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?

"Backspace, Backspace, Backspace" <backspace@backspace> wrote in message
...
> 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?

Many years ago on holiday in the Philippines with son aged 12, who was
cracking his neck to try a Balut (a real mans food!!) so we stopped one
evening while driving to buy him one. He dutifully sucked it down and we
went on our way. About 20 kms later he mumbled "What do I do with the claws
and beak" as he poked them out of his lips. My dear wife nearly lost her
cookies!! Son never asked for another!

Frenchy

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:40:14 -0500, "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace"
<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?

Don't know about any of that, but I MET HIM! During one of Barb's 15
minutes of fame. I took their picture together, Andrew proudly
holding a jar of Barb's jam. And Andrew has met Tony Bourdain.
<sigh> My 2 degrees of separation from TB!

TammyM, winking at sf (I can find many ways to bring up TB's name....)

"Backspace, Backspace, Backspace" <backspace@backspace> wrote in message
...
> 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?

If not before you tried it.

http://www.deependdining.com/2005/09...noy-pinay.html

donGoliano wrote:
> "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace" <backspace@backspace> wrote in message
> ...
>> 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?
>
> If not before you tried it.
>
> http://www.deependdining.com/2005/09...noy-pinay.html
>
>

While living in Japan I had the honor (or dishonor, depending on the
opinion of any given person) of actually having to smell that stuff when
a filipino co-worker brought it into work.

In article >,
Ravenlynne > wrote:

> donGoliano wrote:
> > "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace" <backspace@backspace> wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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?
> >
> > If not before you tried it.
> >
> > http://www.deependdining.com/2005/09...noy-pinay.html
> >
> >
>
> While living in Japan I had the honor (or dishonor, depending on the
> opinion of any given person) of actually having to smell that stuff when
> a filipino co-worker brought it into work.

Makes Italian food seem all the better, eh?

On Mar 12, 4:40 pm, "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace"
<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 believe on one of the Survivor seasons, the competitors had to eat a
bunch of these things. As I recall, some of them gagged, but we
didn't ever find out if they got really sick from them.

N.

In article om>,
"Nancy2" > wrote:

> On Mar 12, 4:40 pm, "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace"
> <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 believe on one of the Survivor seasons, the competitors had to eat a
> bunch of these things. As I recall, some of them gagged, but we
> didn't ever find out if they got really sick from them.
>
> N.

Yeah, they had to eat 'em. That was pretty bad.

I'd think you'd get sick from almost anything you ate after having not
eaten for a couple weeks. Wolf down a cheeseburger, barf it back up.

You are what you eat

On Mar 13, 12:02 pm, Anim8rFSK > wrote:
> In article om>,
>
> "Nancy2" > wrote:
> > On Mar 12, 4:40 pm, "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace"
> > <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 believe on one of the Survivor seasons, the competitors had to eat a
> > bunch of these things. As I recall, some of them gagged, but we
> > didn't ever find out if they got really sick from them.
>
> > N.
>
> Yeah, they had to eat 'em. That was pretty bad.
>
> I'd think you'd get sick from almost anything you ate after having not
> eaten for a couple weeks. Wolf down a cheeseburger, barf it back up.

I think on the earlier Survivors, it was the other end of the body
that was affected most.

N.

In article .com>,
"Nancy2" > wrote:

> On Mar 13, 12:02 pm, Anim8rFSK > wrote:
> > In article om>,
> >
> > "Nancy2" > wrote:
> > > On Mar 12, 4:40 pm, "Backspace, Backspace, Backspace"
> > > <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 believe on one of the Survivor seasons, the competitors had to eat a
> > > bunch of these things. As I recall, some of them gagged, but we
> > > didn't ever find out if they got really sick from them.
> >
> > > N.
> >
> > Yeah, they had to eat 'em. That was pretty bad.
> >
> > I'd think you'd get sick from almost anything you ate after having not
> > eaten for a couple weeks. Wolf down a cheeseburger, barf it back up.
>
> I think on the earlier Survivors, it was the other end of the body
> that was affected most.
>
> N.

after a couple weeks without water I wouldn't think a cheeseburger would
make it halfway down . . .

