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Here’s one not for the squeamish, from South Korea: A semi-cooked squid inseminated a woman’s mouth, according to a paper published in the Journal of Parasitology. After experiencing “severe pain in her oral cavity” when she bit into her seafood, the woman spit out her meal, but continued to feel a lingering “pricking” sensation.
Doctors found that the 63-year-old woman had “small, white spindle-shaped bug-like organisms” lodged in the mucous membrane of her tongue, cheek and gums.
Despite having been boiled, the dead squid’s live spermatophores, or sperm sacks, were alive and penetrated the woman’s mouth. The sacks, which contain ejaculatory devices, forcefully release sperm and a “cement” that attaches the sperm to a wall.
Not to worry, calamari lovers. Most Western-world squid preparation removes the squid’s internal organs, leaving only its muscle for eaters to enjoy, according to Danna Staaf, who writes the blog Squid a Day, published on Science 2.0.
Seafood, anyone?
Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/06/15/cook...
That's not the most disgusting thing I know of, but it's up there.
i went out with Korean people from the office for "giant clams" one night, and found myself sitting at a table with a fire BBQ in the center of the table, and watching the waitress put live mollusks onto the grill.
i was in shock for a few minutes, until the waitress pulled the mollusks out of their shells with tongs, put them back on the grill, and then I started eating them (after the waitress had cut them into bite-sized pieces) after dipping them into little bowls full of sesame oil, salt and pepper. i thought i had died and gone to heaven, it was so delicious (mostly the oil mixture).
I have eaten small clams and muscles cooked but still in the shell, though I'm not really crazy about that. I have had the escargot thing-snails cooked in their shells and smothered in garlic butter. They were okay but nothing I ever felt the need to eat a second time.
I nearly cried, when on my first trip to the east coast I was presented with a full lobster on my plate. I couldn't cope with it. I was in a restaurant and I sat there looking at it. Another patron finally came over and said, "let me help you dear" and she ripped it all apart for me.
I know and used to work with a lot of Koreans. They eat some things that I would never have imagined eating! I learned to eat them, however, and learned that it was just fine!
We Americans (and westerners in general) have pretty narrow views about what is edible. We are spoiled, and have more than we need of so many things that aren't that great for us anyway!
Sorry if I grossed you out, Sister.