Goomba38 wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Pretty much anything served at Sonic. Granted I like tater tots and
>> they can manage those. But I don't like dried out burgers. We were
>> on the road and this small town had nothing else to offer, not even
>> a McD's! We were hungry. I wouldn't recommend anything from Sonic.
>> Jill
>
> But was that a one time event or each time you go?
> I have stopped there for their drinks. They're pretty good. I don't
> generally get more than just the flavored lemon/lime aides though.

That was a one time event. I don't have an "each time" when it comes to
Sonic. It could have been regional and frankly I don't recall what small
town we were driving through at the time. I just know it was really bad.
Nothing they'd have centered the 70's sitcom 'Happy Days' around

Paul M. Cook wrote:

>
> "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Or what is the name of those grilled bbq squid balls? I seem to
> > > remember them as being yakinuri, but I can't find any reference
> > > now for them. I do recall they were divine.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > >
> >
> > The yakiniku that i'm talking about was beef or pork and onion in
> > some sort of sweet sauce. Served with the requisite rice and pink
> > pickle.
>
>
> And sesame seeds as I remember. Served on little toothpicks.
>
> Paul

Nope. In a styrofoam plate...lol

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jmcquown wrote:

> Goomba38 wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> Pretty much anything served at Sonic. Granted I like tater tots
> and >> they can manage those. But I don't like dried out burgers.
> We were >> on the road and this small town had nothing else to offer,
> not even >> a McD's! We were hungry. I wouldn't recommend anything
> from Sonic. >> Jill
> >
> > But was that a one time event or each time you go?
> > I have stopped there for their drinks. They're pretty good. I don't
> > generally get more than just the flavored lemon/lime aides though.
>
> That was a one time event. I don't have an "each time" when it comes
> to Sonic. It could have been regional and frankly I don't recall what
> small town we were driving through at the time. I just know it was
> really bad. Nothing they'd have centered the 70's sitcom 'Happy
> Days' around

Well, at most of these places, a burger is a burger. It's not like
you're going to miss anything by not eating there again.

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"ravenlynne" > wrote in message
...
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> >
> > "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Or what is the name of those grilled bbq squid balls? I seem to
> > > > remember them as being yakinuri, but I can't find any reference
> > > > now for them. I do recall they were divine.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > The yakiniku that i'm talking about was beef or pork and onion in
> > > some sort of sweet sauce. Served with the requisite rice and pink
> > > pickle.
> >
> >
> > And sesame seeds as I remember. Served on little toothpicks.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Nope. In a styrofoam plate...lol

Well I see some things have changed in 40 years.

Paul

Paul M. Cook wrote:

>
> "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Or what is the name of those grilled bbq squid balls? I seem
> > > > > to remember them as being yakinuri, but I can't find any
> > > > > reference now for them. I do recall they were divine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > The yakiniku that i'm talking about was beef or pork and onion
> > > > in some sort of sweet sauce. Served with the requisite rice
> > > > and pink pickle.
> > >
> > >
> > > And sesame seeds as I remember. Served on little toothpicks.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> > Nope. In a styrofoam plate...lol
>
> Well I see some things have changed in 40 years.
>
> Paul

I was a walk up shack in tachikawa. We called it the "chicken hut", we
never knew what it's name was. It was one of those places passed down
through word of mouth. You go with someone and they point to the pics
on the sign to tell you what is good. They had, literally, the best
fried chicken breast that I've ever had in my life. Oddly cut up and
set upon sticky rice with the obligatory pickle. This is where I got
the Yakiniku. It was a take out only ...

--
-Gina in Italy

Favorite phrase of the day: Messiah-envy

In article >,
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?

Cockroach legs on a plate of fried shrimp at a chinese place.

