April 29, 2008
Would you eat something that was still squirming? I like to consider myself an omnivore of the non-hypocritical variety -- that is, I fully acknowledge that when I eat flesh, it's exactly that. I can look at an animal and simultaneously think "aw, cute" and "yummy."
Meat on the bone, eyes, feet, and/or faces staring back don't faze me. I do admit to being a little grossed out at eating tropical cockroaches (they're gigantic, they have wings, and ... they're roaches), but other than that I'm not particularly squeamish. I would like to think that I wouldn't have any problem killing my food if I had to (but in the absence of crabs, lobsters, etc., I usually don't). And I'm pretty sure I would rather kill it than eat it live.
(The link should be fine for everyone, but follow the warning as far as the video -- esp. one of the secondary ones -- is concerned.)
Despite mrflip's ire at my stance, I will pretty much not eat anything weird. For me, the more exotic types of sushi are certainly weird and some dark meat/gristle ball concoctions (Madam Mam's, anyone?) are definitely in this camp. In fact, the less it seems like an actual animal the better which is why sausage is pretty much the perfect food of all time. But maybe that's just the Wisconsin talking.
I've had raw mussels, escargot, the (at the time) hottest hot sauce in the world, and a bizarre french dish which was basically a giant bowl of fried minnows. (I'm still not sure the last one wasn't a practical joke). So I have a few bullet points on my resume, but not many.
I don't know why ndogg thinks I'd be irate -- vegetarianism aside I think I'm actually less likely to try (or enjoy trying) some weird assed food than earlier in my life.
The cuddliest thing I've eaten is roast Cuy (Guinea pig). A lot of bones, not too much meat. I like baby tako sushi, but I don't think i could eat a live one.
Squirrel. It tastes kind of... gamey, specially if you have to constantly spit out the pellets.
« Older Micro-yahoo? | Senior Video Mash-Up Correspondent Newer »
To post comments to a thread you must login or create a profile.
I try to not eat live things in case doing so triggers programming that causes me to fall romantically in love with my father.
posted by NanoCindy at 09:29AM CST on April 29