Chinese people eat a lot of things. Some things are questionable for environmental reasons, others, questionable in general. But jellyfish (海蜇), what with its eerily gangly appearance and somewhat mixed reputation (thousand-tentacle sea monster or strangely pretty ocean lamps) might just be one of those foods that won’t make it mainstream in North America.
Whatever reservations a typical North American may have regarding the ingestion of these unique-looking creatures are not at all shared by the Chinese. Jellyfish is actually quite popular. Continue reading