nature should be unnerving and alien and thoroughly remind us that we're just a bag of grease and water with mental health issues

Better than eyes I guess, like some places in bloodborne that creeped the fuck out of me

aren't we all

yeah it's flavourless but interesting texture especially cooked. healthy too. really good in malatang/maocai/hotpot etc together with a bunch of other stuff

I legit did not know the "jew ear" thing. My bad.

This is pretty interesting, from Wikipedia:

Its specific epithet is derived from the belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from an elder tree; the common name "Judas's ear" was largely eclipsed by the corruption "Jew's ear", while today "wood ear", "jelly ear" and other names are preferred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae