Writer's Block: Leftovers of leftovers

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huummm. my mother is filipino, and i grew up in a very white-washed neighborhood, and a lot of dishes that i ate regularly tended to horrify everyone else i knew - especially snack foods.

being the only first grader bringing a bag of dried & salted sardines, not Fruit Roll-Ups, for snack time is an interesting experience.

anyway, stuff i sometimes eat that strikes other people as strange/exotic/gross:

isaw (seasoned & grilled chicken intestines)
chibab (fried pig intestines. it's a lot like pork rinds but the texture is a little different)
duck & quail eggs (i don't think it's that strange, but other people do, so.)
betamax (solid, salted chicken blood, it's cooked on a skewer)

and things i've tried once and probably won't anytime soon:

whole baby octopus
haggis (from what i can remember, it tastes a lot like meatloaf but has a grittier texture)
balut (not bad, but it's v. hard to get ahold of the eggs necessary in the states)