Comments on: Doing My Part to Piss Off PETA — Chicken Galbi Topped with Live Octopus

By: PETA vs. San Nakji | ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal

PETA vs. San Nakji | ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:45:14 +0000

[...] It had to come eventually, especially after the san nakji on dalk galbi video. [...]

By: Korean cooking

Korean cooking — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:36:04 +0000

Wow hahaha! The octopus in the jjigae looked like it’s dancing in the firey hell. hahah Well, I will eat that jjigae any days!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:04:16 +0000

I bring home live crabs, but I put them in the freezer to kill before chopping them up or placing them in a hot, boiling water. If freezing to death is an option that I would find palatable for myself (if given no choice in the matter of dying) then I figure it’s o.k. to use with my food.

Not that buying live and fresh isn’t a good thing. My mom’s Korean so she totally buys into that bring-it-to-the-table-still-moving mentality, but I just can’t understand the idea of placing live octopi on a bubbling cauldron of food as a byproduct of seeking freshness. Surely a few snips of those scissors would acheive the same desired (and less painful) results and leave enough residual twitching to satisfy any morbid “shock” factor.

By: The Journal is Two Years Old — ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal

The Journal is Two Years Old — ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:12:09 +0000

[...] And finally I did more of what this site was intended to do: explore Korean food. The Hui and the live Octopus got the most controversy. I had some great grilled Pork with Skin, lots of raw marinated Crab (even [...]

By: kangmi

kangmi — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:22:57 +0000

I have every intention of trying this someday.

By: More Than One Hui — ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal

More Than One Hui — ZenKimchi Korean Food Journal — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:43:57 +0000

[...] Can you believe that this video gets more controversy on YouTube than the live octopus video? [...]

By: moby

moby — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:59:35 +0000

Have we lost all sense of compassion? If you really must eat animal flesh (I have chosen not to) at least do it as humanely as possible. I know that I would prefer to be killed instantly not slowly ripped limb by limb with my intestimes pulled out. I’m sure the poor creature will not care how “honest” you are being with yourself.

By: ZenKimchi

ZenKimchi — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:32:29 +0000

My guess is the same type of agony octopi go through when being harvested for food or getting eaten in the wild, or rather, much any animal we eat.

Except an experience where you are there to watch it go from living to dinner plate is a little more honest than getting meat in shiny plastic wrapped Styrofoam containers at the MegaMart.

By: Moby

Moby — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:34:00 +0000

Just wondering if anyone actually thinks about the agony the animal is experiencing… especially as octupi are very intelligent creatures. When kept in an aquarium they need daily intellectual stimulation. All for the sake of a taste experience!

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:54:45 +0000

Sonagi,

Why can’t he promote his stuff by saying XYZ is better. Don’t we promote by saying buy USA stuff all the time here in US. We in the US are being more strict with Chinese stuff flowing in US.