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"Interesting" foods
« on: October 15, 2007, 01:55:35 PM »
What's the most bizarre food or food that most people might consider disgusting that you've ever eaten?

Mine would probably have to be balut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut). It wasn't that bad, although they put too much salt on it thinking I would need that much salt to get it down.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2007, 01:58:31 PM »
I have heard a lot about that.  I'd like to try it.

The most bizarre food I've had was pho, in Montreal.  Beef broth with sirloin, tendons, tripe, and other bits in it.  It was good.  Tendons are chewy.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2007, 02:18:38 PM »
I've never had chewy pho before, but I really like it.  Mm, msg. 

I've never had it myself, but my dad has some Bosingtang last time we were in Korea.  It's not disgusting to eat, but I guess it makes people mad.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2007, 02:29:38 PM »
So you ate an abortion?

"Bosintang is a traditional South Korean soup that includes dog meat as its primary ingredient. The traditions entail that the meat comes from dogs specifically bred for consumption, but numerous investigations by journalists, broadcasters and animal protectionists find several examples where other breeds have been used as ingredients. The soup is believed to provide additional virility, to those who eat it. The meat is boiled well together with many kinds of vegetables and seasoning for a long time. The taste is enhanced by the addition of garlic, ginger, Welsh onion, some kinds of herbs, perilla seed and hot pepper."

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2007, 02:30:07 PM »
How virile is your dad, jen?

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2007, 02:52:49 PM »
What's the most bizarre food or food that most people might consider disgusting that you've ever eaten?

Mine would probably have to be balut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut). It wasn't that bad, although they put too much salt on it thinking I would need that much salt to get it down.

Eggs with legs!  The treat with feet!

My wife loves that stuff.  NO WAY would I eat one.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2007, 02:54:03 PM »
I have tried alot of unusual stuff but nothing off the scale.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2007, 03:22:47 PM »
When I lived in Taiwan my students would often times take me out to dinner where we would get served soup that contained coagulated blood chunks.  You had to swallow the stuff whole since having one of those things explode in your mouth was enough to send you running to the nearest bathroom.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2007, 03:27:08 PM »
When I lived in Taiwan my students would often times take me out to dinner where we would get served soup that contained coagulated blood chunks.  You had to swallow the stuff whole since having one of those things explode in your mouth was enough to send you running to the nearest bathroom.

I've also had dinuguan (aka "Chocolate meat" which is basically meat with a sauce made from the blood). It wasn't bad at all.

So you ate an abortion?

Yes? Like I said, a little too much salt, though.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2007, 03:35:15 PM »
I ate some pretty weird things in South America.

in Peru I had Llama in three different forms: Steak (very tender, quite tastey but not something I could eat a whole lot of), Milanesa (thin sliced, breaded and fried. extremely tastey), and Empanadas (meat was slow cooked, very tastey).

In Argentina I had many Asados, which usually include morcillas (blood sausage) and chinchulines (intestines) among other bits of cow. I'm not a big fan of the blood sausage though.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2007, 06:43:58 PM »
Cuy, it was fairly tastly. or Chicken heart it was actuly quite good.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2007, 07:40:47 PM »
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2007, 09:43:37 PM »
You're just mad I said Subway sucks.  In your heart you know it's true.

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2007, 10:17:48 PM »
I thought Subway blows...

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Re: "Interesting" foods
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2007, 07:22:56 PM »
I guess roasted pork cheeks would be up there.  Damn tasty, very tender.  They do some kind of fucked up tripe, prawn, fruit and rice dish in Portugal.  I swear they stuff tripe into everything.  I think I may have also see people add it to their cereal. 

Here in Australia, I've eaten croc and kangaroo.  Croc is nice, a bit like chicken. Roo is pretty strong, almost a venison flavour.  It's also a real bastard to cook.

Bibimbap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap) is also pretty weird, at least to me.  Kim  you would know what it is yeah?