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.
Want interesting dreams? Right before retiring mix up a shake of 4oz skim milk, 1/4 cup of raw one-minute oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisin bran, large tablespoon of creamy peanut butter, a whole ripe banana, and six ice cubes, blended until smooth. I use it when I want to take a lucid dreaming trip. Mmmmm, de-lish. [The churning action in the stomach and intestines is what triggers the dreaming and you can maintain a near awake state with the continuous digestive assault and gas bubbling in the gut.]
Gator is as exotic I go--I won't eat anything that I ever had as a pet so duck and rabbit is out of the question. I won't eat venison either even if I was starving.
Wackiest thing I eat now-- Dill pickles with Butter Brickle ice cream, green olives in chili (beans, NO tomatoes--), and my lazy version of Polenta-- bag of cornchips, milk, cheese and spices.
A sandwich I ate as a kid-- peanut butter, honey, ham, and Cheetos on white bread, sometimes made like grilled cheese.
Now this the part that I truly appreciate! L8R, L4T
Yeah, and seek out ethnic delis and restaurants that cater to the ethnics, and not to the slumming natives. Big difference! A couple of years ago I discovered a Middle Eastern market that carried a dozen kinds of imported hallah(!) Unfortunately, it's burned down (sometime before the recent events) and hasn't re-opened. Interestingly, some of the women that ran it were from that native tribe commonly called white trash; I guess they must have been married to some Arabs or Persians.
Smells rancid, hence the name, but tastes alright. It's pungent.
American food -- mashed potatoes and cottage cheese mixed together is great.
Actually a big, thick, snappy slice of raw onion is hard to beat--especially a Vidalia from Walla Walla.
Uhhh, huh huh huh, YEAH I remember that night!
Holy crap, you know I'm savin' this thread now.
Hmmmmm........I don't think I'd like that one but I love hot whole kernel corn on real cold cottage cheese.
about 1968?
When I was a child I ordered a milkshake at a Chinese restaurant, when they asked me what kind I wanted, I replied "American"......
Bear in mind, however, that there is also a photo of me..which I have not managed to confiscate..eating dry cat food out of a dish (the cat was eating too, of course).
I seem to have lost taste for both as I grew older....
This modern Svenska flika won't cook lutefisk unless it's in a nifty little boiling bag! It's actually good this way (I think they leave out the lye).
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