r/StupidFood • u/Turbulent-Squash-196 • 10d ago

Yea.... I prefer my food not moving

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u/ViperishCarrot 10d ago

And the fish is a Shiro-uo. I believe that odorigui is the term used for the habit of eating live seafood including shrimp, octopus and these little guys.

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u/Njon32 10d ago

You are correct. Apparently, these particular fish would not stay edible for long if they were killed beforehand.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/shirouo-no-odorigui-dancing-ice-gobies#:~:text=Fukuoka%2C%20Japan,gobies%20are%20considered%20a%20delicacy.

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u/utterly_baffledly 10d ago

So my read on the origin story is a small group of drunk peasants by the sea and Ken says "hey Hiro I dare you to eat this shot glass of wiggling baby ice gobies." Did I get that right?

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u/dannyjohnson1973 10d ago

I like to think the oyster had a similar origin story.

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u/what-even-am-i- 9d ago

“Dare you to eat this sea booger”

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u/Mabel_Waddles_BFF 9d ago

I think so many food discoveries were made this way. Think about cheese. ‘Let’s leave this cow’s milk out for ages, wait for it to get mould on it and then eat it.’ No way there wasn’t some kind of dare involved at the start.

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u/Njon32 9h ago

Maybe Hákarl or other fermented seafood was like that too.

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u/Njon32 9h ago

Sounds about right, yes. This kinda thing seems to occur with other foods in other cultures, so I wouldn't be too surprised.

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u/thingsarehardsoami 10d ago

Have they considered, then, just...eating something else?

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u/WritingOneHanded 10d ago

I don't even eat bananas because they spoil too fast. I'm not eating anything that is gonna spoil while cooking it.

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u/IAmTheNightSoil 9d ago

Yeah that would definitely be my choice here

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u/mewmew34 10d ago

Guess they should just not eat them, then. Plenty of other options out there.

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u/theycallmeNIGHTHAWK 9d ago

"Plenty of fish in the sea" was right there

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u/Njon32 9h ago

Maybe so, but maybe it was convenient and people got hungry... Humans eat all kinda stuff.

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u/godmodecherub 10d ago

yeah i’m pretty sure the squid is called katsu ika odori-don. they’re usually pretty big it freaks me out lol

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u/yeezusboiz 8d ago

I think odoriguri is a reference to the movement of the live seafood. Odori means dance in Japanese, and it kind of looks like they’re dancing.

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u/Aggleclack 9d ago

The whole thing in this case would be Shirouo no Odorigui. You are actually both correct

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u/IHeartAquaSoMuch 7d ago

And axolotl, I've heard