yuck
everything is not food! at the rate China is going they wont have any animals left to eat..
Fugu is quite sublime, unlike any other raw fish. There is no toxin in the flesh of the fish, only in the liver, if carefully prepared there is very little danger. that is why fugu chefs in Japan are specially trained. There are some people who will purposely eat the internal organs of the fugu fish for the thrill of it, feeling a little tingle from a trace of the toxin is alleged to be quite an experience. These are the folks that occasionally die from fugu poisoning. Normal fugu sashimi is readily available in Japan but fairly expensive.
Regarding the octopus, octopus, squid and mollusks have a toxin that is released upon death so you either have to eat it live, just after killing it or eat it cooked, cooking kills the toxin readily. As long as you chew up the little tentacles the suction cups are no problem. People don't think twice about slurping down a live oyster or clam (ok, some people do cringe) but shudder at eating the octopus because it is still wiggling. Whatever.
That's funny, that movie is on at my house right now!
What a great movie.
Somewhere in the world, there are people who cut the tops of monkey skulls off and eat the brains....while the monkeys are still alive. I personally find that barf-inducing, but that's the way it is.
Wasn't that just in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?
In a lack of legal constraints, I would torture to death such people with extreme prejudice. I would take thorough enjoyment in doing so as well. The only conceivable purpose of such a "meal" would be simply to do the most outrageous, cruel thing imaginable, perhaps for kicks. Or, possibly, some bizarre cultural belief. In which case the individuals responsible may simply be stupid, if not evil.
Oh, please. It would have been difficult to sensationalize this story more. These foods are both common and safe. Of course for the Japanese addition of CNN you could do a story on drinking bovine secretions and the dangers related to that.
You guys do realize that as Americans we eat tons (meant literally) of poisonous foods, if not prepared properly, each year. #1 most people don't realize...potatoes (part of the nightshade family)
Um, no. Potatoes are indeed part of the Solanaceae family, but they don't need any special preparation. They're not in the least bit dangerous to humans (though they, like most foods, contain certain chemicals that could be dangerous in much larger quantities) and the fact that they're related to other nightshades is no more relevant than the fact that halibut is as much a fish as poisonous stonefish.
Eating something alive is just NOT COOL. For those who desire that I can only wish the same cruel torture to them. If you can tell me why one would eat something still alive and why you feel so superior to do so, please enlighten me, scumbag.
One may eat something alive due to one's cultural differences. It may be acceptable in some cultures and not in others. I feel superior doing so because I am a product of evolution and it makes me feel like I have succeded in life.
Consider yourself enlightened.
You were fine till you felt the need to call people scumbags without knowing them or their culture.
"... why you feel so superior to do so ... scumbag" ... Who feels superior? I think I know.
I find eating a live animal morally repugnant. How terrible to end a life like that.
Moderately terrible, yes. Morally repugnant, no.
You do realize she was stating her personal opinion, not claiming absolute fact.
Can we have ONE article here without the vegetarians/vegans declaring that eating meat is morally depraved, and the meat-eaters attacking the vegetarians/vegans in turn?
This posts asks would you eat possibly deadly foods. One of those foods is a FRUIT, and another is the abandoned nest of a bird. Just answer the question the post asks and stop, both meat eaters and vegetarians, attacking going off track declaring your preference righteous.
Wait a minute.....article?!?!
You know what I meant. Trying to invalidate a single word I used does not change the point what I was trying to make, nor does it make that point any less clear to readers.
I wasn't trying to invalidate it. It was a very good point! I was actually poking fun at myself as well.
I am not a vegetarian. However, any article on food that lists eating an animal live should illicit a negative response from any conscientious person.
I would have to agree...the moral hand wringing and their equally offensive responses really aren't relevant or even necessary. People will eat it whether others like it or not – and that isn't going to change. I am not a vegetarian, never will be – if thats how they want to live no problem, so long as they live by their code and not interfere with mine.
Please, can't you be civil in your banner for this story. Do you think "die" is the right word since it brings forward sad memories of recent events.
Oh please.
I think I'd at least sample everything but live octopus.
1, if it's alive, it's going to feel things.
2, those things are very intelligent. I don't want my food judging me.
"I don't want my food judging me" – LOL! Agree 100%!
I have more risk eating everyday foods due to possible contaminants such as E. Coli. Fugu and similarly 'risky' food are usually prepared under much more rigorous quality control compared to everyday foods that are often harvested and processed under lax, deplorable conditions.
I totaly agree! They realize the danger of the food and will prepare it with very rigorous standards. Our modern food processing invites all sorts of contaminants. Have you seen the way they process veggies?!? Deplorable at best. Take the noble carrot. Yanked from the ground in the prime of it's life. Thrown into a giant bin, smothered with it's carrot bretheren, hauled off to be "cleaned" and then sent to stores around the world. I think I may start a facebook page in protest...
