Tasty Weird Foods

Self | November 6, 2001 | PJ-Comix

[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.

[lewislynn]

How about boiled duck eggs

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You can get those eggs at Vietnamese restaurants

Those eggs aren't boiled, they're buried, then dug up...

[PJ-Comix]

I once remember a pizza place that opened near me. It was run by a Greek guy and he served what he called Greek Pizza. It was square slices covered with LOTS of olive oil. I really loved it but then I never found another such place when I moved away from that area. Anybody know anything about Greek pizza?

[null and void]

Ethiopian food is good, various vegetables, meats, stews, and unidentifiable glop. Served on a common platter, eaten with injerta, a flat spongy bread made feom fermented teff. Teff is a brown pinhead sized grain, that has a wonderful complex taste.

[Looking4Truth]

from that native tribe commonly called white trash

Never heard of that tribe. I guess that is why people who have been native born Americans from different 'tribes' and have assimilated to living under Constitutional principles have always been the most successful.

[PJ-Comix]

Those eggs aren't boiled, they're buried, then dug up...

I think you're right. That's what I had.

[PJ-Comix]

Those eggs with the little ducklings in them are called Balu and they are from the Phillipines. I haven't tried that yet.

[LeeMcCoy]

"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."

Er...um...what does your family think of all this churning and bubbling??? Perhaps they call you "bubble and squeak" (a dish I refuse to try) LOL!

[BADROTOFINGER]

I was at a pot-luck type get together once and an Indian (not Native-American) couple had a dish with potatoes, spinach, and some other stuff in it seasoned with a spice whose name I cant remember. They said that it was a staple in India. Does anyone have any idea what this dish might be? It was awesome, but I cant remember what it was, or what the spice was...:-(...JFK

[PJ-Comix]

Does anyone have any idea what this dish might be? It was awesome, but I cant remember what it was, or what the spice was...

Curry?

[MHGinTN]

The Scandis have a boiled fish head dish called 'kloob' (phonetic spelling) that is positively revolting ... boiled fish parts and then dumplings dropped in; when the gray doughy masses rise back to the top of the pot, you dig in, er, slurp in, er, well, I didn't much care for that one! Never could eat something that looked back at me.

[BADROTOFINGER]

No, I am familiar with curry. I know a bit about cooking, but never heard of the dish (which didnt surprise me at the time) or the spice (which did surprise me)...JFK

[PRND21]

Your sister.

[PJ-Comix]

I think tomorrow I will be going to an Indian restaurant. I feel a Tandoori Chicken is in my very near future.

[BADROTOFINGER]

Not much exotic dining in my neck of the woods. The mongolian bbq is about it, but damn good food...JFK

[lewislynn]

American food -- mashed potatoes and cottage cheese mixed together is great.

Not Weird, but delicious ...Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy and peas mixed together.

[aposiopetic]

For most people, though, lutfisk is "the piece of cod that passes all understanding."

ROTFL! Phil. 4:7 bump plus unofficial nominee for Quote of the Day.

[Sci Fi Guy]

The other day my Mom said she loved getting peanut butter and pickle sandwiches in her school lunches when she was little.

[lewislynn]

Fried bologna or fried Spam sandwich....

[petuniasevan]

Whenever we have a bone-in ham for dinner, I get out the veggie parer and clean out the ham bone!
No toast or crackers, just scoop and slurp that marrow!

[goodieD]

When I was in Oklahoma, my favorite meals were sloppy joes made with BBQ'ed armadillo, and fried rabbit in gravy. I also enjoy chicken feet at a local dim sum restaurant, and marinated, sliced octopus arms at a Japanese place.