Why can't Noahides eat this Korean dish?

Usually the complex dietary laws regard Jewish observance, but there are also dietary laws in Noahide observance, even though their keeping is much easier and rarely comes to mention.

One of the Seven Laws of Noah, which God have to Noah for all of his descendants (i.e. all humans) to keep, is:

Do NOT eat flesh from an animal still living.

This looks like a pretty easy commandment to keep, and it is, but you should be aware that in some cuisines consuming living animals does existing. Such is the case with Korean cuisine.

In traditional Korean cuisine exists a dish called san-nakji (or sannakji) which consists of two main types:

The first and more common one is raw chopped octopus;

The second one, which we are concerned with, is a living octopus supposed to be eaten while still alive and moving.

Two people eating living san-nakji.

While the living variant of san-nakji is rarely served nowadays, it still does appear here and there.

As you can guess, this dish cannot be consumed by anyone observing the Seven Noahide Laws.

All this said, dear Noahides, remember that there still are such foods that cannot be eaten by people who believe in the Lord, our God.

We hope that this article was helpful and informative to you and we wish you good and blessed day!