What’s up with seafood boil mukbangs?
The seafood boil: a mix of different shellfish, Cajun sauce, potatoes and corn. Not a new dish, but suddenly YouTube is full of seafood boil mukbangs. What’s up with that?
Seafood boil mukbangs? Let’s break it down:
Seafood /ˈsiː.fuːd/: animals from the sea that can be eaten, especially fish or sea creatures with shells.
Boil /bɔɪl/: to reach, or cause something to reach, the temperature at which a liquid starts to turn into a gas.
Mukbang/ Korean: mʌk̚.p͈aŋ: a video or live broadcast of someone eating large amounts of food for entertainment.
#anythingfortheviews
Actually, seafood boil is real Louisiana soul food: a one-pot dish packed with crawfish, cayenne pepper, butter, lime and Worcestershire sauce. Sometimes it’s made surf & turf-style with some chorizo. De-li-cious and comforting.
But apparently not comforting enough for the mukbangers among us. On YouTube, they add litres of cheese sauce to the boil as well. The lobster tails, king crab and prawns are dipped in a thick cheese sauce. Good combination? Opinions are divided. The internet proves, at least, that it has to be as spectacular as possible:
Eating king crab on top of a moving car!! Must watch!! Funny!! 😭😂😂😂 @WORLDSTAR @thisis50 #mukbang #asmr #seafoodboil #seafood #Trending #viralvideo #kingcrab #mukbangvideos #mukbangasmr #TrendingNow https://t.co/z5RTxXq2Ps pic.twitter.com/afoKvW7Pem
— EatEatWithE (@EatEatWithE1) May 15, 2019
Because yes, eating in front of the camera is far too standard, so why not do it on a car? #anythingfortheviews, right? In the videos, the cheese isn’t only served in a bowl; entire cheese sauce fountains are brought out. White clothing is a no-go either way.
Back to basic
We’d still rather go for the traditional boil, simply at the dinner table. But Louisiana-style: prepared in gigantic quantities so we can eat it with a large group.
What exactly goes in it? That’s up to you. One person adds more crawfish, another crab and someone else mussels. Whatever you want.
How do you eat it?
Not with a knife and fork, that’s for sure. You can eat it from a plastic bag or, if you’ve been inspired after all, in front of the webcam (on a car or otherwise), mukbang-style. In Louisiana, it’s customary to cover a long (picnic) table with newspapers and spread the seafood boil across it. Shared dining at its best.
Will you try it with or without cheese? Here’s a recipe.
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