Emperor1956 -> RE: Grits and other Horrid Foods (6/11/2008 12:00:42 PM)
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Are we talking blue-veined cheeses? Love 'em...roquefort, gorgonzola (I know it is blaspheme, kittin, but the Italians really do it better than the French in this case) American Maytag Blue..yummmm But if you are talking those runny, waxy-crust suspicious cheeses like brie and such...yeeeewwwww. The texture and odor get me before I can even get it to my mouth. UH UH... I've eaten just about everything presented to me (and wife, looking over shoulder, says 'and just about everyone, too' -- ok, that's it...back in the cage, bitch) But I digress. I've eaten bugs (chocolate chirpy cookies -- chips and crickets...mmmm) I've eaten squirmy slimy sea things -- who was it that complained about baby octopii? One of the most delicious dishes is the Basque/Spanish "chipiroes en su tinta". First you get a pregnant squid....well, OK, I'll leave off of that. (it means 'baby squid in its own ink'). sea cucumber Japanese style is a bit gaggy. And really fresh raw sea urchin is...interesting but difficult. And I've eaten most of the common mammals and some uncommon ones. Bear is amazing. But, as I've said before, having shot and skinned and fried up some black bear steaks, you have to assume that one day you'll be called upon to return the favor. Haven't yet tried housecat, or rat (but squirrel is pretty tough and gamy). And I've had some of the parts of said animals you don't normally eat. Chicken feet, sezchuan style, are the perfect bar snack! (So, by the way, are sparrows, cleaned and deep fried). Tripe is pretty bad news, except in menudo, on a Sunday morning, after a night of intemperate imbibing. Also cabrito helps. And intestines are yummy whether African-American style (chitlins) or Jewish style (Kishke). And Aynne, you need a hard pear with that combination, and you are just about a block away from heaven. I'm hungry. What's in the fridge? E
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