On the weirdest food - ever.

Aug 20, 2007 00:45

You think you've seen it all? Well, I thought I had, at least in the amazing world of culinary delights. I had tried the tame but controversial foie gras, inhumane turtle soup, the freshest sea urchin plucked right off the seabed and brought up to the boat, sliced in half and eaten raw with a teaspoon, the tiniest (Japanese) peach called yomomomo ( Read more... )

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jemauvais August 20 2007, 12:33:34 UTC
Oh man, and I thought the kangaroo jerky I saw in Australia was weird enough!

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marianne August 20 2007, 14:24:02 UTC
Kangaroo jerky isn't weird... How about some kangaroo lasagna or an emu burger? (Yes, I've eaten both.)

Although, I must say flub, pigs' snouts win by far! But the important question is: Did you try it?

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flub August 21 2007, 03:13:35 UTC
Nope - I hair stood on its end when I saw the pigs' snouts. There was no way I would have tried that!! :| I'm sure all foodies have their limits..

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jemauvais August 22 2007, 18:14:40 UTC
Well, for first-time-in-Australia me, it was exotic enough!  I mean, up till that point I thought kangaroos were cute hoppy animals, not the kind you eat, especially since it's their national animal.

...until I tried kangaroo myself, and it's yummy!

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ice_melody August 22 2007, 10:38:51 UTC
Erm...I thought they were mooncake biscuits. You know the kind that the sell in the pig shape during Mid Autumn Festival. Erm..yah.

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