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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: 5, Touché) by Magic Oddball on Sunday July 30 2017, @02:01AM (1 child)

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Sunday July 30 2017, @02:01AM (#546512) Journal

    They're not vegetarian because they're made of animal meat

    Wrong. [wikipedia.org] Jellyfish are made primarily of a gelatinous material covered by an extremely thin dermis.

    and they're killed to become food.

    Plants are also respiring, digesting, reproducing, moving (albeit very slowly), sensing sound waves & injuries, etc. all the way until they're killed in order to be eaten as well. They're no less "alive" than a jellyfish, and moreso than an unfertilized chicken egg.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @04:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @04:26AM (#546551)

    Of course plants are alive. So? Let's not water down the term "vegetarian" until it becomes totally meaningless.