We left the food on the table and walked.
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In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> rosie wrote:
> > On Jul 3, 5:47?pm, Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:
> >
> >>We went out for a quick bite today and I decided to go some place
> >>new... they had 'stuffed mushroom caps' on the appetiser menu and it
> >>sounded delicious - I don't know what I expected, but it sure wasn't
> >>what showed up on the plate! DH tasted it before I did and practically
> >>spat it out with a look of loathing on his face, followed by a huge
> >>gulp of his soda... I thought he was being picky (he is sometimes) so
> >>I tried too... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was no trace whatsoever of the
> >>advertised 'prosciutto, onions, celery and garlic'. Well, the garlic
> >>was amply in evidence - there were about twenty-five cloves of the
> >>stuff spread around on the plate. It was just grey soggy caps filled
> >>with grey soggy BITTER goo.
> >>This was the first plate of food that I've had absolutely no
> >>hesitation in sending back to the kitchen - usually I pick at it and
> >>eat what I can, but this time absolutely NOTHING on the plate was
> >>salvageable. I even sampled a second mushroom in case there had been
> >>something wrong with the first one, but it was just as foul.
> >>I sent back the mushrooms and ordered chicken wings instead, because
> >>they were harder to mess up...
> >>
> >>So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> >>unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?
> >
> >
> > No question about this one, a complete lambs brain ... in Turkey.
> > Turkey has very good food, so I was a little surprised when the thing
> > I ordered from the menu turnes out to be a whole lambs brain...
> > chilled
> >
> > Rosie
> >
> Actually I found them quite good. Rather like pickled cauliflower in
> many respects. Had them in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Turkey.
>
> George

I'll pass...

Prions ya know!
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In article >,
"No One" > wrote:

> Mussels. I ordered them and they were so fishy that I nearly puked when I
> bit into one. I sent the whole order back, ordered sword fish and have
> never eaten another mussel again.

I can empathize.
I bought some awful mussles at the asian market.

Tried them again recently from the local grocery (HEB) and they were
whole frozen in the shell again, but twice as plump meat-wise as they
last ones.

They were actually good.

I try not to write off some foods unless I've tried them at least twice
from different sources.
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In article >,
Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

> Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> >>
> >> So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> >> unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?
> >
> >Anthony Bourdain said for him it was this:
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl#Reactions
>
> Any recipe that includes the direction "bury in gravel
> for 6 to 12 weeks" is just asking for critical opinion.
>
> --Blair

I've always given Kimchee and Baluts a pass personally. ;-)
OT tho' as I've never ordered them!
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On 4 Jul 2007 07:24:54 GMT, "ravenlynne" >
wrote:

>none wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>> >"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> > > So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
>> > > unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?
>> >
>> > I didn't actually order this. My daughter did. It was the
>> > macaroni and cheese at Olive Garden. She tried a bite of it and
>> > began crying. Said it had no flavor whatever and she was right.
>> > It was some overcooked macaroni in a bland white sauce. Had no
>> > taste of cheese whatever. Pathetic.
>> There may be good or even excellent Olive Garden restaurants, but the
>> one in this town didn't inspire me to become a return customer. In
>> fact, I gave the remaining value (well more than half) of my $40 gift
>> card away to a coworker. The free food wasn't worth the drive across
>> town.
>
>I like it occasionally, but they shouldn't be allowed to call it
>Italian...lol. I feel sorry for the poor schmucks that get transferred
>here and expect to get olive garden type food out in town. Doesn't
>exist.


I've a friend who calls it "The All American Italian Restaurant."

Boron

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> > We went out for a quick bite today and I decided to go some place
> > new... they had 'stuffed mushroom caps' on the appetiser menu and it
> > sounded delicious - I don't know what I expected, but it sure wasn't
> > what showed up on the plate! DH tasted it before I did and practically
> > spat it out with a look of loathing on his face, followed by a huge
> > gulp of his soda... I thought he was being picky (he is sometimes) so
> > I tried too... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was no trace whatsoever of the
> > advertised 'prosciutto, onions, celery and garlic'. Well, the garlic
> > was amply in evidence - there were about twenty-five cloves of the
> > stuff spread around on the plate. It was just grey soggy caps filled
> > with grey soggy BITTER goo.
> > This was the first plate of food that I've had absolutely no
> > hesitation in sending back to the kitchen - usually I pick at it and
> > eat what I can, but this time absolutely NOTHING on the plate was
> > salvageable. I even sampled a second mushroom in case there had been
> > something wrong with the first one, but it was just as foul.
> > I sent back the mushrooms and ordered chicken wings instead, because
> > they were harder to mess up...
> >
> > So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> > unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?
>
> Pretty much anything served at Sonic. Granted I like tater tots and they
> can manage those. But I don't like dried out burgers. We were on the road
> and this small town had nothing else to offer, not even a McD's! We were
> hungry. I wouldn't recommend anything from Sonic.
>
> Jill

I would, but only the slushie drinks, not the food!!!
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"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote in message
...
>
> So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?

