blake murphy > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:55:25 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas >
> wrote:
>
>>ChattyCathy > wrote in news:m1nsi.162$aY.3
:
>>
>>> PeterLucas wrote:
>>>> merryb > wrote in news:1186069143.545428.116150
>>>> @i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey, first again for the second time! There should have been the
>>>>> option "No f****ing way in hell" cause that's how I would have
>>>>> answered!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so *you're* the wuss :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> OK. So that also makes me a wuss
>>>
>>
>>
>>Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
>>everything.
>>
>>
>>I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go,
saying
>>"****, I wish I had done this or that".
>>
>>I want to lay there and go "WoooHooo, what a ****ing ride!!"
>
> can you schedule that sometime soon?
>


No.

Too busy watching everyone else die.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

(Curly Sue) wrote in news:46b2391e.1407110
@news-server.nyc.rr.com:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:39:59 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas >
> wrote:
>
>>merryb > wrote in news:1186070054.662734.4360
:
>>
>>> Yup- I have the "wuss" hat to prove it. There's just some things
that
>>> make me wonder why anyone would want to eat something like that. If
>>> you will or have eaten Balut, I give you a ton of credit!
>
>>
>>Same same for Malaysian 100 year old eggs.
>
> A couple of years ago I saw a food-travel show in which the host, a
> perky young lady, went to Thailand. "Thai is my favorite food!" she
> burbled. At some point in the show, she bought a 100-yr old egg from
> the market, peeled it, screwed up her courage and took a bite. The
> look on her face was priceless. Then she turned her back to the
> camera and started retching although every so often you'd catch a
> glimpse of her gagging face. I was surprized that wasn't edited out!
>
> Later int the show, she tried bugs in the market. The first bugs she
> tried, she said they were OK. The second type of bugs she tried
> caused a mild retching reaction and she tried to smile through her
> tears. The vendor stood there laughing.
>
> It was a great show and probably a lot more honest than most travel
> shows. My hat's off to her for trying the food and to the producers
> for leaving the footage in. I looked for more of her travels but
> didn't find any. IIRC, she had a British accent.
>


If you ever remember, let me know please. Would be a good one to
download and watch :-)


--
Peter Lucas
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Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

blake murphy > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:09:16 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>PeterLucas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
>>> everything.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go,
>>> saying "****, I wish I had done this or that".
>>>
>>> I want to lay there and go "WoooHooo, what a ****ing ride!!"
>>
>>Somehow, I just cannot believe that I will be lying on my deathbed and
>>thinking "F***, I am gonna die without trying a balut"
>
> i'd rather think about peter lying on his deathbed and thinking 'i
> should never have tried that balut.'
>


I s'pose you used to kill all your pets, and rip the heads off all your
dolls when you were a kid, hey?


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

merryb wrote:
> Hey, first again for the second time! There should have been the
> option "No f****ing way in hell" cause that's how I would have
> answered!
>


There are few foods I won't try, but the thought of balut
makes me very queasy, much like the memory of various postings
by people who have parties to eat their child's afterbirth.

Ick, ick, ick.

gloria p

On Aug 2, 9:09 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> PeterLucas wrote:
>
> > Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
> > everything.
>
> > I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go, saying
> > "****, I wish I had done this or that".
>
> > I want to lay there and go "WoooHooo, what a ****ing ride!!"
>
> Somehow, I just cannot believe that I will be lying on my deathbed and
> thinking "F***, I am gonna die without trying a balut"
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

Grammar correction, cathy.... you don't say "a" balut. It's "balut",
plain and simple.

In any case.... given my limited experience with balut, it's not
universally liked among the Filipinos I know. I haven't ever heard
one single person who has tried it say it's worth a do over. Given
the choice, all would decline (think about munching on pin feathers
and cartilage). They call it a "delicacy", but it's not anything most
people (who aren't driven by extreme hunger - unless you're Peter
Lucas) will touch with a ten foot pole w/o being under the influence
of something.

Going back to the origins.... starving people are driven to eat what
non-starving people won't, if that makes any sense.

sf wrote:

>
> Grammar correction, cathy.... you don't say "a" balut. It's "balut",
> plain and simple.

