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posted by mrpg on Saturday July 29 2017, @03:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the protein dept.

Due to factors such as global warming and over-fishing of its predators, the humble jellyfish has experienced a population explosion in recent years. In fact, there are so many of the creatures in some places that jellyfish-killing aquatic robots have been designed to keep their numbers under control. It seems like a waste to just dump them, though. With that in mind, a scientist from the University of Southern Denmark has developed a method of turning them into a potato chip-like food.

Dried jellyfish have actually been eaten for centuries in Asian cultures. The drying process (which involves using salt and alum to extract water from them) takes 30 to 40 days, however. Additionally, the finished product has a somewhat gristly texture that's off-putting to many Westerners.

Mie Thorborg Pedersen has instead simply steeped them in alcohol, which replaces their water content within just a couple of days. It then evaporates completely once they're left out to dry, leaving nothing but a thin, crispy disc. Although the finished product reportedly doesn't have much flavor, Thorborg Pedersen states that, "The mouth feel and the aesthetic appearance in particular have gastronomic potential."

[...] A paper on the research was recently published in The International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science.

Meanwhile, still waiting for squid jerky to take off in the West.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday July 29 2017, @04:26PM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday July 29 2017, @04:26PM (#546307) Homepage

    Calamari itself is a lot like strips or rings of egg-white. It's pretty bland alone without sauce or seasoning, but fucking awesome when fried (what isn't?) and served with cocktail sauce. When eaten raw (as sashimi, for example) it is slightly more rubbery but has an interesting sticky mouthfeel, as if it were coated with some kind of dehydrating powder that dries your tongue.

    I wouldn't recommend squid sashimi only because every other variety of sashimi has much more flavor. Not terrible, but not good either.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:28PM (#546339)

    Ethanol-fueled giving advice on ethnic cuisine without racist profanities... Another troubling development following the legalization of marijuana.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:50PM (#546348)

    Thje big thing with calamari is cooking it right. Cooked properly it is delicious, but it is really easy to screw it up.