Re: Weird Food - Care to share?
Lutefisk, what a God-awful food. Tastes like cardboard soaked in pee. Yikes!
I think they also served fresh monkey brains in an Indiana Jones movie, and eyeball soup. That was my first exposure and I remember thinking "No freaking way!" My Laotian fishing buddy, Lith, introduced me to many of their delicacies. Like quail eggs and fish sauce. That stuff is horrible smelling. I think they cut the aroma with lemon grass, but use it in quite a few Lao recipes.
I have to confess to eating some things for which he could not tell me the ingredients due to his limited English vocabulary. This might have been a blessing.
When faced with eating some of this bizarre food, I will try it if I watch someone else eat it first. It seems to take away the ewww factor. hahahaha
That reminds me of a bit by comedian David Brenner. When he was in school, the teacher asked the class who they felt was the bravest person in the world. Some said "Astronaut", the "President", "Policeman or Fireman" - but David said "the first person to drink milk." The teacher asked him why he thought that, to which he replied, "Well, think about it. Two cavemen were eying some cows one day, and one of the cavemen says to the other - You see those things hanging under that animal? I am going to run down there an squeeze them - and I will drink whatever comes out."
Back near where I lived in Illinois, there is an annual Turkey Testicle Festival. They cook-up a huge amount of turkey testes and drink lots of beer. They are quite delicious, especially when you're drinking heavily.
Venison back straps are the best part for me.
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