Korean TV

[christopher575]

Korean TV, originally uploaded by christopher575.

I have no idea what is going on. Nuna is in love with him, though, so we have to watch.

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[monsterbrain.livejournal.com]

I love watching Japanese TV.

There was an awesome reality mini-series about these two guys who had to eat an entire tuna. Nothing but tuna cooked a million different ways for 15+ days straight. And the slept on the floor of the room where the fish carcass was on ice.

It was awesome.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Wait. How big is a tuna? You're making it sound like they're dolphin-sized. Is that why dolphins get caught in their nets?

[monsterbrain.livejournal.com]

About that size, yeah. Really big for just two people to eat.

I think the dolphins/nets is because they swim alongside each other or something.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Wow. I always figured they were, you know, fish-sized. Like something you'd catch in a pond.

[monsterbrain.livejournal.com]

Nope.

http://www.tunacharters.ie/tuna_marco.JPG

The one on the show was maybe 3/4 that size. But still damn big for just two people to eat.

Here's a snippet from a transcript of the "Good Eats" (my favorite cooking show!) episode on tuna--

You know, before you can understand the real difference between tuna and other fish on the plate, it helps to appreciate the difference between tuna and other fish in the water. You see, like sharks, tuna never stops swimming, ever. But unlike sharks who can only attain real speed in short bursts, tuna are built for speed and distance.

Take for instance the rare Atlantic Bluefin. Okay, this thing can grow to fifteen hundred pounds, 9 feet in length and still maintain cruising speeds of up to 50 miles an hour. Imagine what that would look like passing you in the water. [a car passes him at high speed while he tries to thumb a ride]

How do they do it? Well, tuna are a lot like sports cars. Their bodies are bullet-shaped and low drag. They've got specialized drive trains and high performance parts all around. See these fins? At low speeds they stay up for agility in the turns. But then when this guy lays on the speed in the straight-aways, they lay down into recessed grooves along the body. Nice, huh? No wonder the U.S. Navy studies these guys when they build submarines. Oh, and inside? A specialized metabolism allows them to raise and lower his blood temperature as he dives.