Weird things to eat

[Gurkha]

PandaBear,

Indians would cringe at the mention of raw blood,82% of them are grass eaters anyways, only Bengal which borders Burma and other north eastern regions are voracious meat and fish eaters but even they won't consume blood, my blood lust comes from my Fillipina wife who made me taste Dinuguan with poto and from my powerlifting days where I would load up on freshly slaughtered blood, guess count Dragool left his genes somewhere inside me.

 

[vwoom]

Anyone catch the National Geo show on strange foods? Dude, they spent like 20 minutes on balut!! A great sax enhancer. Even the working girls eat a lot of balut. One especially cute one went on about how it helps her during her "work".

 

[Gurkha]

No matter, Fillipinas are hot,hot,hot.

 

[PandaBear]

I didn't know Indians eat blood product too. Pork blood pudding (aka "pork red" solidify some blood in a bucket of water, into a tofu like texture) is usually stirfried with chives and onion.

A Taiwanese snack that can be found in many Tapioca (Boba tea) place called "Pork blood cake" is another version. It is sweet rice cooked with dilluted pork blood (instead of rice) and then cut into pieces and deep fried. You really can't taste the blood part afterward, but the texture makes it bouncy and chewy.

I stop eating blood after I realize what they are made of when I was 10. Taste fine, but just couldn't get past the psychological barrier.

 

[k1xv]

I was looking at the McDonalds India web site. Interesting. No beef or pork, mostly chicken and fish.

I have always used a bacon cheeseburger as an example of a food that many people of many different creeds and beliefs can agree is objectionable, each on his/her own unique basis.

 

[Pablo]

quote:

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a bacon cheeseburger as an example of a food that many people of many different creeds and beliefs can agree is objectionable

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Except when you are starving. Those 2900 calories may come in handy.

 

[Gurkha]

McDonalds, KFC, Dominoes and Pizza Hut have all changed their menu to survive in India, McDonald used to make a lamb burger, took it off the menu, what you get now is an atrocious mint sauce laced chicken fillet sandwich, assorted vegetarian junk, thats all, KFC bombed with their fried chicken and switched to chicken and vegetarian sandwiches, most of the US ventures here are running at a loss, only Dominoes is doing better but that too at a margin, fact of the matter is there is so many different cuisines here in India, available everywhere, why bother with mundane monotony of fast food.

 

[Pablo]

Imagine travelling to India to eat fast food I wouldn't eat at home!! NO thanks.

 

[Gurkha]

Pablo,

Sadly I see many westerners hovering around these joints, and Indians aren't innocent either, probably the most un-imaginative and constricted bunch of people on Earth, do you ever see any Indian tourists or otherwise going to a Chinese or any other restaurant? They would rather eat at the overpriced and fake Indian curry poison joints in US and UK and elsewhere. They would never know what they are missing sadly.

 

[Mike94SE]

I sometimnes break apart a White Castle burger and mix it with a chili from Wendy's... About it really

 

[vwoom]

No matter, Fillipinas are hot,hot,hot.

You bet!..

 

[k1xv]

I had a work assignment in Ankara Turkey that lasted about 15 weeks. There were all the typical USA fast food restaurants there. The most popular seemed to be Burger King. The menu was very similar to the USA Berger King menu. About once a month I would go there for a Whopper, which I seldom eat in the USA.

What was sad to me was that many of the Turks, particularly younger ones, were enthralled by USA trademarked items and clothing. Harley Davidson, Warner Brothers cartoon characters, etc. etc. etc. I can understand why some very conservative local people there can get so upset over their local heritage being overrun by western influences. Yet at the same time, Turkey badly wants to be part of the western economy and community it seems.

There was nothing quite so funny to me as rap music in Turkish.

 

[Matt_S]

I once had chitlins. I tried it plain at first. YUCK!! It was somewhat more palatable with tobasco sauce, but I still passed on eating any more. That's about as wierd as I've ever gotten.

 

[charlesezell]

I cherish the way where you can about take any exquisite garbage sustenance,use it with any sweet garbage nourishment and voila! Congratulation from my site you have an informative creation!

 

[Errtt]

When I was military, some overseas places,I know we ate some strange things. I'm still alive

 

[Shannow]

My new boss organised dinner out for some of us last night...

Osso Bucco, braised in a massaman curry, looked strange on a bed of (really good) potato mash (and I don't like potato mash usually) to keep in theme.

It was absolutely glorious in it's entirety, bone marrow and all.

 

[Mr_Incredible]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
moutain oysters and turkey nuts are at the head of my list of weird things to eat. (i have never ate them myself)


I've had turkey fries. They are some of the most awesome food ever. Had at an outside fry-up with copious amounts of fish, beer, fried taters, and other picnic goodies, they can't be beat.

 

[tom slick]

In the last 8 years I have eaten Mountain Oysters. They were good, reminded me of chicken fried steak.