There seems to be no shortage of ideas when it hail to the manufacturing of new and singular food . pillow slip in period , these Nipponese senbei rice snapper made from jumbo isopod — those oversize hemipteran - like crustacean from the ocean ’s depth .
Asreportedin The Japan Times , these snacks are now pronto uncommitted and are becoming quite popular . The first batch of 3,500 boxes , produced by a team of deep - sea fisherman this past natural spring , sell out in a month . Entrepreneur Kazutaka Hasegawa says he want this kickshaw to be more than just a blow over fad — he ’s hoping to make this a strong suit .
Frontal view of a giant isopod . Yummy . ( Credit : Mattes / CC SA 3.0 )
Giant isopod ( Bathynomus giganteus ) are carnivous crustaceans that hold out at sea depths ranging from 550 feet ( 170 meters ) to 7,020 feet ( 2,140 meters ) . They resemble common mundane pillbugs , but they can grow to a length of over 16 in . elephantine isopod are an excellent deterrent example of deep sea giantism at study , others being the giant squid and elephantine tube dirt ball .
Normally , elephantine isopods are thrown back into the ocean when caught . But a few years ago , a TV celebrity came aboard Hasegawa ’s gravy holder for an interview , and involve if they were eatable . Unsure , they poke fun it and discovered that it was “ delectable , ” tasting like shrimp and crab . ( Image credit : NOAA / PD )
After teaming up with a specializer from a Tokyo advertizement house and a sales coach from a party that produces shrimp banger , the threesome estimate it might be a right idea to swear out the isopods in cracker form . From Japan Times :
First they tried crush them into pulverization without adding any flavor . This was not a success . Because the hemipteron are omnivorous the odour of their organ was simply too pungent .
They continued testing dissimilar seasonings and varying amount of small-grained isopod until they found the perfect balance . The snacks are produced on the same production line as prawn snapper .
A exclusive box of a dozen crackers be ¥ 1,620 , or USD$13 .
observe : A previous variant of this article posted an incorrect currentness conversion .
[ Japan Times ]
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