Posted on 11/06/2001 7:57:20 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Just to take a break from politics for a bit, I was wondering if there are others out there who also have a taste for weird exotic foods. I thought I was one of a kind in this regard until I read a newspaper article that said that there are many folks who have a hankering for exotic foods that others may find yucky.
I've eaten sea urchin eggs directly from sea urchins, cooked ox tails (or "tako" as it is called in the Phillipines), raw quail eggs, all manner of spicy European sausages such as the very garlicky Kabanosi, blood sausages in Argentina, alligator meat, and I don't even have to be drunk to eat the worm in the Mezcal bottle (although I usually am since I have to drink my way to reach it).
So what are your favorite "yucky" foods? I am always on the lookout for new exotic foods so I will be most interested in reading your comments and food suggestions.
Then crawling over the bridge of SH!T river back to NS Subic Bay praying that you don't fall in and have to face the corpsman with the Gamma Globulin shots (ouch!)
Toasted buttered saltines
Peanut butter and garlic salt on saltines
Campells Chicken Noodle soup with minced garlic and pepper flakes added (great for a cold)
We have an International Festival downtown every year and the food is the highlight. Foods from around the world prepared by college students. Bliss.
They're all lying
Have a nice day
Very tasty!
The only wierd thing about it is the stuff is so darn expensive, I have yet to eat the good stuff since. (had some less expensive, but its not anywhere near the quality/taste as the real)
I remember doing that! As a kid my buddies and I would go down the street to a neighbohrood park that had charcoal grills, build a fire and toast buttered crackers.
I used to chuckle every time I saw it.
Pineapple and mayo on white bread.
Sliced Apples and mayo on white bread.
Turtle. Has to be in stew because if you don't cook it for 3-4 hours you'll never get it chewed up. In the species we ate (in North Alabama), the meat along the inside top of the shell was snow white. Everything else was dark brown.
Rabbit hash. Rabbit, potatoes, Whole kernel corn. MMMMMMM!!!!
Does anybody know if Durians can be obtained in South Florida? That fruit sure does look familiar. Maybe I've seen it and just overlooked it. I sure would like to try it.
Favourite roasted meat is goat, with tarragon and heaps of rosemary - accompanied by mint sauce. Favourite BBQ or stewed meat is venison - no shortage of either here.
Off the wall [local] food favourites are marinated mussels (green lip variety of shellfish) and lamb tongues. Yep, I'm a product of my environment.
Lutefisk is popular in Norway, too.
I visited Norway several times on business and learned the details of it there, and upon my return it was my favorite food to make fun of.
Finally a Norwegian friend here in Texas made some for me, and... I liked it. Oh, the shame. Now I can no longer make fun of it.
I have a friend in Seattle who insists that he has found it in Seattle, apparently at his local supermarket and not an Asian market. It's very possible.
There are many varieties of durians, but the ones that I'm familiar with fall into two main categories which, here in Singapore, we call Malaysian and Thai. Malaysian durians are preferred here, but on my last trip to Thailand I had a Thai durian, one they call "Golden Pillow." It is less thorny and can actually be handled without thick gloves. The meat was plentiful with small seeds. It was the best I've had and has somewhat put me off the Malaysian variety which are much more plentiful here.
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