Are You An Adventurous Eater?

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by jadegypsy

"It seriously is. Another Christmas Eve story...

When I was incredibly young...probably 7 or 8...my cousin Michelle and I were walking around in the kitchen when we noticed the pot on the stove starting to boil over. So we're standing there and the lid starts to pop off and tenecals start hanging out of the pot. Let's just say that was the my first and last experience with squid."

See I got told after I ate the non-tenecal part what it was, of course being about six I basically ate whatever my dad said was good, and in this case I liked it, after finding out it was squid I was grossed out for a minute but then decided it was okay. I do love ordering it when my uncle is around as he finds it a disgusting food, and this way I can kinda joke with him over how chewy the tenecals are...

Your uncle sounds like a very wise man.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by amber

I'm Italian, and we often had lasagna at Xmas. Or ham. Or Turkey.otherwise it was just the usual stuffing, gravy,salad, broccoli, cranberry, olives, more gravy, mashed potatoes, fighting over gravy, grandma waiting for everyone to praise fabulous meal. You know, the usual.
Also - Type A blood is supposed to have come about at the time people "evolved" into agrarian societies, most Europeans, northern Europeans are "A". (Irish, English, French, blah, blah). "A"'s are supposed to do very well with grains,and beans? and are not supposed to have red meat hardly ever, and are supposed to eat chicken or some other white meat 3-4 times a week or something. It's like the opposite of "O". They make good vegetarians. (this is in theory, of course - what the book says, not the law.)

Thanks. That sounds like the diet I aspire to. What does it say about chocolate intake?
Not sure what Northern Europe has to do with my family tree, though strangers always tell me I look Irish. Who knows.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

Having had squid when I was younger (My friend at the time tried to gross me out and not let me know what it was until I took a bite, But alas it backfired) and having ate "Rocky Mountain Oysters" (aka Calf Fries in this area) I'm not that adventurous when it comes to food.

But I will state I won't EVER eat Macaroni & Cheese...Yuck!!!

I don't know (or think I want to know) what calf fries are. I hope they're no grosser than pigs' feet.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by skcin

Ditto here. I've eaten (and will eat again) sushi, escargot, mussels, calamari, clams (steamed preferably), buffalo, shark - that's all I can think of right now. I've also tried ostrich & rattlesnake, but wouldn't bother with them again. If there's something new & different on a menu, I usually go for it (and I'm usually the only one at the table that will!)

Paula

Everybody keeps mentioning mussels and clams, but they don't seem exotic to me. I guess I grew up seeing them on the menu.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I love trying new foods! The more exotic the better, but not exotic in the sense of eating puppies and insects. I draw the line at those things .

The fishing line?

- Jake

[amber]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Thanks. That sounds like the diet I aspire to. What does it say about chocolate intake?
Not sure what Northern Europe has to do with my family tree, though strangers always tell me I look Irish. Who knows.

- Jake

You don't know your ethnic makeup? Are you adopted? About chocolate, I don't remember, but I think it generally says people shouldn't really eat sweets, refined sugar. In fact, I'm pretty sure it says that, although I imagine "A's" would be the best at it, since grains etc, basically turn into sugar anyway. But i kind of just made that up. I know that for me, sugar makes me tired, sometimes almost immediately. Like - Snickers = Nap five minutes later...kinda sucks. Luckily I like to nap!

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by amber

You don't know your ethnic makeup? Are you adopted? About chocolate, I don't remember, but I think it generally says people shouldn't really eat sweets, refined sugar. In fact, I'm pretty sure it says that, although I imagine "A's" would be the best at it, since grains etc, basically turn into sugar anyway. But i kind of just made that up. I know that for me, sugar makes me tired, sometimes almost immediately. Like - Snickers = Nap five minutes later...kinda sucks. Luckily I like to nap!

I'm not adopted. (The insanity proves it.) Think Fiddler On The Roof, but if we search back before Eastern Europe, who knows. Most Jews who lived there didn't arrive until the expulsions of the late Middle Ages, and the fact that my eyes are blue and my hair was blond when I was little suggests that there was "mixing" somewhere. With Khazaria and all the intermarriage and conversions and name changes over the years, I doubt my Jewish roots go back to biblical times. So who knows, there might be some Celtic blood in me, which helps explain my interest in the history.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Blechh. I'd rathewr have fish than ham.

- Jake

Jake, even you wouldn't touch this fish. I'm telling you...it's gross. I'm a picky eater and if you're as picky as I think you are, you wouldn't eat this. It looks as smells disgusting. Last year I tried the fried flounder. Blech. Not a good time.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

Jake, even you wouldn't touch this fish. I'm telling you...it's gross. I'm a picky eater and if you're as picky as I think you are, you wouldn't eat this. It looks as smells disgusting. Last year I tried the fried flounder. Blech. Not a good time.

Granted, I'm sure it's gross, but ham is grosser.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Oh, glorious moment!
(The blue blob loves you so...)

- Jake

The moment is over (i hate that blob.)

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

The Donald is dating your nana? Is your salon responsible for his haircut?

- Jake

No, but after all the money she and her boyfriend have spent in his casino in the past 20 something years, you'd think they'd be the best of friends by now.

The Donald is one celebrity that thankfully does not grace us with his presence.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

The moment is over (i hate that blob.)

I know. I'm not new at this.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

No, but after all the money she and her boyfriend have spent in his casino in the past 20 something years, you'd think they'd be the best of friends by now.

The Donald is one celebrity that thankfully does not grace us with his presence.

And I think we're safe from in him this state.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Granted, I'm sure it's gross, but ham is grosser.

- Jake

So do you eat any meat at all? Ham doesn't bother me too much but it depends on what kind it is. I like the pineapple on top of the hame more Do you eat chicken? What in the world do you eat??

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I know. I'm not new at this.

- Jake

Stooop it with the blobs. Thankfully I don't have epilepsy. Bleh. They'd be enough to trigger that off.