Plenty of foods come surrounded by urban legends.
Hot dogs and genetically-modified organisms, for instance, come with a
cadre of rumors -- some true, some patently false. But if a recent
segment on "This American Life" is to be believed, it may be time to add
calamari to the list.
The popular radio show's Jan. 11 episode focuses on doppelgangers -- people and things that appear extremely similar on the surface but are actually totally different.
Among the doppelgangers? Calamari's modest cousin, "imitation calamari."
Though it has a shape and texture similar to the real thing, its
component parts are decidedly different. While calamari comes from
squid, the replica is supposedly made of hog rectum, otherwise known as
"bung."
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