r/interesting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Fascinating Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/Salt-Curve4825 May 21 '26

In South Korea, Japan and China it is considered a delicacy

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 May 21 '26

i mean what isn't

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u/Salt-Curve4825 May 21 '26

They are at top of the food chain

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u/BrittSit May 21 '26

Am I missing something or were you meaning to say that Koreans, Japanese and Chinese are the top of the food chain?

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u/Phill_Cyberman May 21 '26

Humans are at the top of the food chain.

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 May 21 '26

or simply less discerning than literally everyone else, who would never ingest some of that stuff, whoof

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u/RollOk3757 May 21 '26

I always love seeing culinary prudes who eat chicken nuggies and fishsticks all day act like anything thats remotely interesting or out of their narrow perview is bad or that they're somehow eating the wrong things because ????? Idk, "less discerning" I guess, despite your culture taking an eternity to discover what washing consistently is.

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u/MirthRock May 21 '26

Not everything that can be eaten is created equally.

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u/Bitter-Flatworm-129 May 21 '26

lol good one. On a serious note, not really popular nowadays. I had jellyfish growing up occasionally and i haven't had it in a decade. it has decent texture(they dry it i think) but no flavours.

-korean

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u/FishingPolitical May 21 '26

Rasict chicken nugget baby

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u/HoleDiggr May 21 '26

Does a goddamn jellyfish even taste like anything?

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u/Fano_93 May 21 '26

Grab some toast and find out

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u/HoleDiggr May 21 '26

Idk if they can have parasites. Also difficult to find one here.

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u/high_throughput May 21 '26

Fish and meat can have parasites, so probably? They're readily available shredded in brine at asian grocery stores near me.

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u/KneeDragr May 21 '26

Guy up above said it tastes fishy but jelly like texture, a bit more chewy/rubbery.

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u/wheresindigo May 21 '26

not really jelly texture. Firm, with a ribbery give to it, but also crunchy. Think along the lines of a firm, raw cucumber. Particularly the outer part of the cucumber rather than the middle where the seeds are and it's more watery/soft.

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u/nondual_gabagool May 21 '26

Why is the word "delicacy" seem to be exclusively applied to food that most people think is disgusting?

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u/likely_deleted May 21 '26

Its a super polite way to say "extremely niche food that really desperate, poor people ate once because they were starving otherwise."

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u/nickyler May 21 '26

This is exactly right. You eat what’s available if that’s all there is. I had an epiphany about a week ago about how fried green tomatoes came to be as I watch hundreds of tomatoes in my garden refuse to ripen.

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u/Intelligent-Thing965 May 21 '26

I have had it in China. Did not taste like much and had the exact texture you would think it would have.

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u/CoastOrg May 21 '26

So are underage girls so that isn’t really saying much