There’s a dish in Slavic cuisine called “kholodets”, which is a filtered meat/bone stock that has been chilled to make a jelly with the meats inside. It’s pretty good if you have been eating it since you were a kid, just got used to it you know. But this is some whole new level of creativity here, this cook is pushing the limits of trust.
I think it’s personal, we all have different ear canals and different levels of noise tolerance. I’m fine without earplugs during the day, but at night I need them. I tried Loop but they slipped out of my ears(nothing wrong, they just don’t fit my ear canals). I tried custom made, but they are too firm for sleeping and my ears will hurt in the morning. Foam will hurt too. Eventually I tried a lot of them for sleeping and settled on , with two layers as they are a bit smaller and made out of silicone and won’t hurt during the night.