I dry-aged a VENOMOUS fish ate it and this happened!

[@Mac_Spector]

Lionfish are highly invasive because nothing else eats them, but we've found a natural predator, and that's Guga

[@ValkyrionX2]

Because of their venomous long fin? Damn that is quite effective although it's a small fish no other big fish want to eat them.

[@danm8004]

Some populations of grouper are learning to predate on lionfish.

[@botondnyitrai3128]

Sharks are their only natural predators. And murray eels

[@timo4008]

😂

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

@@botondnyitrai3128 Yeah, the Bill Murray Eel is an unmatched predator.

[@Flexy-true]

"In order to beat them, you gotta eat them" NEVER let Guga join any war, he has the necessary skills and knowledge to start a whole new horror story

[@doot7730]

My man works on Kirby logic

[@legendaryjimbob7685]

Hmmm, i wonder does Dry aging people count as war crime or not

[@JAYDOG1337A]

Guga time travels to world war 2 "and here we're gonna dry age a nazi"

[@nickimac3692]

I see a Zombie Apocalypse Guga Fanfic recipe in the future.... "how to dry age your enemy in oyster sauce" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇

[@WuLetaoAhs]

haha just like when invasive crayfish came into china they are wiped out cuz they are so delicious🤣

[@MagusMik]

Solving invasive issues with food is honestly my favorite strategy

[@lucas.2.3.9.4]

should be done with the snakehead in florida too

[@alienicecream]

@@lucas.2.3.9.4 people get paid hunting pythons

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

I know a guy from Pennsylvania who has python in his freezer right now from the Everglades. It's quite tasty.

[@alienicecream]

@@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078 Yea I had rattlesnake before, but pythons are so much larger I cant imagine what the meat even tastes like

[@Kerosene.Dreams]

It's definitely a very important skill going forward.

[@Certifieddonkeybrainless]

Angel liking a fish is the ultimate testament to its flavor

[@Tu-Li-Oh]

That's because it has the deciding factor: _Danger_

[@OiNathann]

Angel has no tastebuds lol

[@shakky9749]

@@OiNathann i mean hes tasted better things than most of us, so he def knows

[@onholyservicebound1415]

Angel is like everyone's little 8 year old brother that doesn't like the green things in his food lol

[@JeffLarsen-q6v]

@@OiNathann you cant afford any

[@SmithYorkinster]

After dry-aging you can be pretty much sure the Lionfish spines will have no working venom. Fish venom are incredibly liable and they quikcly lose their potency when placed at room temperature. The active component of the venom is mostly proteins that are at their highest activity point at the temperature and conditions provided by the water environment. When placed at higher temperature (read normal temperatures out of the water), they quickly denaturate, loose their 3D form, and therefore lose their effect. It's actually a real problem for scientists who want to actually do research with the venom itself. Other fun fact, the Lionfish spines aren't actually "filled" with venom, they are just covered by it. They aren't hollow like the spines of the stonefish (that work like needles), they are actually more like a sword with a groove, and the skin covering the spine has some cells that produce the venom and embebed the venom directly into that groove.

[@SentientPickle]

was taught if you change the protein/it's structure, you change it's function, so this makes sense

[@Coldkill2001]

He does his dry-aging in a refrigerator though

[@hidenseek14]

Thanks for the comment, I love learning about really cool stuff like this

[@Christopher-pm3dy]

they quickly denature..... denaturate is not a word

[@tabebitokage1040]

Years later: "The Lionfish population near the Americas have officially been hunted to extinction" "This is credited to Guga from Miami for his dry aging experiment with this creature" "Following the video, people from all over Florida and along the coast have dry aged it as well and it became a hit"

[@aceneto9386]

Ik it’s a joke but a lot of people allready love to eat these things and arnt putting a dent on them lol

[@saninorochimaru2]

They breed at sea levels that humans can't reach at a commercial scale. They'll be there for like, forever.

[@d1mensi0n70]

It's an invasive species, so that would be a good thing, no?

[@cocodojo]

American Lionfish will always dread these dark times known only as the Hundred Days wars, because that how long Guga typically dry-ages them...

