Jellyfish!

jellyfish are pretty but they scare me to death, i'm creeped out by underwater critters.

(Serves Six People)
Submitted by: Jade Villa Restaurant
Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon wine
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
3 teaspoons oyster sauce

1 pound jelly fish, dried

Preparation:

1. Soak jelly fish in cold water for six hours. Rinse with water and pat dry with a towel.

Cooking:

1. Mix jelly fish with the first four ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
2. Serve warm or chilled.

Nutrition per serving:

Calories: 30 kcal
Fat: 0.5 g
Cholesterol: 22 mg
Sodium: 112 mg

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Jellyfish the size of dustbin lids wash up on Scottish beaches as climate change heats up sea

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/17/article-0-0138A4050000044D-900_468x286.jpg

Saw an awesome lecture last month about the divide between jetters and the wide-but-shallow belled jellyfish, and what the evolutionary results are of their varying degrees of "fineness" of bell.

Also if I recall clearly, I don't think jfish HAVE digestive systems per se, or a lot of "normal" organs? They have really low levels of cell specialization. So they don't have a lot of choices about what kinds of cells to be made of.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/sep/26/jellyfish-theyre-taking-over/?pagination=false

too much crazy shit for just one pull quote. some don't die (ever), some are collections of different species that act as a single individual, they grow in polyp chains (organized like stacks of coins) that continue to produce new jellyfish for 35 years & counting...

Not sure what's freaking me out more about Gershwin's book (review linked above) - the idea of billions of these 450lb monsters swarming in the sea around Japan / China (capsizing fishing boats with their bulk)

http://i.imgur.com/ExZv7J3.jpg

or the idea of trillions of these in the Black Sea, creating a density of "500 fist-sized medusae in an area equivalent to the leg room under an average breakfast table"

http://i.imgur.com/Eps9Oop.jpg?1

The whole book is terrifying particularly if, like me, you have a strong aversion them. They are completely fascinating / beautiful though.

as i said on ilb, the LRB review made me very tense, full of tense disgust, AND YET I am drawn to read this.

tbf, it's mostly about the environmental degradation of the seas rather than JELLYFISH HORROR but it's more than enough to make me wary about going for a swim.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/17/georgia-lawmaker-wages-battle-against-human-jellyfish-hybrids/

"The mixing of Human Embryos with Jellyfish cells to create a glow in the dark human," his 2014 campaign Web site reads, "we say not in Georgia."

I'm glad someone is taking the issue of human-jellyfish hybrids seriously before it's too late.