This is why you need to start eating jellyfish

We're guessing they taste 'just like chicken'...

Why we should eat jellyfish
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Scientists are urging us to take a culinary side-step and start to eat jellyfish.

Why? You might ask. Is it the latest superfood trend? Will one of the transparent tentacles give us the skin of a baby or a metabolism that'll let us eat all the cake without a second thought?

Well, no. But what it will do is help curb the worringly high numbers of jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea.

According to a recent study conducted by Slovenian and Portuguese scientists, a particularly hazardous breed, the mauve stinger, is floating more frequently around Britain in particular.

The Mauve Stinger jellyfish
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Their sting is classified as one of the worst, often causing a burning sensation, intense pain and skin rashes, The Independent reports.

Not enticed to order it? Well no, us neither, but apparently they taste just like other seafood favourites.

Professor Silvio Grecio – one of Italy's most esteemed marine biologists – has been experimenting with ways to make the harmful sea creature appetising.

'Jellyfish remind me of oysters,' he explained to the BBC. 'When you eat them you experience an explosion of the sea on your tongue. They are, after all, 90% seawater.'

In short, they're the celery of the sea world.

It's a big issue for biodiversity, explained Grecio, who insists the jellyfish are a highly opportunistic species that quickly conquer empty spaces in the sea and are consequently inhibiting marine food chains.

If you're feeling tempted then Grecio recommends deep frying as a great way to cook the creature as it gives it a calamari feel.

Would you be tempted to try jellyfish with aioli next time you're on your holiday?

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