Gee thanks sf - now I can sleep tonight...
>
> In any case.... given my limited experience with balut, it's not
> universally liked among the Filipinos I know. I haven't ever heard
> one single person who has tried it say it's worth a do over. Given
> the choice, all would decline (think about munching on pin feathers
> and cartilage). They call it a "delicacy", but it's not anything most
> people (who aren't driven by extreme hunger - unless you're Peter
> Lucas) will touch with a ten foot pole w/o being under the influence
> of something.
>
> Going back to the origins.... starving people are driven to eat what
> non-starving people won't, if that makes any sense.
>
Oh rubbish! People who it eat don't do so because they are "starving",
they eat it because it's "popular" in their cultures.

Have a look at this, quite informative:

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

<quote>
There is a delicacy infamous in Filipino culture that can put a
crippling chill in the spine of grown men almost as quickly as talk of
aswang. That delicacy is the notorious balut. Balut is a popular
Filipino street snack and is essentially a duck egg with a fetus inside,
typically between seventeen to twenty days in gestation. In the
Philippines balut is so popular that it is equivalent to what the hot
dog is in the U.S. There are balut vendors who push around carts full of
fetal treats and bark their wares in a sing-song chant of “baluuuut,
baluuuut!” Balut is also a popular aphrodisiac for men. But even with
the good vibes and positive spin surrounding balut, the stigma attached
to eating it overshadows all the warm and fuzzy aspects of this very
Deep End Dining dish.
</quote>
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:55:27 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas >
wrote:

>blake murphy > wrote in
:
>
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:09:16 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>PeterLucas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
>>>> everything.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go,
>>>> saying "****, I wish I had done this or that".
>>>>
>>>> I want to lay there and go "WoooHooo, what a ****ing ride!!"
>>>
>>>Somehow, I just cannot believe that I will be lying on my deathbed and
>>>thinking "F***, I am gonna die without trying a balut"
>>
>> i'd rather think about peter lying on his deathbed and thinking 'i
>> should never have tried that balut.'
>>
>
>
>I s'pose you used to kill all your pets, and rip the heads off all your
>dolls when you were a kid, hey?

we were poor. all my pets were already dead.

your pal,
blake

PeterLucas wrote:

>
> Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
> everything.
>
>
> I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go, saying
> "****, I wish I had done this or that".
>


OTOH you could be lying there thinking "Jeez, I wish I hadn't eaten that!"

gloria p
who has said that more than once

In article >,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> > I might be coerced into trying it if I was drunk.
> >
> > VERY drunk! ;-)
>
>
>
> How about *VERY* hungry, deep in the mountains of Malaysia?
> We thought we were extremely lucky to run across a village that had eggs
> and seafood for sale!!
>
> (It's where I learnt I have the constitution of a mongrel dog ;-)
>
> It's also where several of my friends learnt not to eat seafood unless
> you can see the ocean :-)
> *And* not to buy food from somewhere that doesn't even have
> electricity!!
>
> The calamari satays didn't bother me....... bit of a rumble, fart, and a
> dump and I was fine. They were sick for days!!
>
> --
> Peter Lucas

There are other things to eat...
Spoiled/fermented meat can kill you if you don't have the constitution
for it. Dysentery has killed many humans thru history.
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In article >,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> >> I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go,
> >> saying "****, I wish I had done this or that".
> >>
> >> I want to lay there and go "WoooHooo, what a ****ing ride!!"
> >
> > Eat Kimchee.
>
>
>
> Already done that. We have a nice little Korean joint in the Valley.
>
>
> Mind you, just because I try all this stuff doesn't mean to say I
> actually *like* it!!
> But you have to have an informed opinion :-)
>
> --
> Peter Lucas

I suppose if I was starving to death, I'd be more "brave", but body fat
is there for a reason. I'd do my best to live off of that for awhile! ;-)

sw likes Kimchee, but I'm not convinced I could get that (or limburger)
past my nose.

Food does you no good if you toss it back up again.

I've thought more than once of those people that turned cannibal after
that plane crash. I've got enough body fat to live off of for at least a
month.

And I've read books on fasting. The dangers are over-rated.