[@nkill6]

So yes It would be a good thing lion fish are dangerous and invasive if they go extinct it will be a blessing

[@HasanArdat]

Here in the Mediterranean Lion fish is also invasive and its frikin delicious ( it tastes similar to dusky groupers ) + we eat it fresh not dry aged Guga I would like you to eat some mediterranean fish ( groupers , spanish mackerels , glit head sea bream and mediterranean trigger fish which is one of my favorites and I would like you try Sayyadiyyah which is a special fish dish from my country

[@pxlarbexr]

I dont see enough meat on the fish is it only those 2 bites he showed?

[@RappelzWikiaPolska]

@@pxlarbexr aint need 10lbs of meat to taste good you know right ?sometimes less is better

[@chrismarston4266]

@@pxlarbexrthe only way I’ve ever had lion fish was the whole thing, of course it was properly trimmed but it wasn’t a filet. One whole fish is a good amount

[@HasanArdat]

@@pxlarbexr We eat it fresh not dry aged

[@jamescheddar4896]

@@pxlarbexr it's when you develop an immunity to the venom and start eating them out of the water that they get delicious

[@oohlala444]

Rob getting stung like that is a big reason why a lot of chefs that cook with lionfish cut the spines off with shears first and then filet the fish. Gets rid of any potential of a sting

[@mattheweagle223]

He usually does do that, but he was low key trying to show off a little bit lol

[@leftypirate]

@@mattheweagle223 he was literally telling ppl in his video what not to do and it happens to him right after lmao

[@mayonotes9849]

​@@leftypirateI mean, it's good for showing you just how bad the pain can be I suppose.

[@acasualviewer5861]

first thing I thought: why is that guy slicing the fish with his bare hands? He needs protection! Surely enough, he did!

[@ritardiritardashvili3846]

If guga stops uploading we can know what happened

[@aaronko3480]

😂

[@shuaibkamedien2203]

Yeah

[@ThatMacCat]

yeah

[@DrGibs347]

Venum is basically safe to consume.. its poison thats not safe at all. The fish isn't poisonous.

[@swagger2.0-c4o]

All does steak would've finally caught up to him

[@souptikchakraborty2004]

*"In order to beat em, you gotta eat em"* Bro has Goku level problem solving skills 💀

[@chrollo6444]

sukuna level feats ☠☠

[@LurkerPatrol]

Lmao what an analogy

[@Quasar-fv8to]

more like buu

[@Quasar-fv8to]

@@chrollo6444 nah

[@dfaour1977]

this comment made my day!!!!

[@whatthe6871]

The reason your friend had more intense pain when he jabbed himself with a spine is because your fingertips by far have more nerves and endings in them than the rest of your arm.

[@Sniperboy5551]

As someone who cooks and just cut himself on a mandolin yesterday, I can vouch. Damn thing bled for an hour, I even got some on my bedsheets 😂

[@nathanaelqc5186]

This hasto be the explaination , i got stung myself by lionfish a couple times when going fishing and while it hurt it wasn't debilitating ,it felt more like slapping a concrete wall really hard with the back of your hand , there was more numbness than actual pain. Then again out there i was more focused to keeping eye on the live moray in the canoe and not slip and fall in the fish pit while re-tying the bait in the traps.

[@animaladam5]

@@Sniperboy5551dang bro that’s a Stinger for a while.. next week teach you how much it sucks. I superglued myself and carried on in past

[@deermeatfordinner]

It’s 5am and I’m sitting in the Baltimore airport on my way home from Saipan… this is the first time I’ve seen your video and I think you did a fantastic job!!! Makes me want to dry age one myself!!! Let’s go! Great video!

[@AesculusPavia]

It's 5:30am and I'm at work on break, thinking about how much of a blessing it would be to go fishing and/or hunting with you some day!

[@nathan3252]

I think the next step is using that dry aged meat for a variety of fish based recipes. Dry Lion Mac and Cheese, Dry Lion gumbo. Dry Lion Fritters See where I am going with this. You got a tasty fish that can be hunted any time any where and you now know with a little extra prep time than normal its ready for a variety of recipes. Sounds like it has a lot of potential but the trick is now to determine what is the best recipe to use with this dry aged lion fish.