But seriously. I agree.
Octopi have nervous systems. Cutting them up and eating them alive is an absolutely cruel and shameful practice. Shame on you CNN for glorifying an inhumane and unsustainable dish. As journalist you have an ethical duty to think about the practical implications of your reports.
mmmm......nervous systems are yummy.
Yes, a meat eater here, but the live baby Octopii thing I found utterly repugnant.
Ummmm no... they have a 'duty' to be unbiased (as in, not have an emotional sway one way or another), and to report what is. If you want to write an article about the moral implications of eating live animals, that would go to the belief blog.
lol, ok. And I guess during WW2 it was the duty of news casters to simply report on the invasion of Europe and the Jewish genocide and not show emotions or opinions one way or the other about it. Such things should go in a "belief" section, right?
Yes, exactly.
A journalist doesn't tell people how they should feel, or how the journalist feels. They give the facts (those things that can be proven with the what/why/when/how stuff), and people decide for themselves what they should feel. Writing any article with the intent to incite emotion isn't journalism, it's sensationalism.
Actually I would have to go back and agree with the "duty" remark, but the idea that such moral stances should necessarily be relegated to some "belief" section is the relativism argument I disagree with. Back to my WW2 analogy, it would certainly be silly to force someone with a negative opinion on Germany's actions to state so as simply some sort of personal belief in a back section of the paper. It's ok to take an absolute moral stand about some things...
Anyway, back to this piece, I think it's a bit silly to say that this should be serious, unopinionated, neutral journalism. It's an eatocracy article about wacky dish choices, after all. Nadia certainly expresses explicitly and implicitly a support for the taste or idea of these dishes, and Martin expresses distaste (albeit somewhat subtly). Shall I decry sensationalism? No. Nonetheless, the idea that there's nothing inherently wrong with these dishes (well, the octopus one, in particular) is essentially implied by the manner in which this is presented.
Stop your crying dude. The octopus may be still wriggling around but its not alive. You seem to know so much about nervous systems so you should know. And you say its "inhumane". If you're going to eat meat, you should eat it as fresh as possible in order to get any nutrients or essential amino acids from it. Its called being high up on the food chain. Do you think a lion or tiger would kill a human in "humane" way before eating us? Why don't you take a look at nature for once in your life and get off your pedestal.
You are correct. 9 times out of 10, if the lion or tiger actually makes the kill, it is still alive when they begin to eat it. As a subsistence hunter once told me the best way to eat an animal is right after the kill.
Ah, but if we are willing to accept a moral equivalency between ourselves and tigers, why shouldn't we kill and eat each other? Taking your logic to its next step: tigers kill and eat people, why shouldn't we? And humans kill tigers out of fear that tigers will eat them, so why shouldn't everyone try to kill everyone else nearby to protect from being eaten?
Are we lions or tigers? No, idiot. We are far more intelligent primates. Do you roam around naked in the jungle or savannahs ripping other animals apart? No, you don't. And there is no excuse to, because you have a brain (specifically, one that is capable of more than primal, instinctive behaviour of lions/tigers/etc). Sheesh.
We evolved as hunters. It's what nature made us. Learn to live with it. Embrace it. Stop trying to be something you're not, and weren't meant to be.
@nepawoods
"We evolved as hunters. It's what nature made us. Learn to live with it. Embrace it. Stop trying to be something you're not, and weren't meant to be."
We also evolved as invertebrates, fish, amphibians, monkeys, cave-dwellers, etc, etc. Learn to live with it. Embrace it. Stop trying to be something you're not, and weren't meant to be, what with all your crazy buildings and computers and upright stances. Pfff.
My (our) ancestors crawled to the top of the food chain precisely in order to eat other animals!
They also evolved brains so that they could live based on higher reasoning than that...
These brains then developed delusions, thinking they were something they weren't. Or weren't something they were.
Shameful? That's rather arrogant and self-serving isn't it? who cares if it violates YOUR moral beliefs, it wasn't written for you and not everyone shares your worldview. Would I want to eat, heck no, but was I curious about foods that might be deadly and why on earth people would eat it sure. I dont need you censoring ME on what I can read.
With all of the fabulous food choices in the world, why risk eating something where you are at the mercy of human error. I've never heard of a person that never makes mistakes.
and thats why Mcdoanalds is never consistent
Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cassava, Sago, Almonds, Cherries, Apples, Nutmeg, etc... These are all poisonous if you don't take proper precautions. Tomatoes and Potatoes are members of the Deadly Nightshade family. Cassava is a root and Sago is a Cycad – each has special preparation methods. Almonds have to be roasted to get rid of the poison. Cherries and Apples have poisonous seeds. You can OD on Nutmeg and it will kill you.
