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bife 
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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 Posted - 03/26/2009 : 15:33:13
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I am not sure it is exactly 'something to be proud of', but I will say it took more courage than anything else I've done this year.
"Balut", apparently the most terrying food in the world (not true, obviously, but see last entry anyway)
And this site gives perhaps a better picture
It took some heavy peer pressure from a couple of locals here in manila before i could bring myself to eat it, although it's better than it looks and is sold on many street corners here.
Thought I would share, isn't every day i eat something this 'unusual' |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 15:52:21
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| Gag me with a spoon!!! I used to watch "Travel Sick", hosted by Grub Smith. Each week he would take on a group of challenges, one of which always included eating something decidedly gross without vomiting. This was one of the foods he had to eat in one episode. |
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Wheelz 
"FWFR%u2019ing like it%u2019s 1999"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 16:09:10
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| They ate these on "Survivor" once too. Mrs. Wheelz couldn't even look at the screen. |
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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 16:59:42
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| I dunno washing it down with a chilled glass of baby mouse wine may take the edge off!! ugh! |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 17:57:28
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| Anyone who finds balut the most terrifying food in the world obviously has not encountered a Jos. Louis. |
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chazbo 
"Outta This Fuckin' Place"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 17:58:37
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I once thought I was brave for trying a couple of grilled whole sparrows (squishy heads included) while living in Japan, but that country is far tamer than what you can get in others.
While the Koreans have their baby mouse wine, the Japanese prefer a cup of poisonous snake sake or snapping turtle blood (boosts virility, evidently).
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 18:05:30
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Most Filipinos eat this with a little salt and vinegar. Now who said Filipino quisine shouldn�t be worldwide!
Took the words right out of my mouth (except for the misspelling) .... |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 07:15:35
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Originally posted by MguyX
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Most Filipinos eat this with a little salt and vinegar. Now who said Filipino quisine shouldn�t be worldwide!
Took the words right out of my mouth (except for the misspelling) ....
I'm not sure the salt and vinegar helped  |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 09:40:17
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Originally posted by chazbo
While the Koreans have their baby mouse wine, the Japanese prefer a cup of poisonous snake sake or snapping turtle blood (boosts virility, evidently).
Doesn't boost virility for the poor turtles i'm thinking. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 10:28:58
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Not saying I'd eat any of that and maybe I would, but you all/some of you anyway happily chow down on chopped pig snout and pig anus   . Yum! 
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 11:33:53
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Not saying I'd eat any of that and maybe I would, but you all/some of you anyway happily chow down on chopped pig snout and pig anus . Yum!
It's all about presentation. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 15:04:34
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| Once when my mum cracked an egg it turned out that it had been fertilised. I didn't get a close look, but after that I found eating eggs an ever more grotesque concept. |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 03/27/2009 : 16:26:31
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When I was a child our Cat had Kittens and at breakfast i watched our cat devour one of then and it freaked me until it was pointed out to me that it was only the placenta.
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 16:35:37
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In Phnom Penh for 4 days with miss alice, came across a roadside cart selling fried locust, fried larvae and various other fried insects.
Took a log hard look but couldn't bring myself to try the locust, but we did share a fried spider (about half the size of a tarantula). Didn't intrinsically taste of much, although had been cooked in a tasty sweet barbeque type sauce.
Was tough to take the first bite, went into and out of my mouth about three times before i finally bit off a leg. took somewhat longer before i could persuade myself to chomp into the soft, juicy looking belly (although it turned out to be crunchy).
Was impressed that even 14 year-old Miss Alice managed a leg.
Maybe next year I'll try the locust, maybe not ... |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 07/19/2009 : 01:16:30
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Maybe next year I'll try a cheesecake, maybe not ...
That's right, I've never had cheesecake! |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 07/19/2009 : 03:09:20
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
Maybe next year I'll try a cheesecake, maybe not ...
That's right, I've never had cheesecake!
Ewwwwww! It's all squishy and sweet inside! |
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