Writer's Block: Leftovers of leftovers

[terabient]

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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)

Comments

[theplaidsheep.livejournal.com]

Can't say I've ever eaten food that could be classed as strange or exotic, except for black pudding (which is made from all the bits of an animal you don't eat, including the blood). I quite like black pudding.

I once went to an Indian restaurant where there was a 'special' menu for 'something different.' when I asked what was special, I was told that the various dishes featured various cow or sheep organ meat, including the brain and also the hoofs. Now I quite like hock, but hmmm, mostly it was the brain and the hooves that turned me off. If I ate it, and liked it, and then you told me what it was, I'd probably ask for it again regardless.

isaw (seasoned & grilled chicken intestines)

Hmmm, so what does it taste like?

[lustychan.livejournal.com]

I will admit I said "ew" to the betamax. lol