[HN Gopher] Something's Jellyfishy in the State of Italy
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       Something's Jellyfishy in the State of Italy
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2022-10-18 02:24 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | Hansenq wrote:
       | As someone who enjoys eating Asian-style jellyfish, this article
       | was quite weird to read, as the author made it a big deal of his
       | personal experience being disgusted by it as a food. While I'm
       | glad that the author eventually ended the article on a positive
       | note having enjoyed the jellyfish (and relating it to the
       | introduction of tomatoes to Italy!), describing his disgust in
       | such detail was quite offputting. It's very normal for many
       | cultures around the world for jellyfish to be a part of the
       | standard diet. It reminds me of the stereotypes surrounding
       | normal food of other cultures (especially Asian cuisines) that we
       | see so often here in the US.
       | 
       | On that note, the fact that jellyfish was banned for consumption
       | in the EU was mindblowing.
        
       | david927 wrote:
       | There's a concern that the rise of jellyfish is due to over-
       | fishing, and so the response of, "Hey, let's eat the jellyfish,"
       | is, well, worrisome.
        
         | MengerSponge wrote:
         | It's also deeply human.
        
         | lordfrito wrote:
         | It's not just overfishing (which reduces population of
         | jellyfish predators) thats the problem, it's also related to
         | the general loss of bio-diversity in our oceans. I read
         | somewhere that climate change, pollution etc. favors more
         | primitive species like jellyfish, which being simpler can
         | thrive where more complex/interdependent species are showing
         | signs of distress.
        
           | satellites wrote:
           | Yeah, warming oceans are a huge part of it. Jellies can
           | thrive further and further north as the oceans fail to cool
           | off as much in the winter. So their habitat is expanding,
           | while the habitat of other species is shrinking.
        
       | advisedwang wrote:
       | Great article, I wonder about the nutrition content. The only
       | note is "Jellyfish are 95 percent water and a small percentage of
       | proteins" which doesn't really make much of a case nutritionally.
       | 
       | I wonder if it is a source of any important nutrients, if it is
       | not good for macros.
        
       | sargun wrote:
       | I want to feed jellyfish flavoured water (think chicken stock),
       | and then try to cook them. This couldn't be done with wild
       | fishing, but if the jellyfish could be temporarily transferred to
       | a holding tank while alive, it could. The chicken stock would
       | penetrate deep into them due to the nature of their open
       | circulatory system -- allowing the jellyfish to self flavour
       | themselves.
        
         | ghostbrainalpha wrote:
         | You don't think that would kill them pretty quickly?
         | 
         | I had Jellyfish in a home tank and couldn't keep them alive for
         | a week doing everything I could to protect them.
         | 
         | Shoutout to one of the WORST kick starters in history.
         | 
         | https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blake-gratton/jellytank...
        
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