[@joshwagner7263]

Guga should put labels on his dry ages so he doesn't forget about how long 😂

[@ostkkfmhtsh012345678]

Or maybe not to give us more experiments of longer dry-aged products 😂

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

He almost certainly does, he just does not tell us.

[@karagarga4193]

8:27 repeat it

[@AWSOMEBOY149]

Lol

[@22ninja1]

The side dish the kimchi cheese rice balls or kimchi chijeu jumeogbab (김치 치즈 주먹밥) came from Doobydobap who made it similarly to Gugas but hers has gochujang mixed into the rice and molded by hand but it was nice to see Guga make it.

[@autonymous]

I’ve been watching Guga for years. This is the 1st time I headed straight for the comments to find out what the side dish is about. Thank you!

[@JeffLarsen-q6v]

Shes a harlot

[@lm-pw9ul]

I've had a Korean snack similar to that. I think Costco sells them in my country. It's basically onigiri coated in kimchi with cheese filling. So very similar.

[@mcstotti8691]

The problem probably is that the amount of preparation effort to consubable meat racio probably makes it economically unviable to do liomfish hunting at a commercial scale that would actually minimize the population.

[@rozkaz661]

Yea, maybe if there was a progran that restaurants/markets could for example reduce taxes they pay for selling a certain amount of lionfish then maybe that could finally make it economical. I dont think its gonna serioualy happen without such intervention

[@meepmeep7165]

Surely it just means you gotta catch and eat more lionfish to satisfy your consumption?

[@MrVovansim]

I think it's probably also that they are hard to catch commercially. We catch fish that school and swim in open waters with nets, but lionfish are down in between rocks, so it won't work. We catch things down in the rocks, like lobster and crabs, using cages with bait. But lionfish aren't so dumb that they get in a cage and can't come out. So, they are impractical to catch in large volume. We catch tuna with lines, but like you noted, tuna has lots of meat, and it's not worth expending similar effort for lionfish.

[@SteelyFam]

To of my favorite KZbinrs!!! Excited to watch this one and Rob’s video! I’ve met Rob in person and he is an amazing person. Florida gal here!!!! Get Rob to take you Snook fishing. That is a very delicious fish that you can’t eat unless you catch it.

[@_letstartariot]

Fisherman talk about those fish like we in hospitals talk about MRSA. In 2009, the infection rates weren’t so bad, it was rare. But NOW..

[@civil_villain]

Antibiotic resistant strains keep me up at night...

[@TheAyanamiRei]

These fish are Unholy. They have ALL the worst traits for an Invasive Species. Their ability to cause extinctions put humans to shame

[@_letstartariot]

@@TheAyanamiRei MRSA is unholy as well 😂

[@jeffreyharris3440]

I am on the precipice of becoming an old man, so it is probably beyond my physical capabilities, but if I lived in Florida, this would sound like an awesome hobby. Harvesting the Lionfish is indeed a huge service. Hat's off to the people who do this.

[@adaelion3772]

You could get scuba certification and a spear gun. More relaxing and easier to be selective about your catch.

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

for starters, they swim very, very slowly, and they will let you get right next to them. they do not feel threatened by you. i have videos of me diving within a couple of feet of them, on their home turf. second, in florida, they are everywhere, including on their shallow reefs on the gulf side, so you should be able to snorkel + spear fish.

[@MetalHev]

"Invasive" at this point just means they've been reclassified as snack

[@manboobes5183]

respect guga is risking it all for views

[@battleaxealex4449]

Gugas gota do more catch and cook videos. Its cool to see you guys out of the kitchen also.

[@atx0025]

That dry aged lion fish looked like a work of art by Buck lol.

[@notoriousdabber7108]

as in the glass artist buck? Hell yeah buddy Heady Boro for life

[@atx0025]

@notoriousdabber7108 buddy of mine has a Carlson x Buck fish, I think it's Carlson at least. They're so damn fragile.

[@Nash-np3nn]

So you’re actually convinced the first fish they tried that look like rubber wasn’t dry aged, but the one that looked fresh and flaky was why would they lie?