The worst was a hot roast beef sandwich at some restuarant in Missouri. It
was nasty. The meat had a really weird texture. It was like little
marbles. The gravy was incredibly salty, and I like salt! I managed to eat
a few pototoes out from under the gravy.


Ms P

rosie wrote:

> No question about this one, a complete lambs brain ... in Turkey.
> Turkey has very good food, so I was a little surprised when the thing
> I ordered from the menu turnes out to be a whole lambs brain...
> chilled
>
> Rosie

Blech.... Hey, I gotta ask, did you try it?

Becca

Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?

Pelmeni at Luba's Bistro on Yeoman's Row in Knightsbridge. It was many
years ago, but I am still shuddering. Luba's Bistro was at one time a
well-regarded Russian restaurant, but by the time I got there, it was a
dump. I do not know if Luba Gurdjieff was still the owner at the time,
but there is no doubt that she couldn't have possibly be eating there
herself. Pelmeni (they are similar to pierogi) are fairly simple filled
dough pockets, dumplings, filled with meat in this case. I still cannot
understand how they managed to make them totally inedible. The fact
that the cooks were obviously not Russian (they were black) does not
explain this. Dumplings are dumplings - anyone of any ethnicity can
easily learn to make at least edible ones.

Victor

ravenlynne > wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Any recipe that includes the direction "bury in gravel
>> for 6 to 12 weeks" is just asking for critical opinion.
>
>Balut! Kimchee!

Gesundheit.

But, let me rephrase. "...without first saying
'place in large ceramic container with tight-fitting lid'"

--Blair

ravenlynne > wrote:
>
>I wonder why an irish place would serve tacos? LOL

Look up the San Patricios.

--Blair

Paul M. Cook > wrote:
>As for natto, well be warned. If many Japanese hate it, you know it has to
>be bad.

I've had bad natto and I've had good natto. When it's
good it's kinda like a pungent peanut butter. Just don't
eat it straight. I had it as the filling in a sushi roll.
Soy sauce and wasabi and seaweed and rice help.

--Blair

notbob > wrote:
>The same can be said of several foods. Durian and limburger are two
>that come to mind. I've not tried the former, but quite enjoy the
>later. Though I like most soy products, I don't think I'd like natto.
>Looks like bowl full of spider webs. Ick.

Try durian if you can get it. It smells like rotting onions
but tastes like bananas and melon.

--Blair

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

> Try durian if you can get it. It smells like rotting onions
> but tastes like bananas and melon.
>
> --Blair

IMO, Durian smells like... I am trying to find a decent way to say it.
It smells poopy. It tastes good, if you can get beyond the smell.

Becca

In article >,
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote:

> So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
> unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?

It was my own fault. I fancy that I love crab. Well... until I ordered
this particular dish in a restaurant in Las Vegas on an expense account.
I found that I don't like soft-shelled crab.
As it was served, it dawned on me that it wasn't cleaned. After having
cleaned thirty or forty Dungeness crab, I couldn't get past that one
idea. It might have tasted great. I ate it all or maybe one crab short
of a plateful, because my boss was eating across the table from me. I
won't make that mistake again. I really should have given that meal some
thought. YMMV.

leo

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<http://web0.greatbasin.net/~leo/>

Ordered in a Woolworths in the early 1980's.

I was shopping in a small-town mall and developed a craving for a
cheeseburger and fries. Went into the Woolworths diner and ordered the
above.

The bun was dry, the meat overcooked, the cheese was liquid and runny. Way
too much mayo, the tomato and lettuce were old and limp.

The fries were under-deep-fried and not well drained, they were served in a
puddle of oil that spread to the burger and surrounded the slice of pickle.

Picked around the plate for a few minutes and gave up and left.

