[Orual]

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[dighton]

We eat lots of cauliflower during the winter.

[Phantom Lord]

These dishes pale in comparison to the master pieces created on Iron Chef. Where else can one find soft cod roe ice cream? Or the ever popular Frog fish liver/lily bulb with leek soybean paste?

Allze Cuisine!

[Slyfox]

I have a friend who's mother used to make Rhubarb Soup. I never did taste it. In fact, when I was visiting and was offered a smigeon I lost my appetite and had to suffer through the rest of the meal.

[tet68]

                      #3 
                      Flash-Fried River
                      Crabs
                      Sushi Samba 7 skips the slaughter
                      and fries their crabs alive.


                      • $9.75 at Sushi Samba 7 

                       

                      The Dish: Think of them as potato chips with legs. Dancing around in a jar
                      atop the sushi bar, these restless crustaceans look like giant bugs. Until,
                      that is, the chef plucks the little critters from their receptacle and plunges
                      them -- live -- into hot oil. Zap! They’re crisped in place like the residents
                      of ancient Pompeii. But don’t be afraid: "They actually taste like popcorn a
                      little bit, believe it or not," says manager Paul Guerzon.

                      The Restaurant: At Sushi Samba 7 (87 Seventh Avenue South),
                      caipirinhas, bossa nova, chorizo and wasabi are all served up in a fab
                      Mondrian-in-the-tropics decor. 

Potato chips with legs!!!! ROFL !

[Phantom Lord]

While in Scotland last month I had a bowl of Shark Fin Soup and it was great!

And no, I did not have any Haggis.

[riley1992]

Scrapple bump.

[strela]

From an heirloom cookbook my mother picked up from Nova Scotia:

Baked Seal Flippers

[freedomson]

I love Fruit Loops and mayo with licorice whips on a seven grain bun.

Also you must try a roll of wonton wrappers stuffed with wintergreen mints covered with a blended sauce of lime juice and gatoraide.

Wash it all down with a frosty mug of clam juice.

[VoiceOfBruck]

In Cologne, Germany, there's a specialty called "Zwiebelmett," which consists of a mixture of raw ground pork, raw ground beef, and spices--sort of like steak tartar without the raw egg. It's eaten on a hard roll with dutch cheese, onions, and paprika. Once you get past the initial revulsion, it's pretty good.

I once ordered the Cologne Cold Plate at a pub. It consisted of zwiebelmett, raw bacon, other raw cold cuts, vegetables, and raw blood sausage. I spent a little more time than usual in the restroom the next day.

Culinary adventures in Japan: fish brains, eel livers, raw duck, an anchovy-filled donut, ...

[Cvengr]

Hmmm, just had a 3 lb lobster last week in Puerto Nuevo,...Hmmm

[ResistorSister]

White Spam And Garlic Pizza

Boboli brand pizza crust
Provolone cheese
Mozzerella cheese
Ricotta cheese
Spam luncheon meat
Garlic cloves
Grated Romano cheese

Start with Boboli brand premade pizza crust or other favorite crust. Layer on provalone cheese. Layer on mozzerella cheese. Dollop on spoonfuls of ricotta cheese. Mince Spam and garlic in food processor until pasty. Sprinkle the Spam-garlic paste over pizza. Sprinkle on grated Romano cheese.

Bake in a 450 degree oven until done. Enjoy while hot.

More SPAM recipes HERE. Like they say...ENJOY!

[annalex]

For your recipe book

[PatrickHenry]

There is nothing quite like down-home, deep-dish toad pie. Bake 12 whole toads with garlic and okra for 12 hours, cover with peanut-butter crust. Great stuff!

[Polybius]

How about Peach Pimento Pizza Plum Ice Cream?

My 10 year old daughter had to memorize and recite a children's poem at school. She choose "Bleezer's Ice Cream Store" by Jack Prelutsky (pasted below).

As a fun father-daughter project, I told her I would help her actually make any ice cream flavor on the list. We even had lava for Lentil Lemon Liver Lava Ice Cream. She choose to make Peach Pimento Pizza Plum. We went to the supermarket and got the ingredients, ordered a small pizza, mixed everything up and put the concoction back in the freezer. The next day she took it to school for Show and Tell and, guess what, by the end the the school day, the kids in her class had eaten the entire half gallon of the stuff. :-)

Bleezer's Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky

I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
there are flavors in my freezer
you have never seen before,
twenty-eight divine creations
too delicious to resist,
why not do yourself a favor,
try the flavors on my list:

COCOA MOCHA MACARONI
TAPIOCA SMOKED BALONEY
CHECKERBERRY CHEDDAR CHEW
CHICKEN CHERRY HONEYDEW
TUTTI-FRUTTI STEWED TOMATO
TUNA TACO BAKED POTATO
LOBSTER LITCHI LIMA BEAN
MOZZARELLA MANGOSTEEN
ALMOND HAM MERINGUE SALAMI
YAM ANCHOVY PRUNE PASTRAMI
SASSAFRAS SOUVLAKI HASH
SUKIYAKI SUCCOTASH
BUTTER BRICKLE PEPPER PICKLE
POMEGRANATE PUMPERNICKEL
PEACH PIMENTO PIZZA PLUM
PEANUT PUMPKIN BUBBLEGUM
BROCCOLI BANANA BLUSTER
CHOCOLATE CHOP SUEY CLUSTER
AVOCADO BRUSSELS SPROUT
PERIWINKLE SAUERKRAUT
COTTON CANDY CARROT CUSTARD
CAULIFLOWER COLA MUSTARD
ONION DUMPLING DOUBLE DIP
TURNIP TRUFFLE TRIPLE FLIP
GARLIC GUMBO GRAVY GUAVA
LENTIL LEMON LIVER LAVA
ORANGE OLIVE BAGEL BEET
WATERMELON WAFFLE WHEAT

I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
taste a flavor from my freezer,
you will surely ask for more.

From The New Kid on the Block, published by Greenwillow, 1984

[aruanan]

All of them sound pretty great except for the chocolate foie gras.

[T'wit]

There's always dear old spotted dick.

My cousin, who among other things is a cookbook writer and editor, dropped star-gazey pie on me this weekend. "What's that," I asked innocently. "Pilchards," she said. "You mean those fish?" I ask. "Yes," she said, "You stick them through the top crust so that their little heads stick out -- gazing at the stars, see?"

Gaaaah.

[Who is George Salt?]

When I served in the PI (Philippines) they had a delicacy called "balut." Essentially, it is a fertilized duck egg that is allowed to ferment for about a week.

I tried to eat one once, but my nose caught a whiff of the aroma, and it gave me the dry heaves.

[Revolting cat!]

The 10 Weirdest Dishes

One time, at a Goodwill store, I saw a dish that was square and purple. Would that qualify?

[TOMH1]

When in doubt, there is the old reliable, SOS.

Personaly, my favorite is a Spam and Marshmallow Fluff sandwich on Pumpernickle.

[smorgle]

A guy I used to know was forever recommending a nice snack of Clam Sherbet and Liva Snaps. Haven't tried it yet. Sometimes it's good to hold off on treats so you have something to look forward to.