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is a delicacy of Sashimi
. It is translated as living or dancing shrimp. The sushi contains baby shrimp (Pandalus borealis
) still alive and able to still move its legs and antenna while being eaten. The meal is prepared quickly to keep the shrimp still alive, usually dunked into sake in order to intoxicate the shrimp. The person eating the shrimp would usually dip the live shrimp into a special dipping sauce and quickly chew on the animal to kill it.
The head and shell are sometimes quickly deep-fried and served on the side.
Kuruma shrimp are often used.
Sashimi
Sashimi is a Japanese delicacy. It consists of very fresh raw meat, most commonly fish, sliced into thin pieces.-Origin:The word sashimi means "pierced body", i.e...
. It is translated as living or dancing shrimp. The sushi contains baby shrimp (Pandalus borealis
Pandalus borealis
Pandalus borealis is a species of shrimp found in cold parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Many different common names are used, including pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, and northern shrimp.-Distribution:P...
) still alive and able to still move its legs and antenna while being eaten. The meal is prepared quickly to keep the shrimp still alive, usually dunked into sake in order to intoxicate the shrimp. The person eating the shrimp would usually dip the live shrimp into a special dipping sauce and quickly chew on the animal to kill it.
The head and shell are sometimes quickly deep-fried and served on the side.
Kuruma shrimp are often used.
See also
- IkizukuriIkizukuriIn Japanese cuisine, is the preparation of sashimi from a live sea animal, such as fish, shrimp, and lobster .Ikizukuri usually involves the customer selecting the animal they wish to eat from a saltwater tank. The chef, who is often a sashimi , takes the animal out of the tank, and carefully...
, the preparation of sashimi from living animals - SannakjiSannakjiSannakji or sannakji hoe is a variety of hoe, or raw dish, in Korean cuisine. It consists of live nakji that has been cut into small pieces and served immediately, usually lightly seasoned with sesame and sesame oil. The nakji pieces are usually still squirming on the plate...
, octopus eaten alive in Korean cuisine - Drunken shrimpDrunken shrimpDrunken shrimp is a popular dish in portions of China based on fresh-water shrimp that are often eaten alive, but stunned in a strong liquor—baijiu —to make consumption easier. Different parts of China have different recipes for it...
, shrimp eaten alive in Chinese cuisineChinese cuisineChinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...