Salty, sour, fishy and hard... Sounds like I'm describing King Triton's cock, right? But I'm actually talking about Korea's favorite food. There are a lot of cultures that eat squid, but Korean people love it in a completely different way.For them it can be a snack, meal, pet, decoration, job or way of life.
And the stuff is sold everywhere. In stores, right next to the potato chips you see packaged dried squid. At baseball and soccer games there's dudes out front barbequing mass amounts of it. At schools, kids munch on it in class and on break like other kids would chew bubble gum.
Perhaps the main reason why Korean people love squid is the sense that they are giving respect to their forefathers. Most Korean people love the ocean (even though none of them can swim) and have at least one relative who is a fisherman or fisherwomen. Basically this combination blind love of country and ocean is keeping the demand for squid much higher than it should be. Because let's face it, the stuff tastes like crap.
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