Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Things I've Eaten

1. Bitter Melon
2. Tentacles (don’t know what they originally belonged to)
3. Pig’s kidneys
4. Jellyfish
5. Mangosteen (delicious)
6. Rambutan
7. Mandarin Apple
8. Jackfruit
9. Frog
10. Fish Eggs
11. Eel (also very good)
12. Marinated Salty Guava
13. Longan
14. Durian (eat THAT, Zimmern)
15. Squid
16. Pig’s liver
17. Morning Glory (it’s a plant)
18. Thai Chilies
19. Fishballs (like Gefelte Fish)
20. Scorpion
21. Chicken feet
22. Lotus root
23. Lychee
24. Bird’s nest soup
25. Traditional Chinese Medicine (I have no idea what this actually was, but it tasted like Craisins)

This list is not exhaustive. It contains only the things that I both thought were remotely interesting and remembered to write down. Of these, by far my favorite was the mangosteen, which Jules Verne describes in Around the World in 80 Days as, "a fruit of the size of an average apple, dark brown outside and bright red inside, and whose white flesh, as it melts in the mouth, gives your real epicure a delicious sensation like none other." Pig kidneys, on the other hand, taste like bad hot dogs.

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