First you pound the fish flat with a mallet

[sovay]

Is it a bad sign if my first reaction to the discovery of a new crustacean is "Aww . . ."* and my second is "I wonder if it's edible?"

*So fuzzily Lovecraftian! Also, the fact that there's a Polynesian goddess of crustaceans simply rocks.

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[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

... that was my thought, too. You just know somebody's gonna start a restaurant.

[sovay]

Wait a year; I bet you it's part of a sushi at Miya's. The Kiwa Decompression Roll. I'd try it.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

As would I. The chef would be sitting in the back on a gigantic black-leather swivelly chair with one of them (modified to breathe air) perched in his lap, petting it rhythmically and laughing maniacally.

[sovay]

with one of them (modified to breathe air) perched in his lap, petting it rhythmically and laughing maniacally.

*ksnerk*

I can only state that the next Bond film would be infinitely improved by the scene you have just described.