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Post by streamingblue on Jan 2, 2003 0:26:21 GMT -5
biltong is south african  mmm.. it's beef jerky made with soya sauce, brandy, white pepper... some other stuff and coriander.. i'm not really fond of american beef jerky.. it's horrid.. it doesn't really taste like meat at all.. kinda like hot dogs.. |
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Post by sara on Jan 2, 2003 0:30:03 GMT -5
Well, I'm sure i could find plenty of exotic foods at the Chinese supermarket in my neighborhood. It's a little far, but I go there occasionally. They fertillized eggs where the chick it at the stage where it is just about to grow hard bones, as well as other foods Americans would consider "weird". However I NEVER want to see their seafood section every again .. you should see the conditions they put the live fish in.
When they were dropping food over Afganistan, at one village they had journalists write about the reactions of the people. They were amazed by peanut butter, and they were wondering what the hell it was. 'Course they were so hungry they couldn't be picky, so they ate it anyway, but the degree of weirdness in food is definitely in the eye (or tongue) of the beholder.
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Post by sara on Jan 2, 2003 0:32:15 GMT -5
i'm not particularly fond of fruit except for the "normal" things.. or normal for me. berries, mandarins, apples, grapes, pineapples, lychees.. etc.. but i do hate bananas.. they make me gag. maybe cuz they're sticky and they leave that weird film on your teeth after but eew.. i'm not fond of that i like tofu. a lot of people hate it.. but i don't know why.. maybe if you get the non-smooth tofu.. it's a bit sour.. but i'm fine with it. personally JUST LIKE ME! I abhore banana, and I love tofu! I'd be a seafood person also, but the water around here is too polluted and overfished for it to be smart to eat it regularly... |
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Post by streamingblue on Jan 2, 2003 0:33:49 GMT -5
i live on the coast of bc.. we have hte best salmon (i think).. so i'm always trying to go out for fish.  but now that i started eating sashimi.. cooked salmon tastes a bit weird . hehe |
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Post by sara on Jan 2, 2003 0:37:29 GMT -5
I like salmon raw.
Anyway, this area is famous for seafood too. We supposedly have the best tasting crab in the world. Probably the crab with the highest mercury content, or if not the most, we're in the top ten.
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Post by Patjade on Jan 2, 2003 6:11:36 GMT -5
biltong is south african mmm.. it's beef jerky made with soya sauce, brandy, white pepper... some other stuff and coriander.. i'm not really fond of american beef jerky.. it's horrid.. it doesn't really taste like meat at all.. kinda like hot dogs.. I've had Biltong. It's good! I like beef jerky, but I make my own. The stuff that is sold is pretty dry, and I won't even bother with the "chopped & formed" junk. I am a bit of an experimenter, and have had buffalo jerky (when I was in colorado), and venison jerky (a friend gave me). I also have had "squid jerky" and "fish jerky". Or what I consider to be jerky. The beef jerky I make is my own marinade recipe, which I make up in a liter container. I soak the meat strips in it for several days, then put it in the dehydrator. It is a LOT of work, though, and I generally don't have the time to do it. |
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Post by Patjade on Jan 2, 2003 6:15:36 GMT -5
They fertillized eggs where the chick it at the stage where it is just about to grow hard bones That sounds like a Filipino treat called "Baluk", which is a duck egg that is fertilized, then buried for 21 days to ferment. THAT is pretty disgusting. I never ate one, but a small asian market I used to go to in North Carolina had them, with BIG sign that read: "DO NOT TOUCH! If it breaks when you handle it, you bought it!" One of the egds exploded, and if you think an Easter egg is bad, found a couple weeks after Easter, this makes it smell like Glade air freshener. WHEW!!!!! |
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Post by Linnen Malfoy on Jan 2, 2003 6:51:14 GMT -5
Can it beat Israeli snacks? Isreal makes snacks 5 times better than American snacks, but unfortunately most are not availible in America *sniff* Hammas (I doubt I spelled that right) is godly. It's a pity I can't find anywhere around here that makes it just right... I never eat any odd foods, I'm mostly normal. I eat anything except for veggies (Corn and potatoes are the exception) and cooked fish (but raw fish is my favorite). I'm partial to pocky. Best snack food ever made. |
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Post by Patjade on Jan 2, 2003 7:00:30 GMT -5
I'm partial to pocky. Best snack food ever made. Pocky! Oh, Jeeze, that stuff is EVERYWHERE here! And in 100 flavors, it seems. I kinda like the chocolate dipped pretzel ones. |
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Post by Lappi on Jan 2, 2003 8:15:14 GMT -5
If ember ever saw this thread, I'd be dead. Okie...
I've eaten...
...eggs with the chick inside it. e_e
...duck and fish heads e_e
...snails. Mmm, tastey.
ARGH, I can taste something now. I think it's my blood, though, so that's a relief. Here are some things I enjoy from your lists.
- Sea Cucumber. I LOVE IT!! GIMME!!
- Cuttlefish/Squid. I think I'm in heaven!!! ^^^^^^
- I like Tofu. What's wrong with tofu? Me like every veggie except for tomatoes. XD
That's about it! ^^
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Post by poy222 on Jan 2, 2003 12:27:32 GMT -5
And it's not a weird food, but I LOVE young, fresh coconut, right off the tree. Aww! I always wanted to make a coconut fall off a tree, crack it open, and drink the coconut milk inside! |
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Post by Lappi on Jan 2, 2003 12:40:45 GMT -5
There are two types of "gross food".
One is excotic foodie, and the other is disliked foodies. I thought it was number one, but meh!
I don't like bananas that much either. XP
Err... speaking of food... hi!
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Post by oddhatter on Jan 2, 2003 13:29:30 GMT -5
That sounds like a Filipino treat called "Baluk", which is a duck egg that is fertilized, then buried for 21 days to ferment. THAT is pretty disgusting. I never ate one, but a small asian market I used to go to in North Carolina had them, with BIG sign that read: "DO NOT TOUCH! If it breaks when you handle it, you bought it!" One of the egds exploded, and if you think an Easter egg is bad, found a couple weeks after Easter, this makes it smell like Glade air freshener. WHEW!!!!! Ah yes...baluk. I had the chance to try one...well, I had six years to do so - but I prefer my food without feathers. |
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Post by sticky on Jan 2, 2003 13:58:17 GMT -5
erm...wow... Thats quite a variety. I havent even tried sushi. But something I will recomend are Japanese pastries. Theres a store in NYC...very good, theyre made out of beans and usually rice covers. NUMMY!
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Post by Lappi on Jan 2, 2003 14:01:42 GMT -5
I LOVE SUSHI!  |
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mmm.. it's beef jerky made with soya sauce, brandy, white pepper... some other stuff and coriander.. i'm not really fond of american beef jerky.. it's horrid.. it doesn't really taste like meat at all.. kinda like hot dogs..
but now that i started eating sashimi.. cooked salmon tastes a bit weird . hehe
