Bud in PA Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thomas I've never had durian, just watched Andrew Zimmern refuse it. I know that if he can't stomach it, I wouldn't have a chance. Have eaten rattle snake . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I had durian in Indonesia and had to source some for my wife to try it in Ohio, USA---she liked it too! It is probably the most "klingon" fruit in existence on the planet earth. I like Kimchee too; especially the way the glass jar starts bubbling when you open it. An old favorite we bring to potlucks is "sheep's eyes" Take canned pitted lychee nuts and put a piece of maraschino cherry in the hole where the pit came out; we serve them in a liter beaker with a laboratory tongs or medical forceps as the serving tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 That is just perverse Thomas! It's lychee season now so if you don't mind I'm going to purloin that idea I think the fresh ones will look even more the part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I have notes that people tend to divide into two groups: those who recognize them and go on to chow down on mass quantities and those who avoid that section of the table and us as well. I wonder what the grandkids say about them in school... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 my son and I actually like Durian, we got some very odd looks from non-asians while we were eating one at the park, the wife hates even being in the same room as durian, which is why we were eating it outdoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I freely admit that 1000 year old eggs are not to my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 9 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: I freely admit that 1000 year old eggs are not to my taste. Because they smell worse than Durian? Or do they? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Durian is great,,you should try the ice cream... I am quite fond of lamb's eyes as well as the tongue..that is old home cooking for me...Chitterlings are also good if prepared by someone who knows the right way..if not they taste,,well..they taste crappy? Balut I got hooked on when I was in SE Asia a loong time ago.. Century eggs..well they do have a pungent smell, but I have had cheeses that were nastier.. The first time I ever tasted chicken I thought it reminded me of alligator..or snake..frog legs are great.. On the fermented front..as I said I just put up some Baek Kimchi for the missus..and thermo-nuclear kimchi with squid and oystrers for me and my son along with some Oi Baegi and regular old sauerkraut using a recipe that I got about 50 some years ago from the Amish gentleman who got me started in metal working's wife . Home made beats the snot outta store bought. Zoroastrians have no dietary restrictions other than if you can't catch it you go hungry...remember vegetarian is from an old Greek word meaning "Bad Hunter"... JPH.. (ya ought ta ask how I got my nickname of Muskrat when I was in the US Army the first time..heh heh heh/.///well back to work for me..got to post some new sword critters to my site...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Y'all are making me hungry. Snake's, frog legs, alligators, various snails, eels, Korean mystery meat, Thai mystery meat, Vietnamese mystery meat, all sorts of kimchi variations including a fish one (I thought it was a vegetable.... oh well it was tasty), various sushi types, mystery fish soup, oysters cooked and raw, various shellfish, pig, beef, sheep intestines, tongues, stomach (not that tasty last night), Pork ears, feet tails, tripe, and pickled varieties, sashimi, various fish eggs, various bird eggs and pickled and aged varieties, etc. If I have a chance I will always try new foods. If you don't try it you don't know it's tasty. Oh and the durian and lychee, plus some other mystery fruits. Now it's dinner time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satkye Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Maybe he is from long ago when aluminum was worth more then gold and rare enough most people didn't know what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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