Comments on: Eating a Tuna Eyeball

By: amelia

amelia — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:20:42 +0000

my sisters and I used to fight over who gets the eyes of the steamed fish. This one’s huge though..

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:34:43 +0000

bleah … heave … barf.

By: Guybrush Threepwood

Guybrush Threepwood — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:34:52 +0000

Oh, and I just remembered one thing: some years ago here in Brazil, we had a tv show just like “Survivor”.
One of the contests was a “goat eyeball eating stravaganza”… the contestant which eats more eyeballs would be the winner.
It looked very “hard”, cause they seemed difficult to chew. And when they finally burst the eyeball, some gross black fluid (coagulated blood, i guess) squirt from their mouths.

It was the most disgusting thing I´ve watched on tv (even more than Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher)

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:55:02 +0000

I imagine it’s pretty unappetizing boiled, but I think I saw it pan-seared on a cooking show before. That sounds more palatable. I imagine the meat around the eyes is pretty tender. I’m not sure I’d be up for nomming on the vitreous goop though…

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:45:47 +0000

I tried to google a receipe but there nothing on the subject… If I want to try, I want to try the right way. Boiling it? Yuck.

By: spoonrabbit

spoonrabbit — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:14:51 +0000

i LOVE fish eyeballs, cooked of course. it’s the best part. you guys dunno what you’re missing out on!

next time try steaming it with like, stuff like garlic and sauce.

now, mammal eyeballs… erm. and uncooked? that creeps me out.

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:47:50 +0000

*urp* There goes my appetite…

–TwoDragons

By: violet

violet — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:30:14 +0000

Steve, Don’t Eat It!

By: Max Power

Max Power — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:27:05 +0000

Monkey_Town, I’m with you, and the comments here made it even worse. :/

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:44:10 +0000

VOMIT

By: Sankt

Sankt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:25:15 +0000

let me describe it…had it a few times when i was a kid, growing up in southeast asia….

it is definitely fatty in a fishy, smelly way. my mom used to cook it in strong vinegar and soy sauce. add in some onions and ginger (to keep the smell bearable). basically jello-like, some parts with fish meat still clinging to it and definitely very juicy.

won’t eat it now though. balut…now that’s different.

By: SydneyClaire

SydneyClaire — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:09:15 +0000

My sister had a sheep’s eyeball once..she said ummmm…it was a little difficult to chew, due to the texture.

By: SacredMeow

SacredMeow — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:09:15 +0000

I’m happy I’m a vegetarian. Blech.

By: Monkey_Town

Monkey_Town — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:04:01 +0000

I feel lonely being the only one who had an actual gag reflex reaction to this article.

By: Frau

Frau — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:58 +0000

I remember eating fish eyes in the Philippines. They were always panfried, till crispy.

By: Guybrush Threepwood

Guybrush Threepwood — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:03:18 +0000

I have an uncle that literally SUCKS out fish eyeballs when eating them. It’s gross – not because of the cooked eyeball that pops out directly to his mouth, but because his manners. And it sounds like a loud kiss, followed by a huge slurp.

By: Valdis von Squi

Valdis von Squi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:35:06 +0000

Seeing other people eating other parts of animals doesn’t gross me out. But I don’t eat anything out of the ordinary, just because I tend to start thinking about it too much, and that grosses me out. :\

By: LisaL

LisaL — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:21:05 +0000

Eating fish eyes, I don’t find gross at all (although I’m surprised at how large that one is! Wow)… but the thought of eating the eyes from a mammal, grosses me out to no end.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:02:41 +0000

I don’t know that I think it’s gross. I would probably try it, though I wouldn’t go out of my way for it.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:48 +0000

Tuna eyes are awesome, jsut some lemon and its good

By: Aramax

Aramax — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:47:43 +0000

My father told me tales of my great grandmother eating raw sheep eyes. I dont find this gross at all, it kinds look like squids and I just love the taste of squids.

Baby squid salads are the best.