Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 SMI; site husky.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!husky!mj From: mj@husky.uucp (Mark A. Johnson) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: re: live things (ukh!) Message-ID: <155@husky.uucp> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:16:53 EDT Article-I.D.: husky.155 Posted: Wed Jul 3 08:16:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 06:21:23 EDT References: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> <191@utflis.UUCP> Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY Lines: 22 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. Mark Johnson (...rochester!ritcv!husky!mj)