Alex K Chen Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) I have extremely high disgust for meat and I finally had jellyfish today! It did not taste anything like meat, and being so far from humans in evolutionary distance, also is unlikely to have all the "side effects" of meat [like putrification or viruses] My disgust response still somewhat exists for bivalves, but jellyfish taste almost more like fungi/plants than they do like meat... ...And with jellyfish populations now overwhelming fish populations in our extremely diseased oceans... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498191/ Quote The dominant amino acids in both bell and oral arms of all jellyfish studied includes glycine, glutamate, threonine, proline, aspartate and arginine, while the major elements were sodium, potassium, chlorine, magnesium, sulfur, zinc and silicon. Among the jellyfish, A. hardenbergi exhibited significantly higher total amino acids, chemical scores and collagen content (p < 0.05) compared to R. hispidum and R. esculentum. Having good protein quality and low calories, edible jellyfish is an appealing source of nutritive ingredients for the development of oral formulations, nutricosmetics and functional food. Edited March 7 by InquilineKea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corybroo Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 The one time I tried jellyfish, I was overwhelmed by its chewiness. I'd asked the clerk in the store how it tasted, and she said "crunchy". I thought no way! So I bought some. I now believe that as a non-native English speaker she confused the words "crunchy" and "chewy". I recall it as otherwise rather bland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Chen Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 I'm a little concerned by cooking methods (cooking animal proteins in general can produce HCAs and way more AGEs than most food). Jellyfish has way lower calorie density than most animal foods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Allen Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 Never tried jellyfish but my diet is roughly 95% animal foods and I have yet to find anything that doesn't come out ok cooked sous vide. I thaw, cook and refrigerate food in reusable silicone food storage bags which supposedly don't leach chemicals as most plastic bags do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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