[@brokensubaru93]

Guga please dry age Angel 🗿

[@It-b-Blair]

Angel fish are expensive…

[@conker3637]

He’s talking about angel the other guy

[@victorinox2874]

And serve him with a side of salad!😈

[@jonathanthien1803]

Guga has done it before. Look at his previous video

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

@@It-b-Blair Oh he's not talking about the fish

[@Fledermausmann]

I'm actually really keen on going to the Caribbean or Florida and just gorging myself on lionfish. It looks like a really good meat and the fact that people haven't eaten it to almost breaking point in those areas tells me... that there aren't that many Chinese people around those areas. As a total definite Chinese person that isn't a German masquerading as a Chinese person, I can say with authority that all you need to do to control the species is tell the Chinese population that the fish is "good for men's health" and you'd watch the numbers collapse...

[@Not_Ciel]

The entire Florida Lionfish community: *chuckles* "We're in danger."

[@Singh_1743]

I just love Leon the way he describes a dish.... It just soo specifically detailed i can taste the food they are eating just by his description... Damn that man is goood....

[@carelessdreamer]

Lionfish: Now that we’re venomous, no predators will be able to stop our takeover! Hairless apes with pointy sticks:

[@JayDerulo1]

2:13 Guga be trying to stare into this man’s soul lol

[@azureshiva5655]

Guga's new channel incoming. "Fishing with Guga"

[@ekitorfreire]

At this point, this channel has so many experiments that you should do a video where you take the most successful experiments and see which one was the best so far.

[@strf90105]

Remember, Lobsters were once pests too, but human cooking ingenuity knows no bounds.

[@HereComesThePaine]

Dry age steaks in Chinese Five Spice or Char Siu Sauce

[@OFCourse-vy4kk]

He's already done it

[@SinghNikhilDLFRK]

you will be the newest oyster sauce guy. Please comment this on every guga video.

[@ValkyrionX2]

I think Guga has done the Char Siu Sauce, not sure about the 5 spices.

[@xavierv5115]

two of one of my top 5 KZbinrs, love this.

[@daianspahava8279]

Lionfish are delicious in ceviche and they taste good fried or even raw Next time guga make a ceviche! Cause I wanna see how you’ll react to it and pair it with hot rice it’ll taste amazing and the flavors are so amazing

[@jacksondodd8835]

1:00 I love his expression in the back as if he were saying that - that’s great, Could you please continue with the fish?!

[@senmetwo42]

0:42 I'm Coyote Peterson and I'm about to enter... the sting zone

[@CedxiFan]

No its "I'm gugafoods and I'm about to enter the...cooking zone" 😂😅

[@sikariocln8194]

2 of my fav KZbinrs. Rob is fkn legend man 🔥🤌

[@SteelyFam]

Same

[@cbs77]

The lionfish is now invading the Mediterranean. We need to start eat this fish asap.

[@Elinbe313]

7:05 Rotary goes Brap Brap Brap

[@792slayer]

A fellow rotard, I see.

[@df9142]

Lol, "rotary" was my first thought too.

[@lemonthyme2722]

Rx7 on top

[@nhsanju]

Angel is eating fish without complaining!

[@blameekatoneikosipente482]

Huh, in Greece we has a similar fish that we use for a traditional fish soup. It's called scorpion fish (σκορπίνα) and it is local in Greek water, but in the same family as the lion fish. Maybe you could make the next lion fish a soup as well?

[@JAMP1865]

As scubadiver, I carry a inox scissors, so when caught them, I cut the stings.

[@osopapi6061]

It must be a lifetime, bucket list experience to hang out with Guga for a day.

[@GracieValenti1]

Next video, in order to help out Florida - dry age a Burmese Python.

[@sergeantnuke]

I'm so proud of Angel's progress with seafood!

[@HellOnFourLegs]

"-You call my onigiri dorito" never heard someone more offended... ever... of all time. Wouldn't be surprised if we see Leo dry aged before Anjo even with his cast iron pan catastrophe still on the naughty list

[@dillonterry5769]

Love Guga’s energy this video

[@adamtowery8827]

Should get rob to bring you some crappie probably the best tasting fresh water fish there is

[@yoshileyva1039]

We love rob man I love when guga gets with him 😂❤❤❤

[@warroir422]

8:00 It's greens and purples now.

