tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post8774228203807229589..comments2024-03-29T12:58:31.600+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Guest Post: The Most Unusual Delicacies From Around The WorldLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-44792789525501851262013-06-06T07:16:19.737+02:002013-06-06T07:16:19.737+02:00My Sicilian husband loved la trippa, but I never t...My Sicilian husband loved la trippa, but I never tried it, I must admit...<br /><br />In Germany, people used to eat calf's brain, too, but I guess it has gone a bit out of fashion, especially during the years when the Mad Cow disease was all over the news ;-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58896612724514142762013-06-05T18:56:56.165+02:002013-06-05T18:56:56.165+02:00You are so right...I should have off the red watch...You are so right...I should have off the red watch. You see, it shows I have no sense of style:)<br /><br />That fugu fish is frightening, my husband told me it is so requested in Japan, I don't know how they can it, the cooks must be real experts.<br /><br />In Sicily people go snail hunting, I used to do that when I was a child too, but I don't like to eat snails. I remember my mother used to cook calf's brain a lot, it's a delicacy here in Sicily, it was quite good actually but I wouldn't eat it now. Saucy Sicilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044337117600868975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-8959800118738411112013-06-02T18:43:25.590+02:002013-06-02T18:43:25.590+02:00Like you, I don't think there is a difference ...Like you, I don't think there is a difference between eating horse or any other animal.<br />This week's issue of the ZEIT mentions a recommendation by WHO (or some other big organization like them) that people should eat more insects. It makes a lot more sense ecologically and is, apparently, a lot healthier for humans to eat protein-high, calory-low insects than the meats most of us eat nowadays.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-23431333890576343032013-06-01T01:28:05.060+02:002013-06-01T01:28:05.060+02:00What fun. I liked the comment about being so hungr...What fun. I liked the comment about being so hungry that one could eat a horse. Frankly I don't see any difference between eating a horse and any other animal. Although I do eat meat I spent a lot of my life preferring not to and being a non-meat-eater. However when in France some years ago I ate horse (simply labelled 'viande') and it was perfectly acceptable if slightly coarser than, say, beef.<br /><br />On the subject of cheese (which I absolutely love) we brought one back from Berlin on one occasion and, despite being wrapped and sealed many times it still stank the car out. It tasted excellent though!<br /><br /><br /><br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-17149123456073539442013-05-27T12:05:37.534+02:002013-05-27T12:05:37.534+02:00Hello there, and welcome to my blog! Yes, it would...Hello there, and welcome to my blog! Yes, it would be shepherd's pie for me anytime, too :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-9412760596229312172013-05-27T08:57:14.420+02:002013-05-27T08:57:14.420+02:00Oh yes, I've read about fugu! It needs a speci...Oh yes, I've read about fugu! It needs a special chef to prepare it properly. We have bird's nest soup here, it is kinda sweet and slimy. I think I'd rather have shepherd's pie :DMy Amazing Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051391062217345673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-42419044532539601152013-05-25T18:41:18.035+02:002013-05-25T18:41:18.035+02:00On the very rare occasions when I bake, I always s...On the very rare occasions when I bake, I always scrape the last bits of raw pastry out of the mixing bowl with a tea spoon and eat it. That's left over from childhood, too, when my sister and I used to "help" our Mum in the kitchen and fought over who gets to scrape out the bowl.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-50654659347254413952013-05-25T18:39:22.383+02:002013-05-25T18:39:22.383+02:00In Germany, until quite recently all schools were ...In Germany, until quite recently all schools were mostly only in the morning, with few schools even having a canteen or dining area for their students, so I was never exposed to school dinners - but I imagine them similar to hospital food.<br />Chickpeas, yes please! Pig's ear and tripe I'll gladly leave to others :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-17085536227774846722013-05-25T17:04:25.782+02:002013-05-25T17:04:25.782+02:00I have a sneaky liking for raw pastry. It's le...I have a sneaky liking for raw pastry. It's left over from childhood...<br />Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-30843968014253785442013-05-25T16:11:42.294+02:002013-05-25T16:11:42.294+02:00After an overexposure to British "school dinn...After an overexposure to British "school dinners" as a child , almost anything mildly different seemed dazzlingly exotic , and I'd still leave insects and reptiles to others and enjoy tamer delights . <br />Mind you , I do love Callos a la MadrileƱa which contains extras like a pig's ear along with the tripe , cloves and chickpeas .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-64614639336109863002013-05-25T14:55:02.373+02:002013-05-25T14:55:02.373+02:00This was my error when awake in the middle of the ...This was my error when awake in the middle of the night misreading "particular" as "peculiar". So sorry!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-89540478297828766242013-05-25T10:44:00.028+02:002013-05-25T10:44:00.028+02:00Good question, Kristi! Hopefully, Marcela will com...Good question, Kristi! Hopefully, Marcela will come back to look at comments and will answer your question.<br />Where did you find "perculiar"? I've searched the post and couldn't see it anywhere. I did check for typos before I published it, but of course there can always be some that slipped past me - sometimes I go back to an old post of mine for something specific, and stumble across an error, and immediately correct it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-46234887281374126262013-05-25T10:22:33.789+02:002013-05-25T10:22:33.789+02:00I'm not eager for exotic dishes, but I have ea...I'm not eager for exotic dishes, but I have eaten alligator at Snookhaven in Venice, Florida. And what is "perculiar"? I love liver and onions, but none of my children do, At All....Is this generational? (But I would only eat organic liver, nowadays...)<br /><br />An interesting guest post! Has the writer sampled all these things?Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-56204577568492597602013-05-25T09:18:45.301+02:002013-05-25T09:18:45.301+02:00Do you eat it, Mimi?Do you eat it, Mimi?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-8976506453248769952013-05-25T09:18:15.940+02:002013-05-25T09:18:15.940+02:00A happy weekend to you, too, Silke!
I definitely w...A happy weekend to you, too, Silke!<br />I definitely wasn't getting hungry reading it, either :-)<br />If someone offered me a piece of nicely grilled snake, I might give it a try, but I would not ask for it, I am not actually curious to find out what it tastes like.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-56295010512645840222013-05-25T02:19:30.940+02:002013-05-25T02:19:30.940+02:00Louisiana has alligator, too -- and crawfish, and ...Louisiana has alligator, too -- and crawfish, and other such things, all of which can be eaten even during Lent!messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-25094005144437993392013-05-24T17:24:39.622+02:002013-05-24T17:24:39.622+02:00Wow, I definitely didn't get hungry reading th...Wow, I definitely didn't get hungry reading this post! I do love lots of food others might now such as liver and calamari and any kind of seafood - even raw oysters and I grew up eating kidneys, heart and even beef tongue. However, some of these foods I think you need to grow up with to find them "normal." I have eaten alligator and found the taste very neutral. I would probably also taste snake if I ever came across it, but maggots - I don't think so... <br /><br />Happy weekend!! Hugs, SilkeSilke Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.com