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TanteEdgar

TanteEdgar

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I can start.

In Norway we have the "brunost", litterally translated to "brown cheese".

Brun=brown

Ost=cheese

Whenever you see a norwegian on vacation, no matter where on the globe, you can be sure that he/she brought the "brunost". Absolutely noone likes it except us and the russians, they are crazy about it.

I also know that the japanese have something called sushi.... :p

 
I'm about to cook up some squirrels I shot the other day.

 
Scrapple. The things left over stuff from a butchered pig, cooked with cornmeal and spices. Then formed into a loaf. Most people slice it and pan fry it. It's usually seved like bacon and sausage. So gross.

 
Not really weird, but I think it's just a local dish

California Burrito for the win! Pretty sure it's just a Socal thing.

Basically a burrito with Carne asada, cheese, french fries, sour cream, and guacamole.

Took a trip to el centro a few months ago and was pissed to find out they didn't have them there =( I've heard it's a "San Diego" thing.

 
Opivy said:
Not really weird, but I think it's just a local dishCalifornia Burrito for the win! Pretty sure it's just a Socal thing.

Basically a burrito with Carne asada, cheese, french fries, sour cream, and guacamole.

Took a trip to el centro a few months ago and was pissed to find out they didn't have them there =( I've heard it's a "San Diego" thing.
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I live in humboldt county i eat my weekly cal. burrito. The only place i could find it was at a taco truck behind some bars. They charge 9$ which is what stops it from being my daily burrito. I grew up in the central valley with the best Mexican food, the workers at adalbertos called it the "gringo" burrito

I heard this old guy at my work telling me about eating opossums

 
American readers of the Harry Potter novels may be familiar with the genuine English suet pudding with raisins, called spotted ######.

Edit: Oh dear! Those pound signs stand for the diminutive of "Richard," as in "Tricky Richard."

 
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LOL...I see Phil is looking at this forum too!

Tell ya what--I'll eat any of those foods people have mentioned so far! Strange foods is one of my passions. The gringo burrito sounds particularly good though.

I asked my wife to buy some liverwurst for the kids to try in their sandwiches--a favorite when I was a kid, but it's been a long time. I was looking for that meat-in-a-tube stuff that's also called braunschweiger. She brought home cans of three different things: liver pate, deviled ham spread and white meat chicken spread. Not what i was looking for but we'll try them.

Tonight, I made Tandoori checked (minus the oven). I cooked it on the BBQ with skewers. I also also cut up potatoes, carrots, a few onions and added some peas, seasoned all with curry, paprika (mostly for color), cardamom and some garlic, wrapped it all up in tin foil and barbequed that too. Made a bit of rice and told the kids they couldn't put soy sauce on it this time. Good stuff! Made up some chai tea too.

 
I'm not sure what suet pudding is, but I do like rice pudding with rice, milk, raisins and cinnamon (one of the few foods I do like cinnamon on).

I've also had alligator too, twice at least. It was good once, but another time it was fishy and too chewy in a bad way.

PhilinYuma said:
American readers of the Harry Potter novels may be familiar with the genuine English suet pudding with raisins, called spotted ######.
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Peter said:
LOL...I see Phil is looking at this forum too!Tell ya what--I'll eat any of those foods people have mentioned so far! Strange foods is one of my passions. The gringo burrito sounds particularly good though.

I asked my wife to buy some liverwurst for the kids to try in their sandwiches--a favorite when I was a kid, but it's been a long time. I was looking for that meat-in-a-tube stuff that's also called braunschweiger. She brought home cans of three different things: liver pate, deviled ham spread and white meat chicken spread. Not what i was looking for but we'll try them.

Tonight, I made Tandoori checked (minus the oven). I cooked it on the BBQ with skewers. I also also cut up potatoes, carrots, a few onions and added some peas, seasoned all with curry, paprika (mostly for color), cardamom and some garlic, wrapped it all up in tin foil and barbequed that too. Made a bit of rice and told the kids they couldn't put soy sauce on it this time. Good stuff! Made up some chai tea too.
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A fan of Indian eh?

RogenJosh anyone?

 
From Hawaii:

Spam musubi...well just about spam anything ;)

Poke' (say po-keh) Raw fish cubes...usually Ahi (tuna) seaweed, soy sauce.

 
Stink bean (Parkia speciosa) – this one stinks up the restroom like a stink bomb, but not as bad when eating it. Only eating with egg plant could get rid of the smell. Both local and aboriginal people in South East Asia love it.

Tortoise jelly (Guilinggao) – A dessert made of chinese herbs and powder from the shell of "golden coin turltle", an endangered turtle species.

Stinky tofu – Can smell it from a far distance as they were usually sold on the road side, similar to skunk’s smell but taste wonderful. A type of Tofu that been fermented by bacteria. Best trying it during winter.

D24 durian – Special type of the king of fruit, extremely strong odor. Widely ban on most hotels and all airplanes.

Probably more but usually after it is inside my stomach I tend to forget about it :lol:

 

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