Hello, this is Dawn and I’m hijacking Bloodcicle’s account until they set me up with a profile of my own!
While we are all gathering with our families, fighting off hangovers with another beer, and enjoying a traditional New England feast before we settle in for football and a nap, the rest of the world will be fixing their tables with some pretty strange (at least to us) dishes.
To cure a hangover in Mexico, some make a soup of boiled tripe, which is the stomach lining of a cow. If that’s all they know to cure that, I’d lay off the tequila!
Some crazy daily drinks include urine, believe it or not. Gandhi got his fair share every a.m.! Also, in Thailand, it is quite the rage to enjoy a cocktail concocted from the blood of a freshly killed King Cobra. Yum! At $200 a glass, US, I should hope so.
Ever thought of teasing your appetite with tiger penis soup? They sure do in Korea. To serve 12 of your favorite people with this, you’ll need 3 penises. It’s ggggrrrrrreeaatt!
In China, they let their shrimp have their fun before they bite their heads off - literally. They watch the shrimp swim in a bowl of rice wine before going to town on them. I wonder if one has to drink a lot of that wine as well….
Spanish folks obviously have a sense of humor. Criadillas are bull testicles. The Spanish also have a saying that goes “Como tu comes, tu eres” - “You are what you eat”.
I guess some have a fetish for camel’s feet in France. I’m not even going to go there.
Looking for some alternatives for that Stop & Shop turkey? Right here in the USA, some people with a lot of time on their hands actually serve this regularly in their homes. Check out this recipe.
In the Middle East, they have the same idea, but on a larger scale. If you can find a whole camel and lamb for consumption, here’s the recipe.
Far up in Arctic Canada, unfortunately they don’t have those ingredients, so they just use a walrus and stuff it with some migrating birds and gulls. Sorry, no recipe for that one.
I think I saw this on a Fear Factor episode - Baalut, also know as “the treat with feet” or “the egg with leggs”, is soft-boiled and eaten out of the shell with a spoon. Can I ask a question here? WTF!!!!!!
If there is still a want or desire for dessert, go to England. Along with your fancy little cup of tea, and your paper crown, you can enjoy spotted dick and blood pudding. Spotted dick is actually a staple of English school meals, and it’s steamed suet sponge pudding with currants (hence the spots) and custard. Yum! I don’t know if I would recommend blood pudding, for obvious reasons.
Wow, am I glad I don’t live in Arctic Canada. Eskimo ice cream consists of caribou fat and seal oil pounded up with bog berries.
Well, I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday season. If you are like me, and will be avoiding any store with a crazy parking lot this x-mas, I highly recommend this for the gourmet chef in the family. “Entertaining With Insects” by Ronald Taylor. Fudge hoppers, anyone?
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