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Skriven 2015-12-19 21:38:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: food oddities 685
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-18-15  09:48 <=-

 > Seems to me that insects should almost be all one category... ;)  How
 > much different, really, is one insect from another...?  Ok, so maybe a
 > few categories...  :)
 ML> I thought it was unfair; I've had silkworms, maggots,
 ML> caterpillars, crickets, and some other insects I don't
 ML> recall at the moment; that takes care of several
 ML> categories. Not had roaches, because I don't want to,
 ML> nor jumiles, as they have been unavailable, nor water
 ML> bugs, because when I had the chance they looked stale,
 ML> whereas the crickets were relatively fresh.

I'd agree that it was unfair... :)
 
 >  ML> telegraph.co.uk
 >  ML> 20 strange foods to try before you die
 >  ML> 9/20
 > Were theirs including a lot of odd insects, too...?
 ML> Yep, as I recall, an overreliance on that particular
 ML> kind of grossout factor.

Far too much, then...  :)

 > Sounds to me as though somehow insects are trumping the lists... like
 > they are somehow more gross than anything else....
 ML> I guess they are, except for blue cheese and zucchini.
 
And I like blue cheese, and we both can tolerate zucchini (admittedly, I
more than you)...  ;)

 >  ML> does the volcanic thing. There are all-natural
 >  ML> marshmallows that one could verify that with.
 > I wonder if those would age properly, then... ;)
 ML> They should shrivel gradually, but that's an experiment
 ML> one could do as well.

More experiments for sometime in the future...  ;)

 ML> Here's an oddity, but not as odd as the recipe in
 ML> the previous post, I think.

You mean beef lung with bananas...?  ok, plantains... ;)   Odd, but in a
different way...  :)

 ML> Black Moth Sangria
 ML> category: booze, pretentious

Odd, indeed... I thought that sangria was fruits in wine, not veggies in
vodka, anyway...  ;)

 ML> serving: 1
 ML> 50 ml Black Moth vodka
 ML> 35 ml chopped tomatoes
 ML> 1/2 bar spoon black olive paste
 ML> 5 ml 8 to10 yr old balsamic vinegar
 ML> 10 ml fresh lemon juice
 ML> 1 pn salt
 ML> 1 pn cracked black pepper
 ML> 1 pn celery salt
 ML> h - Garnish
 ML> Sliced black truffle

And I'll agree on the pretentious, too... ;)

ttyl      neb

... Arctic char makes better salmon salad sandwiches than salmon.

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