| Like Magrus I have definitely not thought about food when I've been close to death, but I assume the list means "things to eat during your life" rather than the fewminutes or hours before death?
The list is so culture specific so it's difficult to comment, but:
11. Moreton Bay Bugs - I don't recall eating this, but on the other hand I eat a lot of new food when I travel and I usually only remember it if it was extraordinary delicious (like the food in Chengdou) or awful (like the dried seal intestinies)
12. Clam chowder - I've had similar soups but I don't know if they were called exactly this.
20. Alligator - I've had crocodile, I guess it's very similar? Has somebody tried both?
32. Guinea pig - not tried, but the hubby says it nothing special, just like any meat.
36. Barramundi - again, I don't remember if I tried this down in Oz or not, I've been there 2 or 3 times so I might have encountred it.
40. Australian meat pie - same as above, and like Mr Snow I also wonder how it differes from other meat pies?
@Mr Snow: Durian fruit is a large, sweet fruit that is very common everywhere in Southeast Asia. It is quite tasty and it has a characteristic smell that some people think is disgusting but personally I'm not too bothered. It's nothing compared to Swedish fermented herring (Surstromming) or the Icelandic rotten shark (hakarl).
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