Might make yet another fascinating survey... Could you/would you eat
"Long Pig" if you had nothing else available for an extended period of
time, say, 14 to 30 days?
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In article >,
Puester > wrote:

> merryb wrote:
> > Hey, first again for the second time! There should have been the
> > option "No f****ing way in hell" cause that's how I would have
> > answered!
> >
>
>
> There are few foods I won't try, but the thought of balut
> makes me very queasy, much like the memory of various postings
> by people who have parties to eat their child's afterbirth.
>
> Ick, ick, ick.
>
> gloria p

<lol>

Looks like brisket. ;-D

Wonder if it tastes like chicken?

Placenta is supposed to be very nutritious...
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sf > wrote:

> Going back to the origins.... starving people are driven to eat what
> non-starving people won't, if that makes any sense.

Yes, it does.
And primitive people would certainly eat eggs found in a nest (easy
prey) no matter what condition they were in?
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Puester > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>
>>
>> Life is *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* to phuken short to not try
>> everything.
>>
>>
>> I don't want to be lying on a hospital bed, with days left to go,
>> saying "****, I wish I had done this or that".
>>
>
>
> OTOH you could be lying there thinking "Jeez, I wish I hadn't eaten
> that!"
>
> gloria p
> who has said that more than once
>


You missed the part where I said I have the constitution of a mongrel
dog.


(translation............ I can eat anything and it's not going to make
me sick/kill me.)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
:


>
> Might make yet another fascinating survey... Could you/would you eat
> "Long Pig" if you had nothing else available for an extended period of
> time, say, 14 to 30 days?


Yes. It's all protein.


(BTW, does it have to be dead first, or newly slaughtered??



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

In article > ,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
> :
>
>
> >
> > Might make yet another fascinating survey... Could you/would you eat
> > "Long Pig" if you had nothing else available for an extended period of
> > time, say, 14 to 30 days?
>
>
> Yes. It's all protein.
>
>
> (BTW, does it have to be dead first, or newly slaughtered??

This should help:

http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-...s/butcher.html
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Omelet > wrote in
news
> In article > ,
> PeterLucas > wrote:
>
>> Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
>> :
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Might make yet another fascinating survey... Could you/would you
>> > eat "Long Pig" if you had nothing else available for an extended
>> > period of time, say, 14 to 30 days?
>>
>>
>> Yes. It's all protein.
>>
>>
>> (BTW, does it have to be dead first, or newly slaughtered??
>
> This should help:
>
> http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-...s/butcher.html



Thanks for that.

I like the term "Hairless Goat" :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

In article >,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in
> news >
> > In article > ,
> > PeterLucas > wrote:
> >
> >> Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
> >> :
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Might make yet another fascinating survey... Could you/would you
> >> > eat "Long Pig" if you had nothing else available for an extended
> >> > period of time, say, 14 to 30 days?
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes. It's all protein.
> >>
> >>
> >> (BTW, does it have to be dead first, or newly slaughtered??
> >
> > This should help:
> >
> > http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-...s/butcher.html
>
>
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I like the term "Hairless Goat" :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Peter Lucas

I take it you'd never seen that website... <g>
That's my favorite link whenever someone jokes about that particular
practice.

It's pretty vivid.
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Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
:


>> >
>> > http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-...s/butcher.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for that.
>>
>> I like the term "Hairless Goat" :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Lucas
>
> I take it you'd never seen that website... <g>


No. It's not something I'd go looking for offhand :-)


> That's my favorite link whenever someone jokes about that particular
> practice.
>
> It's pretty vivid.


A common sense approach :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell

In article >,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
> :
>
>
> >> >
> >> > http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-...s/butcher.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for that.
> >>
> >> I like the term "Hairless Goat" :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter Lucas
> >
> > I take it you'd never seen that website... <g>
>
>
> No. It's not something I'd go looking for offhand :-)

Neither did I. I found it the same way you did.
Somebody posted it.

>
>
> > That's my favorite link whenever someone jokes about that particular
> > practice.
> >
> > It's pretty vivid.
>
>
> A common sense approach :-)
> --
> Peter Lucas

While I agree with controlled reproduction, cannibalism is one place I
could just never go... Too much social conditioning I expect, plus
species survival. Eating one's own dead is the best way to spread
disease. It's why it's not that common in most wild animals either.

Kuru comes to mind as being a very vivid case against it.
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