Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for July 16, 2023

Things you learn by reading the comics: Uni is a world-class delicacy—and one of the more unexpected foods to come from Japan. Sometimes referred to as the sea urchin’s roe, or eggs, uni is actually the creature’s gonads (reproductive glands), and the edible portion of the spiny sea urchin.

Good uni is creamy with a taste somewhere between light liver and seawater. The flavor should be fresh and clean. The flavor of bad uni will be a bit more dank and funky with a more pronounced flavor of iodine. The off-flavors of bad uni will linger in your mouth for a while and will coat the back of your throat.

Now, aren’t you glad you asked?

Suddenly the hotdog looked all wrong too.

So if you replaced the rice with a native North American grain, you’d have unicorn?

And here I thought uni is that place you take classes at to get a degree.

I don’t want Uni, and I am united in that! (with a tip-o-the-cap to Mrs. Slocombe ☺)

Naked hot dogs?! The horror!

More ********* mean more iron! This Simpsons reference was ruined by the GoComics censor bot. You can only use this word in the comics and prime time TV… not the comments

Would you eat sashimi aka raw fish?