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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)
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)
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Date: 2010-01-23 01:29 am (UTC)From:"Don't order black pudding."
anything with offal or blood counts as strange or exotic here in the US. even something relatively tame like liver & onions tends to squick people.
i've had pig's feet. never eaten brains...i think i might draw the line there. X3
isaw...it's a bit like a kebab but more earthy/bitter. it's kind of hard for me to describe because there are a lot of flavors involved - it's normal to simmer the intestine in vinegar, then when grilling baste it in soy sauce and banana ketchup. (which is sweet & spicy.)
so, it's a really flavorful kebab. chewier too.