The headline should actually be: Exotic Animals that Died for You.
Great big DITTO to your comment!
Yeah...let's take a baby animal, cut it up while still alive and then giggle with delight as we try to consume it and feel its writhing body parts against are throats as we ingest it. Idiotic barbarians.
I totally agree you Veggiedude. How can they even describe eating baby octopus that too alive. these human beings have no human in them any more. they are just barbaric beings. Shame on you Nadia.
MMMMMMM baby.....
I want my baby back baby back baby back ribs!
Exotic foods...hmmmm...Not all exotic foods are worthwhile eating; some are just too weird. Like the heading says "To die for" Yeah, you can die from many of them.
Take Ackee for instance; it is the national fruit of Jamaica, yet other Caribbean people won't eat it. The main reason why many stay away from Ackee is because it is deadly poisonous. Poisonous with a catch 22 that is. You must alow the fruit to full open for several hours, overnight is better; to allow the gas to completely escape. Like Sam said in the movie "Lord of the Rings" He needed TATOES to go with his Cooneys. Ackee and Saltfish (codfish) is a mouth watering taste.
No one has died of ackee poisoning in Jamaica in over 60 years
@caridad: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00015987.htm
At least 6 deaths positively attributed to ackee poisoning between 1989 and 1991
Bird's nest in chicken soup is delicious. And no, it's not supposed to be "chewy". It's like a soft gelatin. They make it sound more dangerous than it is. I wouldn't even classify it as the same category of dangerous food as puffer fish.
Silly bit of reporting to include Fugu in the same conversation as Ackee and Saltfish. The neurotoxins in Fugu is extraordinarily dangerous. Ackee and Saltfish is something that is on every menu in every resort in Jamaica and the chances of getting sick from Ackee are akin to being struck by lightning. Ignorance truly is bliss
I just wonder how many folks actually enjoy the taste of what they're eating as opposed to eating it to show other folks how cool they are.
I'm with you, TobyK.
Could not agree with you more! I don't eat animal products, however the idea of eating something live is disgusting and just plain wrong. It's crazy the things that people will do simply for their ego!
The idea of eating tofu is disgusting to some people. The idea of eating veggies is disgusting to some people. While I respect your opions and life choices, it's not polite to look down on others for their choices in life. "Plain wrong" is also a matter of personal opinion. Define right and wrong. Stop. You can't. Just give up. Eat meat.
"...the idea of eating something live is disgusting and just plain wrong."
Really? Do you have an issue picking an apple off a tree and eating it right away too? Carrots fresh out of the ground? Peas picked and shelled in your hand while in the garden? I personally wouldn't eat an animal live, but eating a vegetable or fruit that is freshly picked and still alive is no problem for me! :)
Who cares if your a vegetarian, and cares less what you think of those that eat meat. Sine when do you get to define what is and isn't right. Personally I think they eat it far more out ego than anything else and agree many likely do it for its "Look at me" value. So what, if they're impressed with themselves, it won't wreck my day.
we're talking central nervous system Mark, do you think fruit and veg feel pain? Get back to your pap food, your brain isn't fully developed yet.
Well, it's not just taste. For example, I have no concern for the taste of apples, but rather their texture. If an apple isn't crisp, it is not worth my time eating it. Texture is another big reason.
Fools. Evil Overlords laugh in the face of danger! Once my taste tester minion has been found, I will be trying all of these – except the live octopi, because that's on my food taboo list.
why is it all the wimps have names like Evil this or that or whatever? what kind of trip are you on here? "I'm such a bigshot an I eat living things" – duh. Get over yourselves babes, pray you don't get called up to something really dangerous.
"..the sensation is the suction cup as it goes down the throat." Um, Kat, would you eat that? For me no way in hades.
That is disgusting and cruel.
How can you cut up baby octopus?
This should be a crime.
He said he wouldn't.
I agree.
omg thats s so disgusting food
Don't knock it until you try it. It is amazing!!
in the wild they are eaten alive by other animals. So no difference when we do it. Cheese in some parts of the world is considered a disgusting thing.
Baby animals are more tender than adult animals. Veal, anyone?
Cutting up a baby octopus should be a crime? I'll bet if you were up to your chin in octopi, you'd think differently. Lots of people eat calamari – me, I don't like it. Tastes and feels like rubber. I know it's great bait to catch a real fish though.
"in the wild they are eaten alive by other animals. So no difference when we do it"
Yeah, because I mean we're just wild animals with no capacity to figure out right from wrong or how to live in a less harmful way, right?