Gonna Eat That

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Topic started by Dominic W (dommy)

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dommySat 02/02/08 16:42

http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/food_and_culture/gonna_eat_that/

Take a look at the above site - it has some unusual foods, so I am wondering if you have tried any of these, or other foods you consider unusual:

1. Balut

This Filipino delicacy is a fertilized egg that is incubated until a duckling develops, and then soft-boiled and eaten.

2. Durian

An acquired taste—and smell—durian is a large, spiny green fruit from South East Asia with a dense skin that protects a creamy center that some swoon over and some find putrid. Durian has such a distinctive odor (sewer-like is the most common description) that it has been banned on public transportation in some countries.

3. Fufu

A West African dish made of pounded yam formed into slimy balls, fufu is served with meat stew or any dish with sauce or gravy.

4. Fugu

Dozens of people in Japan die each year from eating this blowfish, which has an organ containing a toxin so deadly that only specially licensed chefs are allowed to prepare it.

5. Haggis

Do you have to be drunk on whisky to eat haggis? A Scottish favorite made from the chopped heart, lungs, and liver of lamb or beef and mixed with suet, oats, onions, herbs, and spices, then stuffed into a sheep's stomach, haggis is not for the faint of heart nor the weak of stomach.

6. Hakarl

An Icelandic dish that consists of putrefied shark meat that has been buried for months, then dried for a few more months, Hakarl is typically accompanied by a shot of Brenivinn, a caraway-flavored schnapps.

7. Hu-Hu Grubs

A New Zealand native, the larvae of the huhu beetle can be found in rotting logs and eaten raw or cooked. Connoisseurs describe the grubs as tasting nutty or like chicken.

8. Nutria

File this one under 'If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em.' The nutria is a large semi-aquatic rodent that is indigenous to South America and was imported into Louisiana for the fur industry. Over decades the critters extensively damaged the state's coastal wetlands, so officials decided to promote nutria as a cheap and readily available food source.

9. Octopus (Live)

Eaten cut up but still writhing, raw octopus is a South Korean favorite that is often served with a pepper paste.

10. Scrapple

Named for the scrap odds and ends of pig it comprises (lips, snout, organs, etc.), scrapple is an old Pennsylvania-Dutch dish that was typically eaten at breakfast. Scrapple is comprised of a cornmeal mush made with the meat and broth, seasoned with onions, spices and herbs and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying.

11. Uni (in Japan) or ricci di mare (in Italy)

Raw sea urchin roe is popular in both sushi and pasta dishes.

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