Posted on 05/05/2010 8:53:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Delicacies in other countries may seem disgusting at first glance, but chefs and dietitians say they can be delicious and nutritious.
Just imagine the protein and minerals in an appetizing course of balut, followed by warm Casu Marzu, sizzling boodog and a refreshing bite of hasma for dessert.
Technically that's boiled duck fetus, maggot-ridden cheese, a beheaded goat stuffed with stones and frog fallopian tubes. The whole meal is a good source of protein.
Below is a list of foods you may find disgusting, delicious and perhaps nutritious -- if you can only bring yourself to try them.
Corn Smut, or Huitlacoche
For years farmers in the U.S. tried to avoid the fungal infection called corn smut. But Americans are discovering the tasty treat people in central and southern Mexico never stopped eating.
"It looks like a stalk of corn that looks like a brain, it's all lumpy but it's grey," said Dr. Christine Gerbstadt, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
Once the fungus infects the corn, the kernels expand and change color to various shades of grey and black. As the fungus grows it also changes the corn's flavor and adds nutrients.
"It has tons of fiber, it also has beta-glucans which it's a kind of carbohydrate, and it's got a lot of other free sugars, which is very unusual for a mushroom," said Gerbstadt.
Corn smut, called huitlacoche in Latin America, also adds cancer protecting antimutigens and lysine to the corn, Gerbstadt said.
SNIP
Escamoles, or Ant Eggs
Only one percent of people in the U.S. refuse to eat eggs in some form, according to the Vegetarian Resource Council.
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They've never brewed enough San Miguels to get me to try one. Olongapo street vendors with their Bar-Be-Que!! (I noticed they never said barbequed what.) were quite enough of an adventure going back to the ship.
I could and did drink that many! Baluts aren't so bad,they have a strong hard-boiled egg taste...though I did find them a little crunchy and found a few feathers at times.
For some reason it seemed eating them would sort of endear you to the B-girls...at least that was my experience FWIW.
Delicacies? More like someone got desperately hungry and would eat almost anything.
I'm just as amazed that there was ever a second, and a third...
Got it in one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pJn5vJeHyc&feature=related
Call me old fashioned, but these steps seem pretty basic.
Step 1: Kill Food
Step 2: Cook Food
Step 3: Eat Food
Any relation to the fungal infection in rye that causes people to hallucinate? LSD is a synthetic version of it.
Don’t eat month old leftover asian food you find in the back of the fridge!!!
Virtually all aquatic life experiences this every meal...
At least it’s not meecrob ;)
Crispy noodles?
“I will not eat veal because of the inhumane confinement of the calf.”
That’s ok, I’ll eat your share.
The civet cat coffee beans look a bit like PayDay candy bars. I’m sure they are for someone along the chain.
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