Do you try new foods when traveling?
Jan 20th, 2023, 09:54 AM
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Cornish hens are just tiny chickens. According to Wikipedia they are a crossbreed with one of the ancestors ("Indian Game") developed in Cornwall.
Argentine steak is nothing special anymore. Now it's Uruguay.
Argentine steak is nothing special anymore. Now it's Uruguay.
Jan 20th, 2023, 11:19 AM
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Much of Argentinas beef production has been turn over to grain fed on feed lots. Still possible to get great beef in Argentina, just a question of going to the right places.
Agree with Uruguayan beef being a step ahead. I need we thought we had seen it all in Argentina until we visited the meat section of the main market in Montevideo, a regular temple to beef-
Best beef ? mrwunfl. As a renowned Japanophile I would have thought you would have gone with Japan😉The Hida beef we had in Takayama was out of this world. Step up from even the world renowned Kobe beef.
Agree with Uruguayan beef being a step ahead. I need we thought we had seen it all in Argentina until we visited the meat section of the main market in Montevideo, a regular temple to beef-
Best beef ? mrwunfl. As a renowned Japanophile I would have thought you would have gone with Japan😉The Hida beef we had in Takayama was out of this world. Step up from even the world renowned Kobe beef.
Jan 20th, 2023, 11:15 PM
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Never had warthog zebec. Tastes like pork???
You reminded me of a trip to Nairobi where we ate in the famous “Carnivore “ restaurant. The waiters were constantly circling ready to load diners plates with such games delicacies as Antelope, Zebra even Giraffe!
We lived in west Africa for a while when volunteering. Part of the deal was to “ live like the locals” so we got to eat new stuff like “ groundnut stew” and potato leaf curry - surprisingly good.
You reminded me of a trip to Nairobi where we ate in the famous “Carnivore “ restaurant. The waiters were constantly circling ready to load diners plates with such games delicacies as Antelope, Zebra even Giraffe!
We lived in west Africa for a while when volunteering. Part of the deal was to “ live like the locals” so we got to eat new stuff like “ groundnut stew” and potato leaf curry - surprisingly good.
Jan 21st, 2023, 10:27 AM
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We always try the local foods while traveling. Part of the experience! No burgers etc for us.
I grew up eating lamb as our family is of Basque decent and my dad was a sheep man. I try to buy a lamb for the freezer every few years or so. Love it! I find it crazy that lamb is so expensive in NZ and locals can’t afford it.
I prefer beef or lamb being finished out on grain. Let’s them put on more fat and add to that delicious marbling in the meat. The flavor is in the fat!
I had some ground lamb in my freezer from the last lamb we bought and made lamb burgers. Delicious! Not crazy about shoulder chops, so I usually cut them up for Basque Lamb Stew.
I grew up eating lamb as our family is of Basque decent and my dad was a sheep man. I try to buy a lamb for the freezer every few years or so. Love it! I find it crazy that lamb is so expensive in NZ and locals can’t afford it.
I prefer beef or lamb being finished out on grain. Let’s them put on more fat and add to that delicious marbling in the meat. The flavor is in the fat!
I had some ground lamb in my freezer from the last lamb we bought and made lamb burgers. Delicious! Not crazy about shoulder chops, so I usually cut them up for Basque Lamb Stew.
Jan 21st, 2023, 10:39 AM
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Those who may be Quebec-bound may want to search out so-called 'Labrador Tea'. It also goes by Innuit Tea plus Northern Tea and various other names. It is made from rhododendron and typically mixed with other substances. In our upcoming TR, we'll refer to the controversy surrounding that tea, and how some feel that its definition and quality control need better tightening. We bought three versions from different sources.
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Jan 21st, 2023, 02:50 PM
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From recently threads like this one and some over on Trip Advisor I realize I am simply not as food-focused while traveling as many others who post here are.
Sure I'll try something local if it sounds good. But I don't eat things just for the sake of being 'adventurous'. Like blood sausage or horse steaks in Switzerland, not interested. While the fondue, raclette, filet de perche, various street prepared 'sausage' were all delish. Love local wines, bakeries, delis, etc. that's more my speed than seeking out something purposefully exotic.