~~ Shelly ~~

I went into a local seafood to-go place and ordered a fried oyster
po'boy. Really awful. They used those horrible frozen breaded oysters.
I couldn't eat it.

T

~~ Shelly ~~ wrote:
> Ordered in a Woolworths in the early 1980's.
>
> I was shopping in a small-town mall and developed a craving for a
> cheeseburger and fries. Went into the Woolworths diner and ordered the
> above.
>
> The bun was dry, the meat overcooked, the cheese was liquid and runny. Way
> too much mayo, the tomato and lettuce were old and limp.
>
> The fries were under-deep-fried and not well drained, they were served in a
> puddle of oil that spread to the burger and surrounded the slice of pickle.
>
> Picked around the plate for a few minutes and gave up and left.
>
> ~~ Shelly ~~

just for fun, where did you go next (after you left)

wrote:

> I went into a local seafood to-go place and ordered a fried oyster
> po'boy. Really awful. They used those horrible frozen breaded oysters.
> I couldn't eat it.
>
> T

Yuck...i miss the good "fried fresh right now" ones I used to get back
home and Danny and Clydes. I always got the half shrimp half oyster
ones.

--
-Gina in Italy

Favorite phrase of the day: Messiah-envy

On 5 Jul 2007 11:21:16 GMT, "ravenlynne" >
wrote:

>Yuck...i miss the good "fried fresh right now" ones I used to get back
>home and Danny and Clydes. I always got the half shrimp half oyster
>ones.

We had Danny and Clydes po-boys and muffalettas at our wedding.

Tara

~~ Shelly ~~ wrote:
> Ordered in a Woolworths in the early 1980's.
>
> I was shopping in a small-town mall and developed a craving for a
> cheeseburger and fries. Went into the Woolworths diner and ordered
> the above.
>
> The bun was dry, the meat overcooked, the cheese was liquid and
> runny. Way too much mayo, the tomato and lettuce were old and limp.
>
> The fries were under-deep-fried and not well drained, they were
> served in a puddle of oil that spread to the burger and surrounded
> the slice of pickle.
>
> Picked around the plate for a few minutes and gave up and left.
>
> ~~ Shelly ~~

How funny! I remember when the mall had a Woolworth's and a diner! I
worked at J.C. Penney in 1978; I'd walk down to Woolworth's for lunch if I
hadn't brought mine from home. I don't have bad memories of the diner,
though. The burger was good, so was the fish & chips.

Becca > wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>
>> Try durian if you can get it. It smells like rotting onions
>> but tastes like bananas and melon.
>>
>> --Blair
>
>IMO, Durian smells like... I am trying to find a decent way to say it.
>It smells poopy. It tastes good, if you can get beyond the smell.

Yeah. Kinda like rotting onions and ass. But worth
the courage.

--Blair

Tara wrote:

> On 5 Jul 2007 11:21:16 GMT, "ravenlynne" >
> wrote:
>
> > Yuck...i miss the good "fried fresh right now" ones I used to get
> > back home and Danny and Clydes. I always got the half shrimp half
> > oyster ones.
>
> We had Danny and Clydes po-boys and muffalettas at our wedding.
>
> Tara

Really? Wow!

--
-Gina in Italy

Favorite phrase of the day: Assistant to the apocalypse

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

>It smells like rotting onions
> but tastes like bananas and melon.

you really got this rotten onion thing down to a science pal

On 4 Jul 2007 15:10:31 GMT, "ravenlynne" >
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>I was a walk up shack in tachikawa.

<snip>

You weren't there with the US Air Force, were you? My family was
stationed there in the 50s.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:47:37 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit
> magnanimously proffered:

>So, that's my vent over with... what's the nastiest thing you've
>unwittingly ordered/been served at a restaurant?

Prawns that were off ... in a Chinese restaurant in the Caribbean port
of Puerto Limon in Costa Rica. The dish: prawn fried noodles.

Talk about an eating experience from hell ... AND I got my wallet
pinched later that same evening. Fortunately, the lobster and fish we
were served at our next stop was perfection and more than made up for
the crappy Chinese restaurant.


