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:
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> > >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.

I agree. I watched a couple of times thinking it would be about two of
my favorite things: travel and food. Instead, it's about eating things
I would never eat and making fun of the people who eat them.