It is a question that people often ask me when they learn of my love of both food and travel. And let's face it -- I'm not trying to be the next Andrew Zimmern (What? You don't know him? Here: Meet Andrew Zimmern).
The snarky side of me wants to respond with some pan-cultural-love-phrase about how "strange" is a matter of perspective. Who is to say what "strange" is. But c'mon. Let's get real. We know that some things are universally considered strange. And, gulp, I admit to not eating many of them.
I've had pizza topped with chicken hearts (rather chewy little morsels - I don't remember much of their taste one way or the other - the texture did me in). I've eaten camel (sort of like goat - I probably wouldn't eat it by choice again, but it wasn't bad. And really, there are few meats I'd eat by choice - I just don't love meat). I really wanted to eat cuy when I lived in Ecuador. Yeah, cuy. You don't know what cuy is?
I'm currently getting ready for my first trip to Asia. China, Malaysia, and Thailand. Unfortuantely, I'm going for work, so I won't have a ton of free time to explore - but I promise to do as much exploration as I can during the time I can squeeze in between meetings. Markets are best early in the morning and late at night anyway, right?
And hey, I eat adventure. And I'm sure there is a lot of adventure to eat in Asia!
The snarky side of me wants to respond with some pan-cultural-love-phrase about how "strange" is a matter of perspective. Who is to say what "strange" is. But c'mon. Let's get real. We know that some things are universally considered strange. And, gulp, I admit to not eating many of them.
I've had pizza topped with chicken hearts (rather chewy little morsels - I don't remember much of their taste one way or the other - the texture did me in). I've eaten camel (sort of like goat - I probably wouldn't eat it by choice again, but it wasn't bad. And really, there are few meats I'd eat by choice - I just don't love meat). I really wanted to eat cuy when I lived in Ecuador. Yeah, cuy. You don't know what cuy is?
Yeah. That is cuy. That also looks remarkably like a pet I had when in pre-school that I'd named "Blossom." I just couldn't eat Blossom.
I'm currently getting ready for my first trip to Asia. China, Malaysia, and Thailand. Unfortuantely, I'm going for work, so I won't have a ton of free time to explore - but I promise to do as much exploration as I can during the time I can squeeze in between meetings. Markets are best early in the morning and late at night anyway, right?
And hey, I eat adventure. And I'm sure there is a lot of adventure to eat in Asia!
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