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.

On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> In article >, backspace@backspace
> wrote:
>
> >Does somebody likeAndrewZimmernhave 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...

It's on the Travel Channel. The show is okay, but I have some
complaints about it. The pilot, Bizarre Foods of Asia, was more
interesting than any of the subsequent episodes -- although a good
deal of what he ate in that show (e.g., sushi, curry) wasn't bizarre
at all; and he shied away from the really unusual stuff. That's been
a problem with the show in general. You get glimpses of odd foods,
but Zimmern tends to stick to the more ordinary stuff. Worse yet,
you'll often see him put his fork in something unusual -- but then he
doesn't eat it! (Watch carefully.) Also, Zimmern sometimes claims to
be full after just a few bites, which doesn't gibe with his girth.
Basically, I think he's a person with ordinary tastes who pretends,
for the sake of having a TV show, to be drawn to unusual foods.

I also think that Zimmern isn't very good at describing what he eats
-- especially for a chef. He seriously overuses certain words
("funky," "fabulous") without giving the viewer a good idea of what
the culinary experience is like.

On 3 Apr 2007 20:14:10 -0700, "Kyle" > wrote:

>On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>> In article >, backspace@backspace
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Does somebody likeAndrewZimmernhave 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...
>
>It's on the Travel Channel. The show is okay, but I have some
>complaints about it. The pilot, Bizarre Foods of Asia, was more
>interesting than any of the subsequent episodes -- although a good
>deal of what he ate in that show (e.g., sushi, curry) wasn't bizarre
>at all; and he shied away from the really unusual stuff. That's been
>a problem with the show in general. You get glimpses of odd foods,
>but Zimmern tends to stick to the more ordinary stuff. Worse yet,
>you'll often see him put his fork in something unusual -- but then he
>doesn't eat it! (Watch carefully.) Also, Zimmern sometimes claims to
>be full after just a few bites, which doesn't gibe with his girth.
>Basically, I think he's a person with ordinary tastes who pretends,
>for the sake of having a TV show, to be drawn to unusual foods.

I think he may go for the more unusual foods in real life, but not
many of the totally bizarre things he eats on this show. Especially if
he lives in a place like the USA or the UK where many of the foods
couldn't be found except perhaps at very high prices. I haven't
noticed him not trying something but I have noticed many times that he
doesn't really like something since he only takes a bite or two. When
he says it's good he seems to be doing that more to please the person
he's with than to sell the viewer on it. As to his girth, I do think
he would have problems getting to be that size with many of the
unusual foods he eats as they don't seem to be high calorie foods.

>I also think that Zimmern isn't very good at describing what he eats
>-- especially for a chef. He seriously overuses certain words
>("funky," "fabulous") without giving the viewer a good idea of what
>the culinary experience is like.

This is a valid complaint. Not sure why his producer isn't guiding him
to be more descriptive even if it is in the negative. At least with
Anthony Bourdain you have a good idea of what the food tastes like
when he tries something (even though we can't actually smell or taste
it through the TV.)

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.

On Apr 4, 11:48 am, "Nancy2" > wrote:
> 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.
>

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!!

He's rather unctuous, too.

Ted

wrote:
> On Apr 4, 11:48 am, "Nancy2" > wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> 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!!
>
> He's rather unctuous, too.
>
> Ted
>
>

Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if I want to.

--
God got a virgin pregnant by magic; God doesn't play by the rules.

-Izzy, Grey's Anatomy

ravenlynne wrote on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:36:30 +0200:

??>>
r> Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if
r> I want to.

Tho' Burns elevated it, haggis is a food of poverty. If you can
stand the odor while it is cooking, it is actually quite good.
However, haggis hunting around DC never seems successful :-)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

wrote:
>On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:

>> How is this show, anyway? It looks vaguely interesting, but since it's
>> on Food Network...
>
>It's on the Travel Channel.

Oops! Followups set.

