Bizarre Foods (742 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2008-06-13 09:19:04 EDT
Pardon me for just a second
BLARGHFFFFFFFF!!!
Sorry, I've been like that for a few days.
American television has a bad rap of putting out some seriously mindless crap. Reality shows, celebrity worship, Oprah, yeah, I guess that can be an accurate statement. Our programming selections also reflect our culture as well. We have minority networks, gay, religious, music, cartoons, science and yes, even a network devoted to gluttony, the Food Network. But what got me going was a show on the usually quality Travel Channel called "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern".
The premise is simple; he travels all around the world and shows you the unique and diverse foods that people eat, and eats said foods, himself. His tag line is "if it looks good, eat it."
There are a lot of mainstream foods that we all have eaten that others would be repulsed by. I personally don't like it myself, but all my life people I know have eaten Tripe, the lining of a cow's stomach.
Yum! I guess.
There's Haggis and Escargot and Squid and lots of other acquired tastes that we are familiar with but nothing like the assault on the senses I had when I saw an episode of our boy Andrew in action. His comments on the delicacies just added to the overall experience.
For example
Jelly fish salad- "it does not taste like jelly or fish"
It doesn't look like jelly or fish either, btw.
Maggot pupae- " these are regular flavored but they are making garlic and herb soon"
Oh, well that's a relief!
Roasted Tarantula- " it has a slight crab or lobster flavor to it"
Sure it does.
Teriyaki Cockroaches- "there's a gag reflex with insects this big, due to the amount of gooey insides, but the teriyaki takes away almost all the bitter aftertaste."
Almost.
Cherry tomatoes with four, 2-inch long Mealworms stuck into it- "as a rule, bugs taste like what they themselves eat."
So would that be shit or dead animal flavor?
Did I mention that this show was in Hi-def? It was. 1080p of every slimy, furry, snot looking, mucus glazed bite.
Since my stomach was now totally devoid of contents I was safe to check the web and see what I missed on other episodes. I guess I should thank Wikipedia for saving this information for posterity.
A partial list, by the way:
Soup no. 5 (bull's rectum and testicles soup).
Stuffed pancreas
Mosquito eggs
Beluga and Bowhead whale muktuk (fermented blubber),
Chicken uterus
Fried bees
Cobra parts including beating heart and dried bones
Camel paw
Fried deer penis,
Wild boar's liver, brain, and testicles
Cow udder
Fresh bull testicle and scrotum stew
Stuffed duck's feet
Worm and hairy crab roe omelet
Mutton liver and kidney stew
Brain curry
Llama jerky
Donkey rib and tail stew and skin
Guinea pig
Seaweed
Horse
Jellied moose nose
So, who's in for a McMuffin?
I'm buying.
User Reviews
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-06-18 04:23:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2008-06-17 14:08:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fried bees sound like they'd be ok. Anything fried is good.
oh and
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:44:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
There's few things that taste worse than a smelly pussy.
Just have to spit and drool over it to dilute the flavour.
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BWAHAHAHAAAAA!!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-06-17 13:02:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
i've had a few of the items on that list.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-06-17 12:09:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:32:48 EDT (#)
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I dont understand how a person decides that some of this stuff might be good to eat in the first place.
taste aside, it looks really bad.
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Hunger is a powerful motivator...
I always wondered how we started eating crabs. For fuck's sake, they look like angry giant spiders with claws. I bet it was some poor schmuck down on his luck, fished one out of the marsh and said "screw it, I'm starving!"
And now they've been so badly over fished that a bushel will run you $80 easy.
And yet they are DELICIOUS.
Folks in the midwest think we're nuts, but I'll take sucking the meat out of a crab shell over a baked chicken any day.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-06-17 12:01:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I got the jellyfish when I saw it on the menu at sushi Sono.
Why?
Because I hate those bastards and desired to penetrate, with my teeth, the dark and cold-yet squishy white- heart of evil.
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2008-06-16 10:57:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I like Zimmern but Anthony Bourdain is the SHIT.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2008-06-15 12:15:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The chick on "Semi-Homemade" has some nice tits.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2008-06-14 10:24:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The Chef highly approves of Anthony Bourdain and Zimmerman.
He'd also like to burn Food Network to the ground. We'd save Alton Brown and that crazy old southern bat that has no fear of adding 5lbs of lard to her dishes but the rest.... ROAST 'EM.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-06-14 00:24:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
those fucking dinks
if it moves, it's food
Submitted by tatersninja (user info) at 2008-06-13 16:17:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
seaweed horse, and llama jerky aren't THAT weird.