[@matt_hoaglund]

I’ve been looking forward to seeing this since the day we were on the boat and caught the fish that day!! I’ve got to try to dry age my fish next time

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Heart stopping food....quite literally 😂

[@electricfil]

Venom and poison are two different things.

[@matthewmcdaniel8846]

Great tasting my friend I’ll send ya some more ideas

[@nazninara3072]

He is giving us tutorial to cook the fish like we are also gonna be making lion fish😂

[@MaoRatto]

He is solving hunger and the enviroment.

[@mordi840]

You NEED to try the Norwegian Boknafisk. It is basically traditional dry-aged fish. Its cod thats salted, hanged and dried for 1-2 weeks. It is amazing and just enhances the fish flavor by SO much.

[@thedorito5434]

I confirm it does look like my family

[@cheezyboy2511]

When asked to describe the taste of a fish: “It has a mild fish-taste to it.”

[@kamui004]

Don't release your baby alligators and anacondas in your toilet! Don't release your exotic tropical fish into the sea!

[@frednurk8590]

Great work Guga. Thanks mate.

[@TenshouUzami]

*fillets a raw lion fish* "if things go south-" *introduces a side dish*

[@iwanabana]

Fishermen off the coasts of Hong Kong have been sun drying fish, scallops, mussels and oysters etc. for centuries. Dried seafood is one of my favorite things on earth: fried rice with dried fish, diced chicken, and tiny cubed asparagus; or steamed pork patty with a slab of dried fish on top. Heaven!

[@Emcron]

next thing we know, Guga gonna get a fugu preparation certification from Japan lol

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

Well done for even trying this fella big respect

[@ViniciusAmano]

first, I wanna try that fish. second, how the hell does guga make SO MUCH content and its always sooo entertaining. I would love a tour and deep dive on the production side of the channel. its so incredible

[@TheRAMBO9191]

He has a work room he showed in old videos. Like 3-6 workers processing videos. Not sure if it changed since then

[@ViniciusAmano]

@@TheRAMBO9191 i wanna see the updated, surely is even bigger now. (Thats what she said)

[@89hhbuh8yuvghbhu]

Guga you are very Brave prodding it while it's still alive with all it's stingers!

[@Oori-74]

Fish invasion? Just eat em 😂

[@connor.chan.jazzman]

You should just sell Florida state sponsored dried Lionfish sculptures at this rate. They look too beautiful to not be put on display, its crazy

[@ljfuentes7590]

Guga:"Flavor is intensify" Leo: A good description of the fish. Angel: BOOOM!!! XD

[@HighLife42001]

Great team on this video

[@SolarPhoenix61]

Venomous: if it bites you, you dies. Poisonous: if you bite it, you dies.

[@Wisp_underscore]

but what if it bites me and it dies

[@SolarPhoenix61]

@@Wisp_underscore then you're poisonous.

[@Samizouza]

​@@Wisp_underscore That's if you're Chuck Norris with the king cobra incident 😅

[@jiaxuanlee8074]

@@Wisp_underscorethat means you are poisonous

[@roomforthefiiixins2491]

Love how the cute puppy is just chillin on the boat

[@mochikinako78]

You know the lionfish is GOOD when even Angel likes it

[@isaudy]

Try them slow cooked in avocado oil. Preseason the oil with garlic and other spices. It’s phenomenal.

[@DMSProduktions]

As an Aussie I apologise! WHO dumped them in the n hemisphere?

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Somebody with a home Aquarium. Same stupid people who brought all those pythons to Florida.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@WALTERBROADDUS Ouch!

[@DMSProduktions]

@@WALTERBROADDUS I remember Cpt. Picard hand 1 called Livingston.

[@57thorns]

Of coure it is native to Australia, where else could it come from being that venomous?

[@DMSProduktions]

@@57thorns HAH! My TURDS are venomous! 🤣

[@norecordingsoftware3309]

Ahh I wonder how many lion fish vids we r gonna see 😂😂 I really hope they even make a video of guga going spear fishing for em

[@aloysiusoh197]

Dry age steak in hoisin sauce Day 1

[@cody3335]

Bot

[@aloysiusoh197]

@@cody3335 naw

[@TheCook43]

@@cody3335He made them try oyster sauce and that worked out tremendously

[@skibidi.G]

YES YES 🎉

[@hello...guys...956]

Ok

[@eikumbokum]

Awesome video, I loved the underwater shots!

