They got us this time.

[Trekker]

http://redbalcony.com/videopop.php?vid=1139435054&url=http://redbalcony.com

[ShotMagnet]

I was in a Korean restaurant which served a guy a just-killed octopus. That wasn't the bizarre part, watching him eat it was.

So we're clear, just-killed octopus move around for quite a while after they're dead. The tentacles were still trying to attach themselves to anything, like the man's chopsticks, his hand, his tongue, etc.

I was sitting next to him the whole time, I had no choice but to watch. I stuck with beer.


Shot

[chrisotto]

Being half Korean, I know that those octopodi not necessarily have to be dead to get ingested... Watch the movie "Oldboy" if you doubt it.

[ShotMagnet]

I was a believer after that afternoon. I'd had octopus since, dead and dried and served with a lot of red pepper. Pretty tasty, under those conditions.

Shot

[chrisotto]

I'd had octpus since, dead and dried and served with a lot of red pepper. Pretty tasty, under those conditions.

OH YUM! Love those... in the summer, squid are dried over charcoal.

[ShotMagnet]

Yeah, me too. Squid jerky was so tasty, especially over the brazier. The octopus over rice was the best, though. Plain rice, star-hot pepper, great combination. And an OB to go along with it.

Come out my way, I'll fix us up with multi-tentacled creatures, and maybe even some bul-go-gi.

Or (much more likely) we'll go find some at a restaurant.


Shot

[chrisotto]

Every had those calamari in a kind of chilli sauce? Goey & red?

[ShotMagnet]

No. Tasty?

I've had calamari like maybe twice. Not bad, a little chewy but not bad. Does chili sauce improve the experience?

I confess I'm not much for water-dwelling things. I have a shellfish allergy and I'm not fond of fish to begin with. The seafood restaurant outing that evening hadn't been my idea.


Shot

[chrisotto]

Chilli does improve the experience.

You leave the calamares in a kind of spicy marinade - they loose that squishiness and get tasty... yum!

[Trekker]

you two are sick.

[chrisotto]

Trekker, if you ever end up in Zurich, contact me. I'll show you Korean food!

And if I'm in Sweden again, I will want that favour returned!

[Trekker]

I promise. But until that day i will stay very suspicious for eating half-dead things :)

[chrisotto]

The last time I had hering - sill - I bet there were living things in the vinegar...

[Trekker]

Thats not the same thing, thats an fine old Swedish course..


Ok, you got me on that, but still...squids. No thanks.

[Elf`]

I promise. But until that day i will stay very suspicious for eating half-dead things :)

Better not ever meet my ex-fiance then.... :roll:

[Bluewings]

You 've got bits missing Elf ? :mrgreen:

Cheers . :3starSK:

[Elf`]

the bad girfriend part is missing ,..yes. All the important bits are still present!

[ShotMagnet]

Trekker, if you ever end up in Zurich, contact me. I'll show you Korean food!

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that there's Korean to be had in Zurich, though if you and Trekker come out this way you'll find more (if not necessarily better) in the way of Hangkuk sik.


Shot

[chrisotto]

I can offer home made Han-Guk sik, but I'm sure the West Coast offers far better restaurant food... and more Korean groceries... etc.

[ShotMagnet]

Copy on the groceries, but for authentic Hanguk sik one either trusts the restaurants or relies on local talent. Shot remembers how to do some of it, but there is abundant local talent such that Shot need not rely on memory.

Good thing, no one knows how to do bulgogi like a native.


Shot

[chrisotto]

Tell you the truth, some natives (not me!) make bulgogi with mashed onions and coke.

[chrisotto]

btw - let's get more people in the thread...

Octopodi on Toast, anyone?

[PS-SCUD]

Did someone say toast ? :P

[Trekker]

While on the subject "things i would never eat sober", once in Egypt i ate raw shark, can't remember what shark-brand. But it was amongs the finer meals i had down there.

But still, SQUIDS!

[chrisotto]

shark-brand

:D

Don't forget, original fish'n'chips is made with shark meat.

And squids are good. Most people's experience with squid is made with calamari rings, deep-fried in batter. I hate those, I believe myself to have supassed and risen to a new level of see-food-wisdom... crab-meat salad, made with chilli and grape-fruit-juice...

[Trekker]

Im sure they can be made real tasty, but the idea is not to appealing. All i see is a grey/white slobery thing with to many arms. But many things has seemed strange until one tests them and find out that they are really good.

[TopKick]

"You eating pretty low on the hog, ain't you boy?" That's how us Texicans would classify eating squid and sushi and and kimchi and such.

[chrisotto]

Didn't get the hog part.

Could you specify?

[TopKick]

Eating low on the hog: Eating lesser than top quality cuts. Cuts that come from lower parts of the animal in question.

Examples: Pork loin, pork chops and ham are generally considered to be “Eating high on the Hog.” Eating, pig feet, ham hocks, chitlins, cracklings, liver and snout are considered to be eating “Low on the hog.”

The underlying connotation in the Southern vernacular being, “That boy is too poor to eat high on the hog.”

Thus by association, unusual or disgusting critters, bottom feeders, squid, snails, gizzards, internal organs, etc., etc., are considered the same as “Eating low on the hog.”

[chrisotto]

I like it - must come to Texas... they sure must know a good BBQ!

[TopKick]

BBQ is a refined culinary art here in Texas. We have annual BBQ cook-off contests in many cities throughout the state. The winners get bragging rights and awards. In Texas we consider Beef the only meat worthy of being barbecued, while in other states, Pork is the preferred meat of choice.

The same arcane standards apply to chili. It Texas it’s considered disgraceful to cook chili that contains beans. Occasionally, chili with beans wins a cook-off contest. That results in impeachment of the Judges and their humiliation in local newspapers as nincompoops or northerners.

And then we have our annual hushpuppy cook-off and Olympics. This occasion is the social event of the year - discounting opening day of deer season - and draws contestants from all over the country, as all the cooking contest do. You ain’t lived until you’ve gorged up on hushpuppies, catfish and beer, then ran the 10km marathon.

[NEpi]

trekker, are you sure it was shark?
with squids, you know what you're eating :)

[Trekker]

Im sure they said it was shark, might have been a camel. But it tasted good. :)

[ShotMagnet]

BBQ is a refined culinary art...
Isn't that an oxymoron?

:)

Shot

[TopKick]

LOL! Almost!

Properly Cooking BBQ is an acquired skill devoted to years of mastering refined cooking techniques that allows one to achieve perfection in the preparation of this delicacy. Therefore, as an acquired skill it is art.