Re: Saber Cherry is alive and well
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No, the usual cause of sudden dissappearance from an internet based forum is either a loss of the person's internet connection, or the choice of the person in question to no longer post to a particular place.

Re: Saber Cherry is alive and well
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thats not a bug. But if you are going to build a list of "shocking foods" then you would want to include prairie oysters, kim chee, blood pudding, haggis, tripe, birds nest soup, thousand year eggs, catfish, sushi, caviar, rancid yak milk, monkey brains, fruitcake, poi, chewing gum, baalut, vegemite, okra, steak tartare

Of course what is strange to one group isnt to another or you couldnt refer to it as a strange food. I didnt mention the worst, only the ones that are casually accepted somewhere and a shock to tourists. This probably isnt the best board for a long conversation on this subject but yes I have tasted most of these. Especially if its a meat.

And I would NOT advise looking up any I mentioned that you dont recognize. Google it if you are interested, I dont think I will define them here.

[ July 11, 2004, 16:59: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: Saber Cherry is alive and well
 

Catfish, sushi, and steak are considered shocking foods?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It wasn't steak but steak tartare, in this one you don't cook the flesh, and it taste really good.

Skolem

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are countries that are shocked at the idea of raw fish or raw steak (steak tartare). And some where the idea of eating scavengers is considered offensive. Lobster, crab, crayfish, catfish. They consider it less offensive to eat parasites like leeches and ticks than to eat anything that lives on decaying flesh like a vulture does. Some consider eating "garbage eaters" to be offensive like pigs and rats. Others consider domesticated animals off limits like cows, horses, dogs, cats. Seems like everyplace has some that are acceptable and some shock them.

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oh, steak tartare.

I thought sushi was just a type of rice and sashimi is the raw fish. At least, that's what all the Japanese've been telling me... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Don't think I've ever had the opportunity to eat a dog or a cat before. I'm pretty sure that dogs don't taste too different from coyote, and cats probably taste a lot like lion, only not as tough. Horses are good, very tangy.

Me, I draw a line for what I eat at whether or not it is tasty. If it doesn't taste good, I prefer not to eat it. Also, if it takes too much work to eat, I prefer not to eat it. Lobster, for instance, is inordinately bothersome to eat for the amount of meat you can extract from it.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Now I'm *sure* that Demosthenes was correct in thinking that you're insane. Only certifiable nut-cases, or spec-ops guys (not that there's a difference), eat bugs. Ick. Yuck. Bleh. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">LOL. What else is new? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif I thought all forum's regualars are well aware for a long time already of Norfleet being a certifiable nutcase. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I wish I could say I've eaten dogs before, like all other Chinese, but I haven't http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif . I never found Lobster bothersome, but shrimp definitely are. No food is a good enough reward for going through all that shell, especially with my stiff newbie fingers http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are countries that are shocked at the idea of raw fish or raw steak (steak tartare). And some where the idea of eating scavengers is considered offensive. Lobster, crab, crayfish, catfish. They consider it less offensive to eat parasites like leeches and ticks than to eat anything that lives on decaying flesh like a vulture does. Some consider eating "garbage eaters" to be offensive like pigs and rats. Others consider domesticated animals off limits like cows, horses, dogs, cats. Seems like everyplace has some that are acceptable and some shock them. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm shocked. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
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