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Jellyfish
海蜇
Jellyfish salad is the first cold plate on a table for guests: crunchy, cool, sesame-scented. Asian grocers sell instant shredded jellyfish in pouches (rinse and dress); dried-seafood counters sell whole salted sheets that soak overnight and blanch for ten seconds.
Preparation
Rinse and squeeze the instant kind; soak the salted kind overnight.
Origin
The southern China coast. Instant pouches at every Asian grocer; salted sheets at dried-seafood counters.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · instant jellyfish
Where · Every Asian grocer (instant pouch); dried-seafood counters (salted sheets)
Where · Every Asian grocer (instant pouch); dried-seafood counters (salted sheets)
