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THE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT PEOPLE EAT |
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We are spending so much space
of wine, and on dinner parties, but NOT on recipes, that we felt we should
at least admit that we have limits as regards what is an acceptable meal. Make up your own mind as to
what out of all this you could actually swallow- as in believe or eat. |
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First
of all, we rarely fail to pay tribute to Mr. Eat-It-All - M. Mange-Tout
- also known as Vincent Letito.
Fish
floatation sacks Deep
fried Rat
Silk
Worm Pupae - boiled
Silk
Worm Pupae - still alive
up and serve it to you
on a platter of ice including the head which is still looking around thinking
'what happened to my body, you scoop out the brains with a spoon etc etcLobster Sashimi - you choose the live Lobster, we cut it boiled pigs entrails Roast
Dog, tasty but stringy
Roast
Scorpion
Stir
Fried Water
Special soup for male vigour made from various vegetables and certain male private from Dog, Donkey, Bea,r Deer, etc. Soya meat revolted some for reasons unbeknown to us. One idea put forward towards morning was : gerbil.
— eaten in South America.
Black
Pudding, a.k.a. congealed pig's blood. — Britain
Goats head tacos. See also: http://www.urbanlegends.com/food/ode_to_lutefisk.html A simple suggestion: Cows Tongue. (Very big -about the size of a man's forearm. ) More?: Tripe. (stomach of various farm animals. Someone cheeky put forward brussels sprouts.. Apologies again, to your resident Swedes I remember my first and only encounter with lutefisk (lutfisk in Swedish). It has been on Swedish Christmas tables for centuries, of course, but I was only 5, so they never gave me the necessary amount of aquavit. "Surströmming" (fermented herring) is also strong stuff. Another message >lobsters (crabs, etc) I'll
eat any small critter that walks sideways underwater (usually w/ antennae).
Conch steak, however, is pretty tasteless.
Some
people have a problem w/ Carolina Sushi (raw oysters)
A novel
example:
I
am surprised nobody has mentioned Rocky Mountain Oysters -- the pieces-parts
of a bull (bovine) that are removedwhen one turns a bull into a steer.
I was told that they aren't too bad provided you have enough barbeque sauce, but the texture is tough and chewy. The
cockroach thing revolted everybody for some while.
Another memory: I did eat "Potted Beef Balls" (literally) once and they tasted rather delicious; until I learned what they were. Never againRule #1 when eating in China, "Never ask what the food is until AFTER you have eaten it!" I
also remember a time when in Haerbin, North China, for winter, temperatures
-35 to -5 degrees Celcius.
I was there during Chinese new year and part of the festivities is that you must eat certain foods on certain days. If I remember correctly, on the 7th, 17th and 27th days you must eat noodles, and so on. One day is Dragon Head day. Imagine walking around in the streets, sub zero temperatures, and seeing vendors in the streets selling Pigs Heads. Just the head, nothing else. It was quite eery to see a table covered with frozen Pigs Heads Early a.m. this came in Two
of my dad's favourites were pig's knuckle, and hog's head cheese (the
scrapings off a hog's head e.g. lips, cheeks, ears etc all ground up into
a cheese
And this I've had cow's tongue Mexican style - it's not bad. I
have also had ox tail Chinese style. There is a Philippine dish (I am
not
sure how to spell it, but it is pronounced something like bahloo) it is
boiled half developed chicken eggs.
The worse tasting thing I've ever had was sea anemone. I was at a Persian concert where they had as appetizers cow's brains and cashew nuts. I eat the cashews and left the brains alone. I would have tried it, but I've been paranoid about eating brains since the mad cow scare. There is a Vietnamese soup made out of ligaments and tripe called Pho, it actually is quite good. Agreement
>sea anemone Yes, incredibly bad. Recollection: When
I was a kid, we'd have FRESH "scrambled pig brains" every now and again.....
Also, greens and collards would be seasoned with pig's tails. More to come: Seaweed
pudding recipe. There's chocolate-flavored, too.
Few
old faves:
Rootworm Beetle Dip, Banana
Worm Bread,
Crackers & Cheese Dip with Candied Crickets Stop
Press:
Delicacies of Horseflesh Karta:
The thick part of the rectum is washed without removing fat, then carefully
turned inside out so that the fat should be inside, washed once more and
tied up on both sides. Salt, green pepper or dill to taste.
Karta
can also be dried and smoked.
Expressing the view of most: ENOUGH!!!!! Pass the sick bag. Confirmation: Greens and Collards? Wow, you really *are* from the South. I remember I went to college with a gal who was "Miss Collard Greens" from North
Carolina.
A northern
idea:
Grilled sheep’s head You put the eye in your vodka shot - and swallow! Eeekh Wisdom of the south: Collards
are a serious part of the true Southern palate, not many restaurants will
attempt to prepare them fresh because
public lynchings could result if they got it wrong. Also, they do tend to smell incredibly BAD (high sulphur content) while they're being cooked, so most cooks tend to banish them from the house or restaurant. A local restaurant brings in a special
collard cook (not kidding).
QUERY: What is scrapple? It's
some sort of pressed 'meat' product. I think it's most popular in Pennsylvania
I've often heard it called Philadelphia scrapple). I know it's served
as a breakfast side-dish, instead of sausage or bacon. My guess is that
it is ground organ
meat (beef? pork? lamb? anything that moves?), mashed into a loaf. Trust me, it's baaad. From La Casa de Scrapple Scrapple
is a processed meat product composed of cuts and pieces of meat which
-- for one reason or another -- will not
make meals in themselves. The bulk of these come to us courtesy of the face, head, and chest cavity of the common hog. Scrapple
should never be confused with Spam. A
product of the Hormel Foods Corporation, Spam is spiced ham in a can - ham being the upper portion of a pig's hind leg. Scrapple, on the other hand, is an amalgamation of tendons, cartilage, feet, skin, ears, nose, gums and more. In short, it's all the garbage that should be thrown away. Some people eat it. Also: an amalgamation of tendons, cartilage, feet, skin, ears, nose, gums and more I grew up with scrapple Says someone called Julie With
lots of ketchup I learned to get past the taste. But after I learned the
ingredients, nothing could get me past the idea.
Now
we go places:
A few of the items I have tried while living in Asia. Curried Iguana Flying Fox ( fruitbat) Giant sea turtle Wild Boar Kangaroo Burger Python Cobra( Had the cobra blood with a shot of Whiskey) Bear Paw Deep Fried Water Beetles Crocodile Mouse Deer Sharks Fin Abalone Tiger Shark Emu Malaysian Tree Squirrel In
Canada you can add Polar Bear, Muskox, Seal, Moose, Deer, Narwhale, Walrus
and Rabbit.
Oh yeah and Almost Forgot Stingray Deep Fried Frog Skin Snails Scorpion Salad I passed at Dog, Cat and Monkey Brains. Why?
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