On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> In article >, backspace@backspace
> wrote:
>
> >Does somebody like Andrew Zimmern have to build up a tolerance to such
> >exotic foodstuffs? If I went to the Philippines and tried balut, would it
> >make me sick?
>
> I don't know, but I remember the Philipino food they served at my best
> friend's wedding did a number on me.
>
> How is this show, anyway? It looks vaguely interesting, but since it's
> on Food Network...
>
> --
> The trouble with American journalism, in short, isn't that it's too
> skeptical, but that it's too willing to throw skepticism to the wind when
> it suits the agenda of proclaiming every war a Vietnam and every
> Republican president a Nixon.

I don't watch it (Travel Channel, BTW) because I think it was thought
up just to put this guy on the air. He doesn't talk or act like a
chef - he's just got this unusual "talent" of being able to eat the
grossest things there are and not die from it. Ick.

N.