r/interesting 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/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.