The first time I try to grab the ………  it twists and turns so much that it jumps out through my fingers. The second time I pinch a bit harder and quickly dip the translucent ……….  in the accompanying emulsion of brown butter. When it lands on my tongue it does a little hop, skip and a jump before I decapitate it with my teeth and swallow the wonderful blend of crunchy shells, soft tail meat and creamy sweet butter.

I pride myself on the fact that I have never actually refused to eat anything put in front of me.  I think, I could, almost eat anything, including grubs and insects (given the right circumstances – I am not, right at this moment hunting for a nice, big, juicy spider, for example.  I’ve just had lunch!).  There are things I might ‘struggle’ with like slugs (if they are even edible) or, in particular, dog (it’s OK, Korea is not high on the list of places I simply must visit).

However, after reading this piece, I’m almost certain I can now add ‘live things’ to the list of the unlikely things!

And you? Would you? (Italians are excluded form this as they’re almost certain to dislike the idea ;-).  Sorry Lola, Pietro, etc.)