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08-31-2006, 04:35 PM
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| | | 50 things to eat before you die
I came across this mildly interesting survey (or maybe I'm just hungry  ). Anyway according to a 2004 BBC Food poll, people voted for the following as things to sample before the grim reaper comes a knocking: (if you click on the link above you get the original list and each entry has a little blurb on it)
1. Fresh fish
2. Lobster
3. Steak
4. Thai food
5. Chinese food
6. Ice cream
7. Pizza
8. Crab
9. Curry
10. Prawns
11. Moreton Bay Bugs
12. Clam chowder
13. Barbecues
14. Pancakes
15. Pasta
16. Mussels
17. Cheesecake
18. Lamb
19. Cream tea
20. Alligator
21. Oysters
22. Kangaroo
23. Chocolate
24. Sandwiches
25. Greek food
26. Burgers
27. Mexican food
28. Squid
29. American diner breakfast
30. Salmon
31. Venison
32. Guinea pig
33. Shark
34. Sushi
35. Paella
36. Barramundi
37. Reindeer
38. Kebab
39. Scallops
40. Australian meat pie
41. Mango
42. Durian fruit
43. Octopus
44. Ribs
45. Roast beef
46. Tapas
47. Jerk chicken/pork
48. Haggis
49. Caviar
50. Cornish Pasty
Clearly this is a very subjective and culturally specific list... but I'm not too sure about some of those... 
And I've never really seen what is so special about caviar, beyond its exorbitant price
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08-31-2006, 04:48 PM
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| | | No. 47: Jerk Chicken/Pork ????
Are they saying the animals a Jerk? or has it been jerked around?
Or do they mean jerky?
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08-31-2006, 04:54 PM
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| | | Jerk chicken/pork is a way of preparing the meat in jerk sauce. My mother made some jerk foods before, but the only memorable one was a jerk steak she made years ago. For some reason, she decided to marinate the steak in the jerk sauce for way too long, so that when it finally came to eat it, no one could (even my father, who as a young adult used to have jalapeno pepper eating contests with friends, struggled to finish the steak). I seem to recall going through quite a few glasses of water that night (and I can't stand drinking water) just to finish half of the thing before I called it quits. Jerk foods tend to have a bit of spice to it, but this one surely took the prize.
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08-31-2006, 04:58 PM
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| | To add to what Chim said, I believe jerked meat originates from Jamaica.
I really like it, but I prefer to avoid the suicidally hot varieties.
The best I ever had was in a little shack on a beach in Belize... The guys running it were Jamaican and they were cooking with the simplest of equipment. It was great! 
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08-31-2006, 05:34 PM
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| | | Aside from Caviar, Prawns and Paella, I've had pretty much everything there at least once. |
08-31-2006, 05:36 PM
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| | | I've had three "near death" experiences. To be brutally honest, food was NOT one of my concerns in any of them. In fact, I tended to avoid eating for at least a day or two after each of them as well. Still, there are very few things that beat a good steak.
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08-31-2006, 05:39 PM
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| | I have eaten a lot of that list too, but I haven't had:
*Moreton Bay Bugs
*Kangaroo
*Guinea pig
*Shark
*Barramundi
*Australian meat pie
*Durian fruit (the smell is just too off putting  )
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08-31-2006, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench  I have eaten a lot of that list too, but I haven't had:
*Moreton Bay Bugs
*Kangaroo
*Guinea pig
*Shark
*Barramundi
*Australian meat pie
*Durian fruit (the smell is just too off putting ) | Moreton Bay Bugs: Ok, but nothing too spectacular, not as good as lobster IMO
Guinea Pig: Haven't tried, could ask the neighbour's child if I can "borrow" one 
Shark: Have you had flake? same thing, infact any cheap generic "fish & chips" is shark (ie if it doesn't have bones its usually shark)
Barramundi: Again nothing to write home about, I reakon Dory is better
Australian Meat Pie: I didn't know it was any different to any other meat pie?
Durian Fruit: I don't even know what that is
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08-31-2006, 06:47 PM
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| | | 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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08-31-2006, 06:58 PM
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| | | where's lefse? lefse is one of the 10 basic food groups!
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08-31-2006, 06:59 PM
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| |  Not in my country. What is lefse? 
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08-31-2006, 07:04 PM
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| | | its kinda hard to explain. btw yes it is in your country, i live in minnesota.(sure, that practically is a different country, but who cares) its sorta like a bread thats really thin. i cant figure out how to explain it, try lookin it up on google or the wikipedia. they can explain better than me.
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08-31-2006, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Magrus Not in my country. What is lefse? | Norwegian naan.
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08-31-2006, 07:11 PM
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| | | what's naan?
edit: nevermind. i looked it up. that describes it pretty good.
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08-31-2006, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wing its kinda hard to explain. btw yes it is in your country, i live in minnesota.(sure, that practically is a different country, but who cares) its sorta like a bread thats really thin. i cant figure out how to explain it, try lookin it up on google or the wikipedia. they can explain better than me. | Yeah....better than calling my two ex's that live there. *shudders* They never mentioned the stuff. Weird. They babbled like mad about everything else. 
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