--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:23:28 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>Cockroach legs on a plate of fried shrimp at a chinese place.

I almost gagged reading that.

An old girlfriend of mine worked in Hong Kong in the early 80's

She said she saw live monkeys being strapped under a table with the
top of the head protruding through a hole in the table.
The top of the head was cut off and the brains eaten warm and
throbbing.

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On Jul 9, 9:29 pm, (pipsqueek) wrote:
> An old girlfriend of mine worked in Hong Kong in the early 80's
>
> She said she saw live monkeys being strapped under a table with the
> top of the head protruding through a hole in the table.
> The top of the head was cut off and the brains eaten warm and
> throbbing.
>


Has anyone ever looked at the hoax site about this money tale? I've
heard it so many times.
Dee Dee

The difference is that she saw it.
I will bet you have never been to Asia, I have.

It is quite normal for example in Taiwan to twist the back off a
live crab to show the buyer that it is fresh.

Giant frogs have their legs cut off whilst still alive, this will
allow the legs to still be kicking at cooking time.

Do not judge other cultures by your standards, I see nothing wrong
in eating dogs or cats, they are only another form of protein. I do
object to hanging them up alive as is done in parts of Korea, but,
once again this is how they do it.

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try this sites if your interest is piqued

http://www.maxent.org/ch/monkey_brains_ad.html

I agree there are many sites saying this is urban legend, but, the
ones describing it all quote Hong Kong as the place it is
practised.

I have no reason to disbelieve the girl as she was disgusted and we
were having a relationship at the time.


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pipsqueek > wrote:
>An old girlfriend of mine worked in Hong Kong in the early 80's
>
>She said she saw live monkeys being strapped under a table with the
>top of the head protruding through a hole in the table.
>The top of the head was cut off and the brains eaten warm and
>throbbing.

Lettuce is alive when you eat it.

--Blair
"Sometimes."

"pipsqueek" > wrote in message
...
> An old girlfriend of mine worked in Hong Kong in the early 80's
>
> She said she saw live monkeys being strapped under a table with the
> top of the head protruding through a hole in the table.
> The top of the head was cut off and the brains eaten warm and
> throbbing.
>
*
Uh....yeah..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_brain_%28cuisine%29

Urban legend
While it is not in contention that people eat monkey brains, the alleged
custom of eating the brains fresh out of the skull of a screaming monkey is
an urban legend that is almost certainly not true,[9] and there are no
contemporary confirmed reports of live monkey brain feasts.

The legend goes that certain restaurants provide special tables with a hole
in the center. The live monkey is immobilized with its body below the table,
and the top of its skull is removed with a knife. The head, which protrudes
above the table top, serves as a bowl. Liquor may be poured into the skull
and mixed with the brain. The diners then proceed to scoop out and eat parts
of the brain.

The belief in this method of serving monkey brains was likely perpetuated by
the 1978 mondo film Faces of Death, in which a staged scene shows a group of
people eating the dish in this manner, although several books also include
similar descriptions. In the book Born Red, A Chronicle of the Cultural
Revolution author Gao Yuan describes looking inside restaurant windows of
Guangzhou that "offered the famous monkey brains, served at a special table
that locked the monkey's head in place; the waiter would open the skull and
the diners would eat while the body wriggled under the table." The Woman
Warrior: Memoir of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (1976) is a book by Maxine Hong
Kingston which also contains a description of a monkey feast including the
special table. The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son is a 1998
memoir of life in Communist China by Guanlong Cao, in which the author
describes the eating of live monkey brains.

Eating the flesh of animals, usually invertebrates, while they are still
alive is known in some cultures, though it is not widely practiced. In Japan
a style of cuisine called ikizukuri (????, literally "prepared alive") is a
type of sashimi in which live sea creatures, such as fish, octopus or
shrimp, are filleted and served with the heart still beating. Odori ebi
(????, "dancing shrimp") are shrimp prepared by dunking in sake rice wine
and served and eaten while still alive. The Korean dish called sannakji
(live octopus) features small octopus cut into peices while still alive and
served immediately, or simply served whole (the latter dish featured in an
episode of The Amazing Race 4, in which eating an entire bowl of sannakji
was a detour challenge when the teams were in Seoul, South Korea). Such
practices are banned in some jurisdictions.


