On Aug 27, 9:04 pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On Aug 27, 6:47 pm, Kyle > wrote:
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> > On Aug 27, 12:20 pm, raymond > wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:21:36 -0700, Bobo Bonobo® >
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> > > >1. "Alton: There are no bad foods, only bad food habits..."
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> > > Alton obviously has never eaten a durian. It is the only food I have
> > > ever seen gag Andrew Zimmern.
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> > Zimmern had a lot of trouble with yakitori in Japan, and Thai sausages
> > -- accessible stuff which most foodies would love. Zimmern couldn't
> > handle horchata (basically a liquid rice pudding -- totally pleasant
> > and unchallenging). So I wouldn't assume durian tastes bad based on
> > AZ's reaction to it. Anthony Bourdain loves durian -- though he
> > admits you shouldn't expect to be making out after ingesting it.
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> > I think Zimmern's tastes are pretty standard American tastes. His
> > supposed "love" of "bizarre foods" is just a schtick. If you look at
> > what he gorges on, it's usually something any American would eat.
> > Conversely, watch closely when he's "eating" something weird; he will
> > often take a *tiny* portion of it, and sometimes I think he's not
> > trying the item at all.
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> Of course it's a schtick. It's like watching the losers on Jerry
> Springer, or the misfits on Cops. I used to (a few years ago) turn on
> Fear Factor for the middle stunt, which often involved hotties eating
> really gross stuff like cockroaches.
> Perhaps it's a twisted sort of prurience that is de-sexualized, if
> that makes any sense

Well, I don't dislike Zimmern or consider him pathetic and repugnant
like many of the personalities one encounters on the shows you
mention. I just think his palate is a lot less brave than he lets
on.

AZ's Gulf Coast show is on right now. He's stuffing himself with
turducken (chicken, duck, and turkey wrapped up and cooked together)
and pork sausage. Bizarre foods?