Mike Petro wrote:
> In any event, does it really matter what the Asians prize? If you
> don't care for it then get rid of it. Your perception is the only
> that really counts.
>
> This reminds of eating shrimp in Spain and Greece. The first time I
> ordered shrimp over there they brought out these humongous fantastic
> looking prawns that had been cooked whole, each of them easily several
> ounces at least. I was in heaven and proceeded to take the heads off
> and peel them before eating them. Everybody in the restaurant looked at
> me like I was an alien from Mars or something. It turns out that they
> consider the shrimp heads to be a delicacy over there and I was sitting
> there throwing away the BEST part! Guess what, even after finding out
> all of that, I never did eat a shrimp head......
>
> Mike
> http://www.pu-erh.net

Word. Cow brains, Blue Crab "mustard", flattened dried salted candied
cuttlefish, live octopus, fish cheek meat/eyes, etc. All delicacies and
all unpalateable to me. It all comes down to personal taste and
tolerance, and I could kind of see how insects would be OK to some, but
I find it unsettling and would be unhappy to find a "prized rope" or a
beetle in any of my pu-erh. Just like I know some folks who find it
lucky to find a worm in their apple, and continue to eat away...
whereas it is tossed within milliseconds in my hands and then I'm an
unhappy camper for a bit.

Shrimp heads aren't in my book of prized culinary delights either, I'd
be in the same boat.

- Dominic