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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2009 17:04:02 GMT
I have a new ignorant guinea pig showing up at the end of the week, but since he has lived in Latin America, I don't think that his first trip to Europe will be too much of a shock.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 5, 2009 18:13:59 GMT
Are Germans allowed to refrain from Wurst? When I was there I came across Halal versions and even vegetarian versions. In Netherlands I've eaten vegetarian "liverwurst" that is actualy rather good. Don't tell kerouac, but it is probably made of tofu.
Ignorance and prejudice aren't good, but I don't feel obliged to try a foodstuff that looks or smells really disgusting (according to my cultural prejudices).
I have had blood sausage/black pudding - a common food here - but don't like it very much and would not buy any now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2009 18:48:27 GMT
I am certainly not saying that anybody should force themselves to try something that looks or smells repulsive.
But it is amazing the number of people who "need" to know what they are eating, even if it looks incredibly appetizing. If you tell them it's chicken, no problem. If you tell them it's rabbit, already some people will have a problem. If you say to them "I don't know," some of them will refuse. And I am of course not suggesting saying "it's dog stew" or anything like that. That's the sort of item on which I would pass if you tell me ahead of time, more for moral reasons, but I would probably eat it if I didn't know.
A friend's daughter returned from Vietnam and she was telling me about what happened in Nha Trang, where she ate a street food soup with her travelling companions. It was good, she said, but the meat was strange. Then she said that it wasn't the meat that was strange, but the shape of the bones. The vendor did not speak a word of French or English, so they started drawing pictures of animals. Pig? No. Cow? No. Goat? No. Anyway, obviously it was when they drew a picture of a dog that the woman smiled and nodded.
It didn't make any of them feel sick, but from that day on, they always obtained identification of the meat before eating mystery dishes.
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Post by bazfaz on Oct 5, 2009 20:38:13 GMT
We had people to dinner - about 15 years ago - and one guest complimented me on how delcious the chicken was. It was lapin a la moutarde, I told her. Rabbit! She wouldn't eat another mouthful.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 5, 2009 21:06:15 GMT
Well, perhaps she was a rabbit fancier. I'd certainly never serve horse to a horse fancier, and you really had better not serve me cat.
I'll admit this may not be rational but many cultures have taboos. I'll only serve pork to a Jewish or Muslim friend if I'm sure they are utterly secular and heathen about that dietary restriction (which not all secular Jews and Muslims are, not even if they are atheist - it can simply be deeply ingrained culturally).
Rabbit is delicious....
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Post by lola on Oct 6, 2009 14:30:12 GMT
What if I try something and love it, get addicted, can't afford it but must have it anyway, pawn everything, lose the house and my standing in the community? Then what?
(Wait. Am I talking about crack or oysters?)
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Post by imec on Oct 6, 2009 14:42:36 GMT
(Wait. Am I talking about crack or oysters?) Foie Gras
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Post by imec on Oct 6, 2009 14:45:13 GMT
(Wait. Am I talking about crack or oysters?) Foie Gras or those irresistible Tofu Dumplings ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2009 14:47:21 GMT
A nice big pot of Beluga
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 7, 2009 2:48:17 GMT
I can understand Rikita. I've got a friend in Germany who doesn't eat sausage. German breakfasts can be a bit meat heavy sometimes. I just got back from Saigon, a Khmer colleague accompanied me. He wouldn't eat Vietnamese food, said it 'smelled'. And he'd never been to Vietnam He didn't know what he missed.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 7, 2009 3:08:51 GMT
You did remember to bring me his portion, didn't you?
A meal is a terrible thing to waste!
(((welcome back!)))
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 7, 2009 3:19:09 GMT
I tried bringing it in my stomach but it seems to have disappeared.
I'm trying to multi task right now...
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Post by rikita on Oct 8, 2009 15:10:21 GMT
a friend of mine says she doesn't like lamb or game, as she says the meat tastes too strong... i am always considering inviting her to my dad's when he cooks one of these two, just so she gets to see that it depends a lot on how it is made... then again, i guess if she doesn't want to like it, she doesn't have to...
actually, i know a lot of people who are prejudiced against lamb, mainly because they have been fed badly prepared meat from old sheep, and think it always tastes like that...
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Post by fumobici on Oct 8, 2009 15:24:22 GMT
Lamb varies from sublime to awful. Probably more than any other meat I can think of.
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Post by rikita on Oct 8, 2009 15:42:09 GMT
well yeah, admittedly, it can really be bad if done badly. but still, i have lamb over pork anytime, for example... of course partly due to my family's influence...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 18:20:25 GMT
I like the strong taste of lamb and mutton and very much regret how they seem to be breeding the taste out of the meat. I have eaten a lot of lamb that tastes like beef in recent years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 19:54:53 GMT
I like lamb, especially lamb curry. I have simple tastes.
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Post by rikita on Oct 8, 2009 21:23:35 GMT
i am getting hungry...
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 9, 2009 2:18:08 GMT
I like lamb, especially lamb curry. I have simple tastes. Yah, da best! I'd take it over any other fancy meats anytime.
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Post by welle on Oct 9, 2009 8:32:28 GMT
When I was in China, they had fat maggots on skewers. I refused. Partially because I don't eat meat, but mostly because I thought it was disgusting. I have eaten raw octopus liver however.
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