Ticks: They're Not Just Condiments Anymore

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 10:07 am

Hmm worm from bottle of Mescal, although that doesn't involve chewing or octopus..very rubbery if not cooked right

FoulDwimmerlaik · Post by **FoulDwimmerlaik** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 10:08 am

Most Disgusting Thing Eaten: New Standings

Saigo: Sea Slug
Waverly: Old Milwaukee
Weasel: MD 20/20
Melosh: Dill pickle juice in grape pop.
Foul: South American Screaming C-o-c-kroach/Live eel
Minerva: Marmite
Darkpoet: GruntBoy
T'lainya: Mezcal worm

[ 04-12-2001: Message edited by: FoulDwimmerlaik ]

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 10:11 am

Foul did you do something to that c-o-c-kroach to make it scream, before you ate it???

FoulDwimmerlaik · Post by **FoulDwimmerlaik** » Thu Apr 12, 2001 10:13 am

Originally posted by FoulDwimmerlaik:
It was a great experience. When I was in Parimaribu Surinam I ate live maggots, and one live Screaming c-o-c-kroach. Do you know what those are? They are about the size of your palm and rub their wings together when attacked to emit a piercing shriek (Wail of the Banshee). How you eat them is sort of like a crab crossed with an oyster, except they're alive. You pull the wings off and break the carapace in half, and suck out the contents of the chest cavity. The one I ate grabbed me by the fingers and drew blood. Food that fights back: the vegetarians in the crowd should like that one.

DP: That is what I did to make it scream

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Fri Apr 13, 2001 4:32 am

Part of a disected sheeps eye. It was a dare back in high school. Three of us were the only one who could do it. It was ok until you bit down and all the gooey eye fluid drained out... rather unpleasant really.

Still, I got the respect of my peers

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Fri Apr 13, 2001 4:29 pm

****roach? eugh!! only ever seen 2- one huge one near a sports centre at home which made a very satisfying crunching sound as my car went over it and no. 2 was in magaluf along with various other insects. not suprising really.

The Outsider · Post by **The Outsider** » Fri Apr 13, 2001 5:11 pm

I've eaten a c*ckr**ch, too. Luckily, I was too small at the time to remember it properly now. This was before I learned to walk; the d*ng thing just crawled down my throat. Freaked my mother out. As I did later, when I ate a waterglass. And a shaker of pepper.

With all of these traumatic incidents, it's no wonder that I like anchovy paste. <snicker>

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 7:46 pm

Foul, likely I missed the reason you were in Surinam, while I was losing the remnants of my last meal after reading about those maggots and the screaming ****roach. Would you mind terribly explaining why you were there, what led you to partake of this icthiological feast, and what were your various emotions as you did so?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 10:31 pm

Food that fights back: the vegetarians in the crowd should like that one.

Well, vegetarians like too eat living things that can't run as quickly.

@Outsider: I've also eaten about a half glass, by mistake, mind you.

Insect- and arachnoid-wise I've only eaten mosquitos, a small spider, termites and ants. None tasted much. I considered having some large living beetles for breakfast at one occasion, but they were so pretty I had noodles instead. (Must be a stupid cultural habit that I'm reluctant too eat cute bugs, but I can eat "cute" lambs.)

Maggots are OK. Frog too. Rattlesnake is good. Most disgusting food I've had, except from every time I try to cook, was boiled seal. I'd very much like to try seal's eyes. It's supposed to be very good and they pop in your mouth when you chew

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 11:19 am

@CE: You fit into this place particularly well...

Another thing I absolutely hate is a kind of salted squid gut... It smells ghastly, and is horrible to look at... it's pink with black things in it!!

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 5:09 pm

But octopus, Minerva, is a delightful dish, as your rival for the hearts of Athens, Neptune, would surely have pointed out. And so is escargo in garlic sauce, which is slightly higher, admittedly, than insects on the food and intellectual chain, but not by much. I've been pestered by telemarketers who took a back seat to both.

I can't recall ever having eaten insects, curiously enough. It must have to do with the fact that I've spent most of my life in the US, except for some extended forays into Venezuela, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Probably the eco-system of the Amazonia fostered insect eating, but we didn't get any of it. More's the pity, though I'd frankly prefer having my food dead when it's served. Lazy, I know.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 5:16 pm

@fable: I don't deny that, though I am not particularly fond of octopus nor squid. But I am talking about 'gut' of squid, which is disgusting (to me, anyway). You must see it to understand what I mean, really...

BTW, there is a dish with locusts in Japan. I have tried once... Not as bad as somepeople may think, though I would rather not to try again.

FoulDwimmerlaik · Post by **FoulDwimmerlaik** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 12:08 pm

C "Elegant"-- FYI, no further talk of slaying seals and eating them will be tolerated.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 12:30 pm

Hey! @Foul, I still want to know why you were in Surinam, and whether you had any ulterior motive for eating crunchy, living lower terrestial lifeforms whose legs touch all kinds of things.

FoulDwimmerlaik · Post by **FoulDwimmerlaik** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 12:35 pm

Fable: You must have missed my earlier post where I answered this question. I was dating a girl who lived in both Miami, FL and Surinam. I went to visit her home in S.A., and went down to the local village with her. In the market, they had these things, and she ate one. So, naturally, I had to. She was an incredibly gorgeous latin woman, lustrous long black hair and T&A like the gods are jealous of...

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sun May 06, 2001 11:34 am

*bump*

For no obvious reason.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sun May 06, 2001 12:22 pm

@ Minerva..Nostalgic today?

That's a lot of bumps

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sun May 06, 2001 12:24 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya:
@ Minerva..Nostalgic today? That's a lot of bumps

Well, I was bored.

There're no one else around today, so I was checking old threads.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Sun May 06, 2001 12:26 pm

Originally posted by Minerva:
Well, I was bored.

There're no one else around today, so I was checking old threads.

Have you been reading the story thread????

[ 05-06-2001: Message edited by: Darkpoet ]

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sun May 06, 2001 12:29 pm

@DP: I read the story, and got terribly confused...