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Wednesday 13 July 2011

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." — Mark Twain

Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco de Goya (1819)



































"How fresh is too fresh? We insist upon sushi so fresh the fish essentially lacks any smell or--I would say--taste. But we recoil (most of us would, anyway) at the notion of eating sannakji: live octopus dipped in sesame oil and chili sauce. As the name hints, sannakji is a Korean dish. A live baby octopus is plucked from the water, cut up and served, the tentacles still writhing on the plate. The dish can be quite dangerous to eat; the suction-cup-lined tentacles tend to grab onto anything they can, including the diner's throat. I consider myself a fairly adventurous eater, but the notion of putting anything writhing into my mouth makes me shudder."
— Jon Fasman, More Intelligent Life
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"The first time I try to grab the live shrimp it twists and turns so much that it jumps out through my fingers. The second time I pinch a bit harder and quickly dip the translucent creature in the accompanying emulsion of brown butter. When it lands on my tongue it does a little hop, skip and a jump before I decapitate it with my teeth and swallow the wonderful blend of crunchy shells, soft tail meat and creamy sweet butter."— Guardian
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