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STRANGE FOOD

Your right Kate, you are either a vegetarian or you are not. I'm not but I do enjoy veggie meals.
There would be a lot of farmers out of work if everyone stopped eating meat, here Ostrich farming has become popular.
Do people in Australia eat Ostrich, I am not sure whether you mentioned that?
One of the things some people here eat is beaver, I only had a piece about the size of my thumb nail and that was enough. ???
 
When you think that in Holland and Belgium they eat horse meat - some counties dogs cats and whale meat - no thank you - I like Sakura though not a vegetarian because I eat fish and chicken combined with a lot of vegatable - if I have desert it is usually fruity - seems to work well for me - it keeps me at a slim 7 stone
 
When I was 21 I went with two friends camping in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. We visited my penfriend in a small village in Belgium and everyone wanted to give us a meal. We had our evening meal at his house and there were big trays of something that looked like chicken wings. One of my friends who spoke french much better than than my other friend and I told us we could not refuse to eat anything as it would be rude. She said they want us to know they were frogs legs and they had got them especially for us.

Well we were very good and ate our plate full of frogs legs they gave us, along with lots of salad and bread. When we were asked if we liked them, of course we said yes and they offered us more. We said we were full but thanked them for the kindness. They were very much like chicken wings with a fishy taste but I have to admit I have never eaten any since.

We left with a big plastic container full of Belgium home made waffles, which kept us going for several days.

Being in the EEC I am sure there are lots of you that have tries some of these foods now. :)
 
I couldnt eat frogs legs at all I dont think? The waffles are another thing, theyre lovely with Maple syrup but a little sweet.

Brawn Kate? thats the Heart I take it you mean, provided you cut any fat away its all muscle so I guess healthy to eat? As for cholestrol Im one of those lucky people who deal with it well my last two visits to the doctor where Ive had tests for it show it to be very low.....I'm quite a big chap and enjoy my food.
 
no I couldn't eat frogs legs either, it is just so cruel ;D

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No Sweat,Had jellied eels about hour ago had to swill them down with a bit of home brew bitter, great
 
I agree I could not eat frogs legs now, what you do at 22 and what you do at 62 are very different.

And after that Mazbeth I certainly couldn't. :(
 
I had Frogs legs and Snails when I was in Cardiff they were great,had them at least once a week
 
I once came off a 14 hour flight to Nagoya in Japan to be met by a young representative of the company I was visiting. He fixed me up at the hotel and then insisted on taking me to a small restuarant. He chose the meal and I started to tackle some fishy tasting thick green paste with chopsticks - I'd learnt how to use them on the plane. I then asked him what the green paste was and he got a little Japanese/English dictionary out and then told me it was 'raw crushed brain of crab'. A big swig of scotch was immediately necessary.

I found this thread looking up the name of the shop in this image
 
Many years ago my Grandad told me of a strange meal that he had eaten in a village in Africa,
he said the tribesmen were throwing snakes(some still alive) into a big tub of mixture of meat and vegetables,
they wrapped it a type of pastry and everybody tucked in,
He asked what it was called but didn,t understand their answers,,,Later on the Guide explained to him,,

The Guide told him the tribe still had some cannibal ways and had caught a small rival tribesman, killed him and
put him in the pot and they called this special meal,,,"Snake and Pygmy Pie",,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,anon & gone lol
 
Continuing the theme, we used to buy 'meat' pies from the local bakers and we always referred to them as Sweeney Todds!!Viv.
 
Continuing my experiences of working in Japan, we were invited to a mid-day meal in the staff dining room. The starter was some soft white spherical things floating in a clear liquid. I bravely took up my chopsticks and chased a white blob until I caught it and put it in my mouth where it slid down my throat and I so wanted to retch it brought tears to my eyes and I had to reach for a very big gulp of red wine to hold it down. I had to admit that I could not manage any more and asked what they were. They talked amongst themselves, consulted a dictionary, and then told us that the nearest english translation was 'the reproductive organs of a cod fish' !!
 
Oldmohawk, I'll happily eat cod roes and herring roes. But my kids wouldn't dream of it. My mum happily ate tripe, but I too (like my kids today), wouldn't dream of it. Looking at your experience abroad and the post-war effect on food supply in this country, makes us realise that economics, availabilty and individual cultures can make people accept food that looks less appetising to us. My kids can't even understand why I would like cooked spinach. And it's so good for you depite looking like catsick! Viv.
 
Hi Viv - I can remember cod and herring roes, I think these come from the female fish, but the thing I tried in Japan was about half inch in diameter and very slippery - maybe they were having us on ! I stayed in a Japanese village once and ate fermented potato stalks - not too bad until I found out what they were...
oldmohawk
 
I once ordered ostrich steaks from the food hall in Rackhams and got a funny look when I asked if I could have the neck for my dog!
 
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