[net.cooks] live things

mj@husky.uucp (Mark A. Johnson) (07/03/85)

	I've heard of the "live monkey's brains" and the "deep
	fried live fish' (though, I didn't know the latter was cooked).
	One additional dubious delight I haven't seen mentioned here 
	is based around what is usually thought to be a mainstay of
	vegetarians and Japanese - tofu.  On the last page  of 
	"The Book of Tofu", the author describes a barbaric Japanese
	delicacy.  A block of tofu is placed in a clear glass pot
	along with several live loaches (small, fresh-water
	eels). At the table, the pot is slowly brought to a boil.
	Trying to escape the heat, the loaches burrow into the
	cool tofu, where they are cooked.  The block is then
	lifted out of the water and **sliced**.

	Being a vegetarian and a (albeit not avid) fan of tofu, I
	find this Utterly Repulsive, and also a waste of perfectly
	good tofu.  Thought I'd bring it up for the
	entertainment and edification of those types who enjoy a
	sick discussion as much as I do.

	Mark Johnson
	(...rochester!ritcv!husky!mj)

jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (07/08/85)

> 
> 	I've heard of the "live monkey's brains" and the "deep
> 	fried live fish' (though, I didn't know the latter was cooked).
> 	One additional dubious delight I haven't seen mentioned here 
> 	is based around what is usually thought to be a mainstay of
> 	vegetarians and Japanese - tofu.  On the last page  of 
> 	"The Book of Tofu", the author describes a barbaric Japanese
> 	delicacy.  A block of tofu is placed in a clear glass pot
> 	along with several live loaches (small, fresh-water
> 	eels). At the table, the pot is slowly brought to a boil.
> 	Trying to escape the heat, the loaches burrow into the
> 	cool tofu, where they are cooked.  The block is then
> 	lifted out of the water and **sliced**.
> 
> 	Being a vegetarian and a (albeit not avid) fan of tofu, I
> 	find this Utterly Repulsive, and also a waste of perfectly
> 	good tofu.  Thought I'd bring it up for the
> 	entertainment and edification of those types who enjoy a
> 	sick discussion as much as I do.

Yum! Sounds absolutely delicious to me!!

				rip, shred, tear,

				Jeff Winslow