Sure I'll try something local if it sounds good. But I don't eat things just for the sake of being 'adventurous'. Like blood sausage or horse steaks in Switzerland, not interested. While the fondue, raclette, filet de perche, various street prepared 'sausage' were all delish. Love local wines, bakeries, delis, etc. that's more my speed than seeking out something purposefully exotic.
Jan 21st, 2023, 08:59 PM
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From recently threads like this one and some over on Trip Advisor I realize I am simply not as food-focused while traveling as many others who post here are.
Sure I'll try something local if it sounds good. But I don't eat things just for the sake of being 'adventurous'. Like blood sausage or horse steaks in Switzerland, not interested. While the fondue, raclette, filet de perche, various street prepared 'sausage' were all delish. Love local wines, bakeries, delis, etc. that's more my speed than seeking out something purposefully exotic.
Sure I'll try something local if it sounds good. But I don't eat things just for the sake of being 'adventurous'. Like blood sausage or horse steaks in Switzerland, not interested. While the fondue, raclette, filet de perche, various street prepared 'sausage' were all delish. Love local wines, bakeries, delis, etc. that's more my speed than seeking out something purposefully exotic.
Jan 22nd, 2023, 07:15 AM
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I have a funny South African game meat story. At a group dinner at the Cattle Baron in Skukuza (Kroger National Park), one person ordered two mains, including a Springbok shank. As usual my conservative-eating friend ordered her well-done beef steak. Dishes arrived one at a time. Of course the Springbok orderer got my friend's steak, started eating and proclaimed, "my this Springbok is tender!". He didn't even notice it wasn't a shank! When his rare steak order was served much later to my friend, the error was finally realized. It was a nightmare to deal with the restaurant realizing they had made the error, wanted to charge the conservative friend for a second steak. We did get it straightened out and it is now one of those "remember when" stories.
Jan 22nd, 2023, 09:14 AM
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I do try new foods and beverages while traveling.
Had haggis in Scotland and it as delicious.
In Fiji I was trying to get kava so a shop sales person took me to her place to a back room. Three Fijians were sitting around with a bowl of kava on a table and I was offered some. Wow! However as I recall you have to clap 2 or 3 times first them down the hatch. After some, don't recall how much but more than one sampling I felt kind of lightheaded when trying to stand.
. I was ok after that, tongue tingled and you feel kind of "peppy." 
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Tried that infamous fruit durian twice. I don't get how it's so wildly popular in SE Asia
. Give me a mango any day.
Tried kopi luwak coffee in Bangkok for $20.00 for one cup just to experience it. Don't get that either. I'll take Colombian, Kona, Blue Mountain, and many others.
Tried kangaroo jerky in Sydney. Not bad at all, kind of gamey but not off putting though the reindeer sausage in Alaska was too gamey for me.
My Filipino friends have a dish which they call euphemistically "chocolate pudding." It's pork cooked in pigs blood. Pretty good too.
Basically I'll try anything once just to see what it's all about.
Had haggis in Scotland and it as delicious.
In Fiji I was trying to get kava so a shop sales person took me to her place to a back room. Three Fijians were sitting around with a bowl of kava on a table and I was offered some. Wow! However as I recall you have to clap 2 or 3 times first them down the hatch. After some, don't recall how much but more than one sampling I felt kind of lightheaded when trying to stand.
. I was ok after that, tongue tingled and you feel kind of "peppy." .Tried that infamous fruit durian twice. I don't get how it's so wildly popular in SE Asia
. Give me a mango any day.Tried kopi luwak coffee in Bangkok for $20.00 for one cup just to experience it. Don't get that either. I'll take Colombian, Kona, Blue Mountain, and many others.
Tried kangaroo jerky in Sydney. Not bad at all, kind of gamey but not off putting though the reindeer sausage in Alaska was too gamey for me.
My Filipino friends have a dish which they call euphemistically "chocolate pudding." It's pork cooked in pigs blood. Pretty good too.
Basically I'll try anything once just to see what it's all about.
