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The Tops Don’t Sting You

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.

Jellyfish are scary.

Jellyfish are scary.

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

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