Foods you eat that others here probably wouldn't touch!!!
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When I was in my teens (with long hair) from the rear I was mistaken as a female many times because I was SO skinny. That was one of my motivations to start gaining weight and building muscle.My 2 cents worth... The OP wanted to shock so it's a bit rich she gets on her high horse and expresses her upset with people being rude. No one is mocking the culture - just the fact you chose to call out with excitement your weird food fetishes...
Yup. She.
I also wouldn't call it a weird food fetish, it's a traditional dish. I would be interested in the dinuguan, but probably not the balut. I don't even like fried chicken with bones in it.
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yeah ewwThis thread is a great appetite suppressant.0 -
It's not any different.
We are asked for our responses here and mine was that the images were disgusting and disturbing to me, personally. However, to each their own, I understand this is part of a culture and therefore I think anyone who wants to eat this should be free to do so.That duck embryo is not only disgusting but disturbing. I know it's a cultural thing, but THINK ABOUT IT...Which we should do with ALL the foods we eat...What it is, where it comes from, is it even real food? Reminds me of these good questions.
How is it different than eating a duck egg, or a fully grown duck?
I was only expressing an opinion. I mean no disrepect. I know there are certainly things I do or eat that would seem disturbing and disgusting to those from other cultures...That's just the way it is.
No reason for anyone to get their feathers in a knot...Pun intended!
I concur- how is it any different.. a duck is a duck is a duck
then not sure how it is disgusting and disturbing but hey maybe it's just me- this primal girl eats and loves her meat! Just because its a 'baby' makes it disturbing? Maybe I am a bit desynthesized to seeing such images as well- seen worse while working with my grandfather on his ranch from the time I was a small child.... shrugs0 -
Amen to that!For all those grossed out about these foods, think about hot dogs and bologna. Real American food, made with what my Father in Law the Butcher called "Floor sweepings" ALL sorts of parts in there... It's just in what you know and are familiar with.
May have to make a run to Costco for a hot dog this week now...
My friend took a food science course...A certain amount of insects are allowed in the production of weiners...Cheez Whiz is gray before food colourng is added to give it its orange colour...
This is why we need to be mindful about what we put in our bodies, no matter what culture we are from. Some things are just not good and don't even qualify as "real" food. As repulsive as I find the baby duck, as a food it's probably healthier (depending on how it's raised/produced) than many of the foods we eat, like McDonald's chicken nuggets, for example!0 -
Great, I just ate my lunch...for a second time.0
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I actually wanted to try that from seeing those travel food shows, but somehow your "real" pictures made me change my mind. pooooor little chickieeeee.0
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I agree!I'm no animal rights person, but the balut is incredibly cruel. I mean like psychopathic crazy cruel. I lived in the Philippines for a year, and I'm extremely glad I never got exposed to it.0 -
This is true as well...I try to only buy meat (of the couple that I do eat) that is locally raised and treated humanely...Mass-produced meat is almost sure to be produced in a manner that is cruel and inhumane. If we refuse to buy this, maybe it can change...I'm no animal rights person, but the balut is incredibly cruel. I mean like psychopathic crazy cruel. I lived in the Philippines for a year, and I'm extremely glad I never got exposed to it.
Compared to the way that commercial chickens and other food animals are currently raised and slaughtered today, that little duckling's death seems pretty humane to me.0 -
I'm using Google Chrome for my browser, so as I read through the thread I highlighted ALL the foods I didn't know, right clicked and chose "search for ... ." What an education! I've known about Balut for years (not interested), but I love most all kinds of sausages, so Haggis, blood sausage, etc sound worth a try. I can't remember the name of one dish mentioned, but it sounds just like Spam or Meatloaf.
The french fries with cheese and gravy sound really yummy! From the description I read on Wikipedia, I think I would like Durian! I'm pretty sure I had Durian pudding for dessert at a restaurant, but I can not recall for certain. I LOVE tapioca pudding, but I have many friends who won't touch the stuff because it looks like snot! hahaha Ceviche sounds DELICIOUS. Like "South American Sushi" hahaha
Growing up, whenever we had pork chops I used to love trying to get the bit of marrow out of the bone. I heard of a Middle Eastern dish of fried marrow with lemon, garlic and tahini or something. That sounds amazing!
^^^ yeah! I'd love to know. I've "heard" that (some? most?) Asian cultures think it's very strange that Americans eat carrots. They consider it animal feed.I'm curious. All of us "Westerners" are grossed out by foods from other cultures. Are there any Western foods that gross out people from other cultures?