[edit] In popular culture
Besides Faces of Death, several films have featured the eating of monkey
brains.

Il Paese del sesso selvaggio directed by Umberto Lenzi (1972, also known as
The Man from the Deep River) is an Italian cannibal film set in Burma that
has a monkey brain scene.

In Cannibal Holocaust (1980). A tribesman slices off a monkey's face and
proceeds to eat the brains.

In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), chilled monkey brains are
served as a dessert in a scene set in India. Hindus revere monkeys due to
mythological character Hanuman in the epic Ramayana and a significant number
of Hindus are lacto vegetarians. The movie was banned in India for its
"racist portrayal of Indians and overt imperialistic tendencies".[10]

In the 1985 film Clue dinner guests are served monkey brains, but they are
not revealed as such until the end of the film.

Elsewhereless (1998) is a contemporary opera set in Africa that features a
live monkey brain scene.


[edit] Notes
1.. ^ Monkey brains on the menu (Indonesia). United Nations Development
Programme Viet Nam Country Office (2003-03-03). Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
2.. ^ Clarke, Bella (2005). Review of The Madness of Adam and Eve: How
Schizophrenia Shaped Humanity. Human Given magazine. Retrieved on
2006-11-04.
3.. ^ Lukas, Paul. Inconspicuous Consumption: Mulling Brains. New York
magazine. Retrieved on 14 October 2005.
4.. ^ Weird Foods: Mammal. Weird-Food.com. Retrieved on 14 October 2005.
5.. ^ Meder, Angela. Gorillas in African Culture and Medicine. Gorilla
Journal. Retrieved on 14 October 2005.
6.. ^ (Burrell 1999, p. 6)
7.. ^ Dorfman, Kelly. Nutritional Summary: Notes Taken From a Recent
Autism Society Meeting. Diet and Autism. Retrieved on 14 October 2005.
8.. ^ Collinge, John (2001). "Prion diseases of humans and animals: their
causes and molecular basis". Annual Review of Neuroscience 24: 519-50. PMID
11283320.
9.. ^ maxent.org
10.. ^ Trivia for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. IMDb. Retrieved on
2007-02-22.

[edit] References
a.. Live Monkey Brains on maxent.org - an extensive, critical, annotated
examination of the legend.
b.. Burrell, Paul (1999), In the Royal Manner: Expert Advice on Etiquette
and Entertaining from the Former Butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, Warner
Books, ISBN 0-446-52641-X.
c.. Wildtrade - Monkey brains on the menu (from web.archive.org)
d.. Year of Monkey (includes a comment on monkey brain)
e.. Golden monkeys hope for survival in 'Year of Monkey'
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_brain_%28cuisine%29"

pablo wrote:
>
> "pipsqueek" > wrote in message
> ...
>> An old girlfriend of mine worked in Hong Kong in the early 80's
>>
>> She said she saw live monkeys being strapped under a table with the
>> top of the head protruding through a hole in the table. The top of
>> the head was cut off and the brains eaten warm and throbbing.
>>
> * Uh....yeah..
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_brain_%28cuisine%29
>
> Urban legend While it is not in contention that people eat monkey
> brains, the alleged custom of eating the brains fresh out of the skull
> of a screaming monkey is an urban legend that is almost certainly not
> true,[9] and there are no contemporary confirmed reports of live
> monkey brain feasts.

<snip>

Additionaly...

More (light reading) on monkey brains from Cecil Adams' The Straight
Dope:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010309.html

I can find nothing at all on the custom at Snopes, so nothing there
about the idea of eating live monkey brains.


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"pipsqueek" > wrote in message
...
> try this sites if your interest is piqued
>
> http://www.maxent.org/ch/monkey_brains_ad.html
>
> I agree there are many sites saying this is urban legend, but, the
> ones describing it all quote Hong Kong as the place it is
> practised.
>
> I have no reason to disbelieve the girl as she was disgusted and we
> were having a relationship at the time.
>
>

You sound like a gullible, easily influenced sort.

Are you so bored and jaded that the idea of torturing animals for food
gets you excited?



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