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philechat · 03-21-2003, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by lisarea
I want to hear a credible explanation for thousand year old eggs.

There are people in this world who think cheese is disgusting, but who will happily eat ROTTEN EGGS.

Yum. You know how much superior this thing is to scrambled eggs....especially the yokes. I am slobbering now.

alek0 · 03-21-2003, 08:28 PM

Some items observed on menus in restaurants in China:

five boiled snakes
goose intestines filled with salted yolk
fried fish maw with ovaries and digestive glands of a crab
deer sinews

dessert:
frogs boiled with sugar and coconut

Loren Pechtel · 03-21-2003, 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by lisarea
I want to hear a credible explanation for thousand year old eggs.

There are people in this world who think cheese is disgusting, but who will happily eat ROTTEN EGGS.

My wife says they do not spoil.

lisarea · 03-21-2003, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
My wife says they do not spoil.

OK. Maybe they're not officially "rotten," but they are volatile.

I'm going to see if I can get someone to pay me ten bucks to eat one, and if I do, I'll report back.

KoopaFanatic · 03-21-2003, 11:18 PM

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Bagels?! How can anyone not wanna try bagels?!

I dunno! When I asked one of the Japanese kids, I think she said either that it was morally wrong to boil bread, or that she didn't like the egg brushed on top -- my Japanese wasn't too good back then

I think the idea behind haggis is the same reason why people eat pig ears and chicken feet: they didn't want to waste potential food. Haggis consists mostly of the stuff that you don't usually roast and serve without decoration, after all...

Demosthenes · 03-21-2003, 11:29 PM

I don't get why people would come up with the idea of making dishes from various animals' blood.

Of all the dishes so far, I have found the blood based dishes to be the most disgusting.

Harumi · 03-22-2003, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by Demosthenes
I don't get why people would come up with the idea of making dishes from various animals' blood.

Of all the dishes so far, I have found the blood based dishes to be the most disgusting.

But it's so good.

And isn't gravy partly made from blood too?

KoopaFanatic · 03-22-2003, 10:05 PM

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But it's so good.

And isn't gravy partly made from blood too?

Depends on who's making it. What you're really aiming for are the drippings (i.e. fat). AFAIK the blood is incidental, and is mostly from when you include the giblets. I'm mostly familiar with making gravy from turkey and chicken, though. Beef gravy could be very different, for all I know.

And if I'm wrong, well, I'm a vegetarian. I try not to think about these things anyway

trientalis · 03-22-2003, 10:28 PM

Actually, I'd heard that lutefisk is made by soaking dried cod in a lye solution.

For more info on lutefisk, there's this link

No discussion of lutefisk would be complete without mention of The Lutefisk Lament.

Enjoy!

Secular Pinoy · 03-22-2003, 10:58 PM

Don't knock it til you've tried it. Pig's blood soup (dinuguan) tastes great! I can't eat it without rice, though.

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trientalis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Washington state Posts: 848	Regarding Lutefisk Actually, I'd heard that lutefisk is made by soaking dried cod in a lye solution. For more info on lutefisk, there's this link No discussion of lutefisk would be complete without mention of The Lutefisk Lament. Enjoy!

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alek0 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 640	Some items observed on menus in restaurants in China: five boiled snakes goose intestines filled with salted yolk fried fish maw with ovaries and digestive glands of a crab deer sinews dessert: frogs boiled with sugar and coconut

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Demosthenes Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: a speck of dirt Posts: 2,510	I don't get why people would come up with the idea of making dishes from various animals' blood. Of all the dishes so far, I have found the blood based dishes to be the most disgusting.

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Secular Pinoy Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Posts: 1,994	Don't knock it til you've tried it. Pig's blood soup (dinuguan) tastes great! I can't eat it without rice, though.

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