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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] erotetica.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It is one of my life's ambitions to eat the last member of a species. It would be a most melancholy feast.

[identity profile] a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
A quick look tells me I have eaten or tried at least 74 of those things. I will have to look some of them up! And decide whether alligator is a crocodile substitute. But a couple of the things are too pricey (I've only managed two stars), and I can't imagine trying a couple of things -- I really don't like innards much (although I eat blutwurst or black pudding about once a year, and some form of head cheese about every 5), and only eat ocean-going (or freshwater, now that I think of it) bugs.

And like you, some animals are off-limits -- primates, felines, canines. Not so much bear, but it would be one of those "to survive" things.

Some of the foods are just odd, though -- I mean, aloo gobi is easy to find -- where's my curried goat, damn it?
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-08-15 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm like you. Most things I would try, although with some of the fermented stuffs, I might not get it past my nose.

[identity profile] chiller.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The only things I won't eat are endangered thing, things the obtaining of which causes other things to be endangered, or things the eating of which has involved cruelty above and beyond simple killing, so cruel farming methods or cruel methods of despatch.
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[personal profile] gramarye1971 2008-08-15 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore Lapsang Souchong, but several friends of mine have refused point-blank to drink it because they say it smells like burning rubber. *shakes head* More for me, I suppose.

[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

[identity profile] mamculuna.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Grasshoppers are good! And so are sea slugs.

Eat first and ask later, that's my motto.
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[identity profile] shezan.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Salted lassi and Lapsang Souchong rank high on my list of preferred things, ekshally.

(No, not doing that meme. Whaddya mean, cat?)

[identity profile] pyroclasticgrub.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm curious...where is this food meme?