Or, you know, just stop exploiting critical ecosystems like the sea.
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Excess jellyfish is a product of climate change. If we don’t start finding a way to deal with them they’ll kill off other species.
Ecosystems tend to find equilibriums on their own, intervening will not help it and most likely makes it worse. Probably, a growing population of jellyfish is already a solution, the ecosystem came up with to a problem we might not even see yet.
I'm totally on board--I grew up eating jellyfish at every "nice" Chinese restaurant my parents took us to when I was little. At the very, very least, we should be exploring potential uses for jellyfish bycatch rather than sorting and tossing them to start.
What is the texture and flavor of jellyfish?
I've had it in Japan a few times. Usually a bit chewy for texture. I'm not sure how to describe the flavor, really. I don't have strong opinions on it either way.
The texture is closest to "wood ear," a kind of edible fungus that's used in Chinese (maybe Taiwanese?) cooking. It's like a mushroom with more "rubbery crunch" to it. Flavorwise, I didn't notice any unique flavor to the jellyfish itself, it just tasted like whatever it was brined in and didn't have any fishiness to it.
I think people in China already use jellyfish for food - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aucEaNDoCRY