This Video Of A Sea Urchin Will Haunt You In Your Sleep
Leave it to chefRene Redzepiof the famed Nordic restaurantNomato share a food video onhis Instagram feedthat will absolutely terrify you.
He posted a video last week of a freshly caught sea urchin moving. One look at this thing moving and it instantly becomes clear that this sought-after, under-the-sea umami flavor bomb has been the inspiration for many horror film monsters.
It’s all in the mouth. Look:
A post shared by Rene Redzepi (@reneredzepinoma)on Jul 13, 2017 at 5:23am PDT
Creepy, we know. Here’s the thing: that scary-looking mouth is fairly harmless. It’s not going to bite you. The structure ismade up of five hard platesthat come together like a beak. And they use their beak-like mouths to scrape algae off of rocks.
That mouth doesn’t stop anyone from catching sea urchins and cracking them open toget to the uni ― ahem,the gonads ― that’s so beloved in Japanese cuisine (and hasmixed reviews in the states). We just thought you should know that it’s there.
Bon appetit!
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