You do know that seaweed is on sushi, right?
Algin helps keep other ingredients smooth and blended. It's also used as a thickener and to keep baked foods from sticking to their wrappers. Algin is made from giant kelp (seaweed).
I like that show, it's better than anything on MTV or "america's next top model" or whatever else rubbish people find mind-numbingly entertaining.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-13 14:19:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
That "review" wasn't even funny, Tardo.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2008-06-13 13:21:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:09:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
OH ZING!
Another BIG insult from the 4'3" master of electronic shit talking.
Why don't you go play 'Anarchy in the UK' on your balsa wood 6 stringer you fucking waste?
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+2 for that review. haha.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2008-06-13 12:57:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The odd thing about Durian, the fruit Sac mentioned, is that the aroma is utterly repulsive, like turpentine and rotting flesh and dog shit.... but the taste itself is very sweet and pleasant.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-06-13 12:16:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
In other news I can't spell 'stomach'
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-06-13 12:16:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Andrew Zimmern eats things that would make me get my stoumache pumped.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-06-13 12:06:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
My boss went to China on business once. He stopped at a restaurant in a small town and had pork for dinner. After, he went out back to the outhouse to take a shit. Sitting on the shitter, he looked down between his legs and saw a bunch of pigs in a pen underneath the outhouse, waiting for him to serve their next course.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-06-13 11:04:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I love that show.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:44:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
There's few things that taste worse than a smelly pussy.
Just have to spit and drool over it to dilute the flavour.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:22:40 EDT (#)
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Llama jerky is one of the few things a lonely Peruvian farmer has to look forward to.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:17:19 EDT (#)
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The dorian fruit was on the episode I saw. It was odd to see him make a face when he ate that but can eat raw eel with kitten tail sauce.
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:09:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
OH ZING!
Another BIG insult from the 4'3" master of electronic shit talking.
Why don't you go play 'Anarchy in the UK' on your balsa wood 6 stringer you fucking waste?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:05:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Well, in all fairness, oathmeal eats an awful lot of dick, too. Dontcha, assface?
And if you're still hungry, you can eat my shit again.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-06-13 10:02:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm an Anthony Bourdain junkie, and Zimmern comes on right after so sometimes I catch some. That guy has an iron stomach and I can't watch if I'm eating.
Though one thing I find funny is that there is this Asian fruit called dorian I think, and it supposedly smells/tastes like some sort of rancid cheese, so bad that it's outlawed in some places. Bourdain loves it, and Zimmern won't even eat it.
*end travel channel nerdgirl transmission*
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:58:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
In the Phillipines. Balut. http://www.philippinewide.com/the_eggs_with_legs.php
I am so sorry I ate that.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:54:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Marzjipan is rubbish.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:54:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:32:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I dont understand how a person decides that some of this stuff might be good to eat in the first place.
taste aside, it looks really bad.
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When you think about it we eat all sorts of shapes and textures of meat too. It's just a little more... natural.
Me and the family were eating a soup in Yabuli in Northern China and we got 3/4 of the way through before dad ladled what was undeniably a dog's head from the bottom of the common bowl.
The fact we all finished eating shows how far gone my family are.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:50:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Battenberg cake is nice. Maybe I DO like marzipan...?
Damn, now I'm confused. I know for a fact that I don't like liquorice. Are they the same thing?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Lyons_battenberg_cake.jpg
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:46:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:31:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Worst thing I ever ate was marzipan.
*shudder*
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*wide eyed stare*
you don't like battenberg? (If that's not how you spell it, you know what I mean)
My god I just made myself dribble thinking about it. I might have to go to the shops
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:40:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i tried dog meat in china
it was delish
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:32:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I dont understand how a person decides that some of this stuff might be good to eat in the first place.
taste aside, it looks really bad.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:31:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Worst thing I ever ate was marzipan.
*shudder*
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:29:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've had at least four from that list at a glance.
What was I thinking? My stomach can't even take beef at the moment, I have no idea why or what's going on. I just can't seem to be able to eat anything fatty or with meat. It makes me hurl. I'm craving some bacon, so I hope it sorts soon.
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:28:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Nastiest I've ever eaten was Shlongy's wife's pussy.
Don't go NEAR that shit.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-06-13 09:26:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I ate jellyfish last time i was in Shanghai. It's like a very tough jelly with a slight crunch. It really has no taste at all so is just a vehicle for the sauce.
If there's one thing I appreciate about the fact my parents have lived in South East Asia since i was 15, it's my ability to drool over anything labelled food, no mattter what it looks or smells like.
There's nothing on that list i wouldn't try.