Thanks for the education and broadening my horizons! (Lard has less saturated fat than butter?! I might just try that on my toast! LOL)0 -
My friend brought home some Durian cakes from an Asian grocery. They looked like little gingerbreads and didn't smell bad to me so I tasted it. It was the most disgusting thing I've ever tried lol, I thought I would die. I've read people saying it's like sweaty gym socks or, wiki says "like french kissing your dead grandma" lol.. which I can confirm. It tasted to me like licorice if licorice had died a terrible rotten death lol, and I don't even like licorice itself.
But of the people we had sample it, men seemed to like it more than women for the most part. The people who liked it said it tasted "meaty". I was the only one who felt it was like bad licorice but other people who didn't like it also said "like something rotten" lol.
It was actually really funny the faces we all made who didn't like it. :noway:0 -
Yes we have Balut at our New Year's party tonight! Hope many here don't drink too much because I don't want to see it come back up!
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You EAT that? Gah!0
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We raised and ate ostrich for several years. I like it but it's not easy to come by since we sold the ranch we raised them on.0
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Had ostrich. Good!We raised and ate ostrich for several years. I like it but it's not easy to come by since we sold the ranch we raised them on.
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I just threw up
lmao! it's good, just close your eyes.0 -
You KNOW!!!I just threw up
lmao! it's good, just close your eyes.
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the blood soup honestly just looks like diarrhea.. does it smell good at least lol0
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Durian. Not only was it awful, your entire house reeks for days.0
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Cow tongue or sheep tongue were regulars in our household. I've had rabbit stew (admittedly didn't know it was rabbit til afterwards) and it was good. Love Black pudding.
Don't think I could stomach the OP's foods but lately the smell of fried food makes me feel ill, so to each their own
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This thread is a great appetite suppressant.
^^^this
OP you win the interwebs no one is going to beat that post.0 -
BALUT- duck embryo
[img]http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb281/mickz1829/dinuguan.jpg[/i My friend used to eat this all the time. She tried to get me to eat that... ugh!! no gusta!![/img]0 -
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I really did throw up about 30 minutes ago. This isn't helping. I thought we were supposed to post foods that we eat that we didn't think many others like. Mine is cottage cheese.0
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Haha, I was just about to post this! I remember as a kid, we ate them.
Also rotten corn.. corn fermented (in Maori - kaanga piro) in running water. Then mixed with cream. The smell is horrendous and I've only tried it once - taste isn't so bad, I just couldn't stand the smell!0 -
I love dinuguan!!! My dad makes the best ever... Yummm. Haven't hat balut in a long time, since I was a child.0
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Food is a cultural thing! What is "food"/"not food" accross the world is soooo itneresting! For example, I was eating a meal with some friends who were new to the country I lived in, and was mortifyed when I saw them sucking the bone marrow out of the bones of the meat we were eating. Then one of them turned to me and said "Do you like to eat crab? or Lobster? I think that's so gross, you break the skeleton and eat the little bits of meat inside- ewwwww!". I thought that was pretty funny and true!
Don't knock till you try it!!!!you eat that!? I was gonna say liver & onions but nevermind0 -
Cow tongue or sheep tongue were regulars in our household. I've had rabbit stew (admittedly didn't know it was rabbit til afterwards) and it was good. Love Black pudding.
Don't think I could stomach the OP's foods but lately the smell of fried food makes me feel ill, so to each their own
I eat rabbits on a semi-regular basis, also pigeons. When I was a hungry student, I ate a fair few squirrels.
Blood is useful to thicken stews - just dont tell people thats what you are doing, I always try and thicken stew made from hare with its blood - dont get many of em these days though.
My wife wasn't keen on the sprats we had for dinner last night - they are like small herring - floured and fried, you eat them whole - but I leave the heads/bones on the bigger ones, on the smaller ones I eat the lot. Nom.
Also love black pudding, its one of my treat items.0 -
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Blood stew?
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Food and culture are so intertwined that I find this post- and a lot of the reactions- very interesting. There's a lot of Filipino food around where I live and I like a lot of it. I've never tried Balut and don't think I would. Closer to my own culture, there is haggis which I also have no interest in trying. I grew up on a pretty standard American diet; the most unusual things I remember from my childhood were the liver and onions my dad would occasionally cook or the pickled eggs he'd make with vinegar, beet juice, and spice.
I like a few more mundane things that some people won't touch: raw oysters, sardines, and most sushi/sashimi although I don't care for eel or sea urchin. Ceviche is good too.0
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