>The show is okay, but I have some complaints about it. The pilot,
>Bizarre Foods of Asia, was more interesting than any of the subsequent
>episodes -- although a good deal of what he ate in that show (e.g.,
>sushi, curry) wasn't bizarre at all; and he shied away from the really
>unusual stuff. That's been a problem with the show in general. You
>get glimpses of odd foods,but Zimmern tends to stick to the more
>ordinary stuff. Worse yet,you'll often see him put his fork in
>something unusual -- but then he doesn't eat it! (Watch carefully.)

In other words, it's a "light" version of Bourdain's show?

>Also, Zimmern sometimes claims to be full after just a few bites, which
>doesn't gibe with his girth.

Kinda sounds like the Googily-Eyed Skeletor (AKA Robin Miller), who takes
an infinitestimal nibble of food, raves about all the flavors it has,
but never _ever_ swallows any of it.

In article >, wrote:

>Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if I want to.

Nutria is real? I thought it was an elaborate cajin hoax involving
swamp algae.

On Apr 4, 1:16 pm, Ubiquitous > wrote:
> wrote:
> >On Apr 3, 8:15 pm, (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> >> How is this show, anyway? It looks vaguely interesting, but since it's
> >> on Food Network...
>
> >It's on the Travel Channel.
>
> Oops! Followups set.
>
> >The show is okay, but I have some complaints about it. The pilot,
> >Bizarre Foods of Asia, was more interesting than any of the subsequent
> >episodes -- although a good deal of what he ate in that show (e.g.,
> >sushi, curry) wasn't bizarre at all; and he shied away from the really
> >unusual stuff. That's been a problem with the show in general. You
> >get glimpses of odd foods,but Zimmern tends to stick to the more
> >ordinary stuff. Worse yet,you'll often see him put his fork in
> >something unusual -- but then he doesn't eat it! (Watch carefully.)
>
> In other words, it's a "light" version of Bourdain's show?

Yeah. It's like Bourdain's show minus the booze, the cigarettes, the
edgy humor, the vivid descriptions of the food -- and the fun.
Zimmern visits a lot of places Bourdain has been to, but he manages to
make them seem much less interesting than Bourdain did. And while
Bourdain never claimed to pursue bizarre foods, his tastes were much
more adventurous than Zimmern's.

For example, when Bourdain ate dourian, he described it vividly and in
detail, clearly relishing it but likening it to a style of odoriferous
French cheese. Bourdain also mentioned that durian wasn't -- because
of its lingering effect on one's breath -- the kind of thing you'd
want to eat if you were about to be "nuzzling the neck of a beautiful
woman." Zimmern simply spat out his small tiny taste of the fruit.
This is a useful summary of the two hosts' differences, IMO.

Ubiquitous wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if I
>> want to.
>
> Nutria is real? I thought it was an elaborate cajin hoax involving
> swamp algae.


http://www.nutria.com

Nick, in cajun country

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Apr 4, 11:48 am, "Nancy2" > wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> 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!!
>
> He's rather unctuous, too.
>
> Ted

Impunity? Unctuous? Wow, it's a veritable cornucopia of vocabulary. And,
from what I can tell, that stuffed stomach Scottish menu item is indeed
gross.

Nick wrote:

> Ubiquitous wrote:
>
wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Nutria is very good. I've never had haggis...don't know if I
>>>want to.
>>
>>Nutria is real? I thought it was an elaborate cajin hoax involving
>>swamp algae.
>
>
>
> http://www.nutria.com
>
> Nick, in cajun country

I'm in a suburb of Houston and we've seen nutria in the canal behind the
house.

--Charlene

--
Being punctual is a fine thing but nobody will be there to appreciate it.


email perronnellec at earthlink . net

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On Apr 4, 11:48 am, "Nancy2" > wrote:
> 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.

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.

> wrote in message
> 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.

I never got the impression he made fun of the people. In fact, I thought he
is a most gracious guest in most every case.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

wrote:

>
> 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.


The name of the show is Bizarre Foods, so I would think it's about
foods you probably wouldn't want to eat.

Also, I watch it quite often and have never seen him make fun of
anyone. He loves being there with them, eating what they eat. He's a
quite polite guest.