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chickenfeet ([personal profile] chickenfeet) wrote2008-08-15 10:36 am
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That 100 foods meme

No, I'm not going to do the meme. FWIW I think I score something like 89/100 and I don't think there is anything I wouldn't try on the list. It's not like I have an aversion to Michelin 3 starred restaurants but my bank account does.

What's interesting me is the things people say they would never try. Now, I understand that vegetarians and others with dietary restrictions are going to have things they won't try and I get that some people are squicked by insects or innards and so on but some of the exclusions just seem really weird to me. Why would anyone be averse to gumbo or salted lassi or lapsang souchong? Chacun a son gout and all that but I do find some of it a bit puzzling.

Now, for me, the only things I absolutely wouldn't eat are primates (much too close to cannibalism). endangered species, cat and bear (both for entirely sentimental reasons). You can bring on the grilled rice field roaches, throw another koala on the barbie or open a jar of fermented fishy things. No worries!

[identity profile] lakme.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
My long-time vegetarian pal travelled to Switzerland a few years ago to visit his brother's in-laws, and while he was there he ate reindeer. He hadn't eaten meat in probably ten years, and hasn't eaten it since, but when in Rome...

Mind you, I used to work with a woman who refused to taste a mango. She said it just smelled gross. O.o
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-08-15 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
There's supposedly a bad mango gene, which makes them smell and taste like turpentine. There's also a bad cauliflower gene, which makes them smell and taste putrid.

I'm thankful I have neither of these.

[identity profile] a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
there's a bad cilantro gene, too -- makes it taste like soap, apparently.