Jan 22nd, 2023, 09:34 AM
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I wonder if people who won't try new things (whether it's different vacation spots or local foods) are wired differently. I know I am also a bit of a thrill seeker and get bored easily. Plus I am curious about the rest of the world, and not afraid of a little bit of dirt and chaos. Living in Southern California and working with people from all over the world who would bring their home cooked dishes to our various pot lucks, and friends taking me to restaurants of their country has exposed me to many of these so-called exotic dishes (I like the jellyfish rubber-band salads!) As my mother used to say, just take a bite and if you don't like it you don't have to eat the rest.
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Jan 22nd, 2023, 09:54 AM
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It is Burns Night next week so Haggis is in the supermarkets every where at the moment, here in England as well as Scotland. Very similar to the equally West Country faggots.
had to smile about the Phillipino Chocolate Pudding! I am with the late great Anthony Bourdain. Blood sausage is a thing of beauty whether it be called black pudding, boudin nor or whatever it is delicious and it is always good to use every part of the beast, though I have tried but failed to fall involve with pigs trotters.
Never heard of kava JW, I assume you are referencing some form of mild hallucinogenic effect? I think I may have tried something similar one NYE in a village the middle of nowhere in Laos - I was ok till it was time to get up and walk!
mlgb - does your conservative friend now eat rare steak?
had to smile about the Phillipino Chocolate Pudding! I am with the late great Anthony Bourdain. Blood sausage is a thing of beauty whether it be called black pudding, boudin nor or whatever it is delicious and it is always good to use every part of the beast, though I have tried but failed to fall involve with pigs trotters.
Never heard of kava JW, I assume you are referencing some form of mild hallucinogenic effect? I think I may have tried something similar one NYE in a village the middle of nowhere in Laos - I was ok till it was time to get up and walk!
mlgb - does your conservative friend now eat rare steak?
Jan 22nd, 2023, 09:58 AM
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I wonder if people who won't try new things (whether it's different vacation spots or local foods) are wired differently. I know I am also a bit of a thrill seeker and get bored easily. Plus I am curious about the rest of the world, and not afraid of a little bit of dirt and chaos. Living in Southern California and working with people from all over the world who would bring their home cooked dishes to our various pot lucks, and friends taking me to restaurants of their country has exposed me to many of these so-called exotic dishes (I like the jellyfish rubber-band salads!) As my mother used to say, just take a bite and if you don't like it you don't have to eat the rest.
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Jan 22nd, 2023, 10:09 AM
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Sampling local foods is one of the main reason that I travel. I've tried everything from live baby octopus (Seoul) to donkey and horse (popular in southern Italy) to grasshoppers and iguana (Mexico) to sea anemone (Cadiz area, Spain) to sea anenome (Catalunya area, Spain) to cod cheeks (Basque Spain) to alligator (Florida Keys) to camel (Mali) to kudu (South Africa). With the exception of the iguana stew (Guerrero state) and the grasshoppers (Oaxaca), all the dishes made from those ingredients were delicious.
I'd never think to order hamburger in Italy, but I did so not long ago in Rome. The waiter in my hotel's excellent restaurant (where we had a free dinner included in our rate) recommended it to me, and I believe that it was the best hamburger I've ever eaten, made from Piemontese beef. Truly sublime!!
I think the only time I've been truly put off by a food was in Medan, Sumatra. I came upon a man grilling meat sate at a street stand. I ordered one and took a bite before asking the vendor what kind of meat it was. His answer: Anjiing. Dog meat!!!! I did not finish the satay.
I'd never think to order hamburger in Italy, but I did so not long ago in Rome. The waiter in my hotel's excellent restaurant (where we had a free dinner included in our rate) recommended it to me, and I believe that it was the best hamburger I've ever eaten, made from Piemontese beef. Truly sublime!!
I think the only time I've been truly put off by a food was in Medan, Sumatra. I came upon a man grilling meat sate at a street stand. I ordered one and took a bite before asking the vendor what kind of meat it was. His answer: Anjiing. Dog meat!!!! I did not finish the satay.
