Monday, 05 January, 2009

1. By John Wilson. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @09:32am:

   Eeeeeeewwwwwwwww !!!!!
2. By namowal. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @09:35am:

   That thing screams:
   "Use me in a childish prank! Use me in a childish prank!"
3. By . Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @09:48am:

   I'm reminded of the story of a group of young people that decided to try sushi for the first time. One dish was a whole fish chopped into sections. They looked at the eye and noticed that it followed their movements. They ran.
4. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @09:52am:

   There goes my plans for lunch.....argle bargle, mmmmmpffff, erk.
5. By Shel-tone. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @10:15am:

   Does not want.
   
   Here is a video of a sushi fish still trying to breath:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWSMxSyiqgY
   
   I've seen another where the fish was still moving, and the guys date screams everytime it moves and they send it back...
6. By Ripcord. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @10:42am:

   Many years ago, I walked into a Japanese restaurant in Taiwan with two other fellows and we randomly ordered from the menu. We had no choice but to order randomly because the menu was only printed in Japanese and we couldn't read it. We were already under the influence of distilled spirits before we got there so we agreed that we would eat whatever was served. One of my "delicacies" turned out to be fish eyes in black oil. Fortunately, I had some real doughy rice served along with them which I could just mush together with the fish eyes so I could scoop it up with chop sticks. Oh yeah, and we continued to lubricate our brains with Saki before the meal began so we really didn't care what was served.
   
   Bottom line... Start with Saki and end with Saki! It then doesn't matter what happens in between!
7. By Stoli. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @11:06am:

   I don't know. That's borderline. I'm all for trying new things and I'm sure it's totally fine to eat it, but I'd probably prepare it differently. Maybe in a sundae with raspberry sauce. Mmmm, raspberry eyescream sundae.
8. By major_danny. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @11:13am:

   Why did it actually taste OK? Didn't it taste OK?
9. By Ripcord. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @11:49am:

   argle bargle, mmmmmpffff, erk

   
   Must be a chant before something magical happens!
10. By . Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @01:44pm:

    Wow. We love sushi, and usually process about 100 pounds of albacore tuna every year, purchased right off the fishing boats. We eat it raw, grill it, fry it, freeze it, can it, and about every other thing you can do to it (insert Bubba Gump Shrimp reference here).
    
    My favorite part is the greasy belly flap, seared over a very hot fire but left raw inside.
    
    My least favorite part is disposing of the carcasses. Since we live in the hills and don't get regular garbage pickup, we can never put any kind of food waste in our garbage cans or it gets spread all over the yard. I used to always dig a deep hole and bury them, but they'd always get dug up anyway. Lately I just hike them off into the woods and toss 'em up on a stump.
    
    But whatever I do with the carcasses, it's with the eyes intact. I would never consider eating them.
11. By wally the duck. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @02:11pm:

    "The Eye of the Tuna"
    
    Hmmm, might make a good song. Or maybe not.
12. By Ripcord. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @02:18pm:

    All in f(l)avor say eye!
    
    Ok, I'm sorry for that. That deserves another

    argle bargle, mmmmmpffff, erk

    !
13. By . Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @02:58pm:

    In the movie version of Solzhenitsyn's ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, the lead actor freaks when his (fish) soup stares back at him. Siberian prison fare, that's what it is.
14. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @03:19pm:

    argle bargle, mmmmmpffff, erk

    
    
    It's what the three hags say as they ladle up the brew.
    
    Humphrey would just say "Here's looking at you, kid".
15. By ...pat.. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @05:24pm:

    One episode of the original Iron Chef program had tuna as the secret ingredient. One of the chefs served up eyeballs. I guess it's a delicacy. You're supposed to eat the fat and the muscle. I don't think you're actually supposed to eat the eyeball, though... just the interesting stuff that surrounds it.
    Ah yes, here it is
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0Ba09Jxhw
    4:40 into it, Michiba serves eyeballs.
16. By Ripcord. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @05:25pm:

    "Here's looking at you, kid"

    
    Right after "We'll always have Paris".
17. By . Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @05:50pm:

    Salt, pepper and then steam with chicken stock. The eyes absorb whatever flavors you cook them with, so you can also boil, but you should boil in a flavorful broth. You are not supposed to eat the eye per se, only the fluid within the eyeball and the fat and muscle tissue surrounding it.
    
    The eyes and cheeks are actually my two favorite parts of the fish, but in both cases they should be pretty big.
18. By wally the duck. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @06:23pm:

    "The eyes absorb whatever flavors you cook them with"
    
    Good point, jimbo. I know from personal experience that they soak up onion vapors like a sponge.
19. By Word Pecker. Comment posted 05-Jan-2009 @09:15pm:

    An Eye for An Eye.
    Neutrally speaking, that sure is unsightly.
20. By nyam. Comment posted 06-Jan-2009 @05:07pm:

    The eyeball fad came a few years ago when a TV show featured them being "good for the brain". Something about the lipid contents in the surrounding tissue. Too bad the OP didn't get that, ha.

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