Eating a whole live octopus in Korea

[yuiyoshida]

[CBGLuthier]

1. They did this, for real, in the film Old Boy and I read that the actor

Choi Min-sik, being a Buddhist, before each take he and the crew would have to offer a prayer of apology to the octopus before devouring it.

it took seven takes and seven octopi to get the shot they wanted.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. was that the original Oldboy? Because I just the other night I watched the remake with

Josh Brolin and Samuel Jackson and I don't remember an octopus eating scene.

[CBGLuthier]

26. Yes, the original.

Have not seen the remake yet. Any good?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. It drags a little in the beginning but, it held my interest.

I had the ending figured out before it happened but, I was not for sure. It is pretty sick and twisted. I bet the original Korean is Really Sick and Twisted.

[flying_wahini]

2. Gross and rather horrifying

Kept waiting for her to puke it up

[yuiyoshida]

4. I am not sure I could do that...

Yeah, oysters or clams.. okay..but you would have to have the constitution of a Klingon to eat that! (TO her I say..KA~PLAH!!)

[LiberalElite]

3. This is cruel nt

[yuiyoshida]

5. No..in Korea this is food

nt.

[LiberalElite]

6. It's cruel nt

[yuiyoshida]

7. Next time you sit down to a steak dinner..

Think about the cow...and say that, k? And..if you are a vegetarian.. same thing,
plants are alive. Enjoy your salad!

[LiberalElite]

8. I've been

a vegetarian for more than 25 years. Comparing vegetables to a sentient creature is bullshit. That's an old worn out tired excuse honey. You lose.

[yuiyoshida]

9. I just said so ...

Plants are alive when you eat them. ENjoy your salad. AND PLEASE, DON'T GET SEXIST CALLING ME HONEY. I AM not your honey.

[LiberalElite]

10. Failed bio 101?

[yuiyoshida]

11. We ALL LIVE OFF LIFE...(And death)

that's your BIO 101. Unless you want to start eating rocks or start soaking up the sun directly while your body produces chloroform .. enjoy your salad.

[alphafemale]

30. No one eats the damn cow alive.

This is some sick shit.

An octopus may be even more intelligent than a chimp or dolphin.

And it is cute to eat it alive when it fully is aware of what is happening to it.

You equate that with eating a carrot.

Right.

[yuiyoshida]

31. Its the way they eat it in South Korea

Like it or not, its not going to change there. If you want to call Koreans barbarians have at it. But some things are part of another country's culture whether you like it or not.

[alphafemale]

32. I also do not accept female genital castration or elephant and tiger genocide.

Does that make me adverse to another country's culture as well?

I will not accept little children being raped and married at 8 because that is a cultural norm.

I will NOT accept barbaric, wretched things defended as a cultural difference.

Eating a sentient creature alive is barbaric.

Defend culture at your pleasure.

[yuiyoshida]

33. It STILL WILL NOT CHANGE

Whether you like it or hate it. Enjoy your day

[alphafemale]

34. And somewhere a little girl is getting her clitoris hacked off with a sharp stone.

It's OK because it is their culture and we can't change it.

You have a nice day as well.



Oh yeah.....on edit

[yuiyoshida]

35. In case you haven't noticed...this post is not

about hacked off Clitoris... its about KOREAN FOOD... is this called a strawman? I believe it is.
ENjoy your day,

[alphafemale]

36. It's about eating a sentient being....Alive.

An octopus is generally accepted as being more sentient than dolphins and primates.

Culture is often wrong.

[yuiyoshida]

37. I think we are done now...

that means, we are done now. Bye sayonara!

[HipChick]

20. No...its an octopus...

It was going to get eaten...anyway...by something

[pinboy3niner]

13. Meh. They don't even have an octopus cannon.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018653117

[nomorenomore08]

14. A couple weeks ago I ate a delicious paella with whole squid in it.

But of course, these were cooked and quite dead.

[yuiyoshida]

17. In Japan octopus is Tako

And is quite good. That is about the only way i would have eaten it!

[davidpdx]

15. Cute, but she flung the thing around

Squid is not my thing though.

[yuiyoshida]

16. She did throw it around but she was

obviously scared or freaked out about touching it, but it took a lot of courage for her to do it. I am not sure I could, placed in her situation. The guy with here was a bit of a jerk though..

[HipChick]

21. What sauce was it dipped in?

[yuiyoshida]

22. Might be ginger dipping sauce, but this might help...

http://koreanfood.about.com/od/saucesandmarinades/

[davidpdx]

25. Yes, she was freaked out

I'd probably be even worse.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. In the years I worked for a Chinese law office near L.A.

my boss invited a lot of rich clients to lunch and would ask me to tag along. One day in the restaurant they brought out a live lobster and the waiter carved it up at the table, removing its limbs and tail. The head and body still looked alive while people were eating its parts, raw. I didn't partake; I can't eat any seafood or I puke. This almost made me puke without eating.

[yuiyoshida]

19. Never heard of Lobster

being eaten raw. I have had it steamed or boiled most of my life, and its the best thing with melted butter, and a touch of garlic. As for eating anything alive, I suppose Raw clams or oysters maybe, but those are usually iced.. or put with ice. I would have a very hard time doing what she did. But, when in Korea, do as Koreans do...I guess.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. ew.

[AsahinaKimi]

28. I am 1/4th Korean and even I

Could not do that. No way! She is cute, though!

[hobbit709]

29. There's two things I won't eat.

1. Anything still alive
2. If it comes out of the water, it better be cooked.