What is this strange sea creature?
January 22, 2009 9:09 AM Subscribe
Can anyone identify this mysterious sea creature? My sister saw four of them swimming at the surface in Boca Raton, FL. They were undulating like squids; when contracted they look like black slugs, when stretched they look like that fellow in the photo. An entire crowd formed to watch, as they were so very weird.
I think I prefer "sea pickle" (per your sister's caption).
posted by cranberrymonger at 10:27 AM on January 22, 2009
posted by cranberrymonger at 10:27 AM on January 22, 2009
so glad you posted this... i'm pretty sure i ate one of these guys in korea recently. not tasty to me, but my korean pal loves them. you have to dip it in a 'special sauce' because if you don't your face goes numb. i didn't believe them when they told me that; i learned they weren't joking the fun way.
i've been wondering what the hell that thing was i ate and as i only had a korean name for it (summarily forgotten) i couldn't look it up when i got home. now i know. oh, for the record, the preparation for it in korea goes by the name (romanized) NAKJI, pronounced 'nock-jee.' that means they bring the critter to you alive and you eat it raw. fun!
posted by artof.mulata at 3:48 PM on January 22, 2009
i've been wondering what the hell that thing was i ate and as i only had a korean name for it (summarily forgotten) i couldn't look it up when i got home. now i know. oh, for the record, the preparation for it in korea goes by the name (romanized) NAKJI, pronounced 'nock-jee.' that means they bring the critter to you alive and you eat it raw. fun!
posted by artof.mulata at 3:48 PM on January 22, 2009
Response by poster: MrMoonPie, you nailed it! We even found this video after reading these responses. Although I must admit, I also prefer Sea Pickle.
posted by miffed at 8:51 PM on January 22, 2009
posted by miffed at 8:51 PM on January 22, 2009
artof.mulata:
Nakji is small octopus. And "san-nakji" is live small octopus. Very delicious.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:54 PM on January 22, 2009
Nakji is small octopus. And "san-nakji" is live small octopus. Very delicious.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:54 PM on January 22, 2009
i just want to state that joseph knows far more about korea than i do. many times he has corrected me and i am a better person for it. please excuse my ignorance; i am just an enthusiastic and hebephrenic mammal. he, however, is a knowledge base.
in apolgentia,
artof.mulata
posted by artof.mulata at 8:13 PM on January 25, 2009
in apolgentia,
artof.mulata
posted by artof.mulata at 8:13 PM on January 25, 2009
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posted by MrMoonPie at 9:24 AM on January 22, 2009