On Apr 13, 12:23*pm, Landon > wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
> wrote:
>
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> >People do eat the damnedest combinations of foods. Some even like
> >boiled sheep heads and rice-paddy rats. Oh well...its their choice.
> >==
>
> I have to tell you that you impressed me. You didn't say that it was
> nasty or disgusting or anything, you just made it clear that you are
> not one who enjoys unusual foods. I think that's great and an
> excellent way to state your feelings! Thanks!
>
> I am one of the people who will try almost anything, providing that
> the person suggesting it has a bite first, to prove it is not a joke
> of some kind.
>
> I've been pleasantly surprised at some of the enjoyable flavors I've
> tasted while eating some very unusual foods and combinations of foods.
>
> The show "Bizarre Foods" had an episode where the "Bloodline" of a
> Tuna is cooked and eaten in a Japanese restaurant. In Japan and
> everywhere else I know of on earth, the bloodline is thrown
> away...always!
>
> Well, I asked a local fish shop to save some for me and I cooked it
> exactly as the guy on the show did. DAMNED if it didn't taste and have
> the exact texture of well done beef roast! It surprised me so much
> that I will have it many times in the future. Especially if the shop
> keeps just giving it to me. (I especially like that part). The shop
> owner screwed up his face and looked at me like I was insane when I
> told him I wanted to try eating it.
>
> My point being that most of the odd foods I've tried were good. You
> just have to get over the "Oh no, you aren't eating THAT are you?" in
> your own mind.

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We had a neighbour who ate local rabbits. Rabbits have been eaten by
all kinds of people but I won't eat them for one reason only. I used
to shoot rabbits to feed our farm cats. I noticed some little bumps
under the skin which were apparently parasites and wouldn't risk an
infection by eating them. Most likely thorough cooking would kill the
little beggars but I just can't get over feeling them through the skin
of their hosts.
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