Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: re: live things (ukh!) Message-ID: <5497@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 19:38:19 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.5497 Posted: Sun Jul 7 19:38:19 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 05:34:20 EDT References: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> <191@utflis.UUCP> <155@husky.uucp> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 25 > > 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