[@winniepooh187]

Noooo Guga! “In order to beat ‘em, we got to eat ‘em”. Japan changed this man! 😭😂

[@robocop1985]

That shot of Guga going to catch one looked like a fat puffer fish was going after Another species 😂

[@NotMyActualName_]

I'm sure guga would dry age a puffer fish if they weren't so damned difficult to get in the US. Import control on that fish is insane.

[@malletin]

@@NotMyActualName_ Considering that they are the most poisonous fish in the world, it is no wonder they are so hard to import, it also takes a great amount of skill to prepare fugu in an amount that doesn't kill you, there is a reason why Sushi chefs that prepare fugu are only allowed to do so after years of specialized training.

[@adamflores4206]

In California, we have Sculpin that has similar venomous spines. I cut the spines before cleaning.

[@Kiteh123]

4:18 a "little"bit of oil

[@entitygotosleep]

it’s not that much, come on

[@AlizaJayne]

It’s not like he is Sandra Lee-ing it! The squirt bottle goes slow - it’s really not much.

[@sleeplesscrazy3963]

In comparison to dish

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

i haven't had a chance to try lionfish, yet, even in florida seafood restaurants. i can't wait to give it a shot. by the way, at least in their home reefs (you know, where they are not invasive), they are a joy to swim with.

[@Wutertheodds]

Gugas side dish can power my RX-8

[@yellowdog2181]

I’m not a hunter or fisherman but I love Dearmeats videos and his his brother Bluegabe

[@samuraisoul151]

5:32 I want to warn everyone that raw lettuce, cabbage, or any leaf vegetables are considered poisonous. NEVER EAT THEM RAW!

[@Keys_9914]

So lettuce on a burger is poisonous ?

[@ArmchairDeity]

LMFAO - omg they’re everywhere!! Ffs stupidest thing I’ve ever read… lmao… 🤣 you have no idea how bad I needed the laugh today… 😅 ahhh thank you. 😂😂😂😂

[@WeiFinder]

Lol no they aren't

[@codym6284]

Yes are right, if it's not in the category of meat fruit organs or raw dairy DON'T EAT IT!

[@Yumfo]

@@Keys_9914no they are sanitized i ate a burger in afirca and i ate desensitized lettuce i was in the ER for a month

[@iFartinElevatorz]

Love the non stop vid drops!

[@ericfairbrother3503]

Did anyone see the UFO UAP at 1:08 halfway between first palm tree middle of the screen and the top of screen. Shows up in a instant travels right and disappears or it could just be water drop.

[@cooloof9007]

That’s a fuxking bird

[@ericfairbrother3503]

@@cooloof9007 Now I watch it a bit more you are right.

[@X2Lazy2WinX]

​@@cooloof9007 that's not a bird, it's a government drone

[@FLATRONNIE666]

phenomenal video

[@jairusivy914]

Two of my favorites to watch collab!

[@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi]

I've been waiting for this episode. Not disappointed!

[@happygimp5167]

I had one of these beautiful fishes in the 1980s in my 50-gallon tank. And I loved it!

[@williamjohnson7340]

I believe Rob is how I found your channel Guga if not his one of the BBQ channels LOL but Rob is one of the best guys! One of my FAVS!!!!!!

[@tarynlee889]

My dad use to raise these saltwater fishes here in Hawaii. We use to fly to L.A to purchase them.He raised them for their beauty! We always had to catch small fishes in the canal for them to eat!

[@misteryakamoto]

I was waiting for this video after seeing Rob post his own video of him catching the Lionfish for you Guga. Thanks DeerMeatForDinner for taking Guga out.

[@YTflagsCommentsOnMentalIness]

I would like yo see a Tier list of his best side dishes so I can know which ones he likes the most.

[@inyrmind]

Wow, I can't believe Guga made some delicious donuts! The jelly filled ones are my favorite!

[@EncoreBetch]

Lionfish: “I have no predators 🗿” *The Guga:*

[@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324]

dude being able to calmly describe what it is feeling like as he literally just took that sting is insane.... what a freakin boss