Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

[FRED]

Photo taken at a local restaurant.

[Rajiv]

Re: Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

Not quite what you think! Takoyaki is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, konnyaku, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver (aonori), mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings), originating from Osaka.

[GRG55]

Re: Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

Not quite what you think! Takoyaki is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, konnyaku, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver (aonori), mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings), originating from Osaka.

Some day someone's going to have to introduce those wimpy, city-slicker, rice eaters to the reeel thang...prairie oysters :

[raja]

Re: Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

My wife is Ukrainian . . . and loves to cook.
We also have a small farm . . . and odd bits of animals frequently find their way to the dinner table.

I often have to suppress the gag impulse when served rooster testicles, fish brains, cow tongue, etc. To her, these are delicacies. To me they are yeech.

However, what I've discovered is that my disgust reaction is totally psychological . . . probably learned from childhood . . . perhaps watching Leave It To Beaver where Beaver has trouble eating his liver. I just tell myself that "it's just proteins, fat, etc." and I'm able to swallow it. There really is nothing objectionable from an "objective" perspective.

I'm actually coming to enjoy these foods . . . and they are the most nutritious part of the animals.

[touchring]

Re: Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

octopus balls are not the balls of octopus.

[jtabeb]

Re: Hey, what's for lunch? Fried octopus balls? Yum!

My wife is Ukrainian . . . and loves to cook.
We also have a small farm . . . and odd bits of animals frequently find their way to the dinner table.

I often have to suppress the gag impulse when served rooster testicles, fish brains, cow tongue, etc. To her, these are delicacies. To me they are yeech.

However, what I've discovered is that my disgust reaction is totally psychological . . . probably learned from childhood . . . perhaps watching Leave It To Beaver where Beaver has trouble eating his liver. I just tell myself that "it's just proteins, fat, etc." and I'm able to swallow it. There really is nothing objectionable from an "objective" perspective.

I'm actually coming to enjoy these foods . . . and they are the most nutritious part of the animals.

My dad used to eat stuffed sheep's head. I could do it fine until I turned 3 years old and realized what I was eating. Never again. (I can't eat something that is looking back at me)