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Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
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> On Apr 4, 11:48 am, "Nancy2" > wrote:
>> On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
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>>> 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...
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>>> 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.
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> Actually, some of the stuff isn't gross. Nutria isn't bad at all. Nor
> is haggis. And it's still LENT. You can eat muskrat with impunity!!
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> He's rather unctuous, too.
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> Ted
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Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if I want to.
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