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Travelling and living and working in different countries and cultures has often led me into sitting staring at something served on a plate in front of me that I either just do not wish to eat or the odour of which, to me, is absolutely appalling.

Let me try and explain some incidents when I have not been able to eat the meal placed in front of me.

Recently, in Korea, I was taken to lunch by a very attractive Korean girl, who took me to a Restaurant and asked if I liked Octopus. I love calamari, and expressed my interest to try the Korean version. Imagine my chagrin when a bowl of living, and writhing, miniature octopus was placed in front of me. When I said something about them being alive, she calmly cut one with a pair of scissors.

There are stories of Koreans choking to death from eating live octopus. The tentacles are actually moving, and there have been instances when the tentacles get suctioned in the throat of the diner, and death can occur from choking.

Another Korean delicacy I simply cannnot handle is Silkworms. When you walk up to the mountains where the Temples are, vendors along the side cook huge Wok like pots where they turn what looks like grubs. They are silkworms, who have been removed from the steamed silk cocoons, after the silk has been care fully spun out, and the silkworms are steamed or cooked in water.

When a New Zealand Friend came to visit me last year, I cheekily gave him a paper cup of silkworms, which is how they are served, and looking somewhat surprised, he carefully tasted one, and proclaimed it dreadful. I was tempted to try one, for the experience of tasting a morsel that is reputed to have the protein content of 6 eggs...for a Korean...but the musty, old, dead and dying smell on his breath, turned me off completely. They look like small cockroaches, and there is no way I would eat a cockroach by choice, either.

I keep adding this 'by choice' as there have been times in my life, where I have eaten something with delight, and later discovered what it was and never eaten it again, by choice.
When teaching in China, to students who did not not have a single word of English, I dined regularly on 'chop' which I rather liked. In fact it tasted like the beef I know, and I rather enjoyed the 'stew' and it was often ordered for me. Imagine my chagrin when a few months later, after I had taught the students to speak English, we were guests of the Director, and they told me I was eating dog....

Maggi 2007

What 5 foods would you not eat by Choice???

What food would you not eat? What is the strangest food you have eaten???

Create your own list of the top 5 foods you would not eat by choice.
I would not eat dog, mice embryos, silkworms, live octopus and anything living that is looking at me, and I do not eat rat, even if it cultivated in the Bayous of New Orleans and in Asia.
This is just my choice, and I know these items are delicacies in other cultures.

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Swisstoons Apr 7, 2009 @ 12:36 pm | delete

...and then for good measure, I added two links which don't work. Ahh, well....

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Swisstoons Apr 7, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete

Hppy to join your fan club, as well! :)

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Swisstoons Apr 7, 2009 @ 12:28 pm | delete

Nice to meet you, Maggi. I really enjoyed reading about the exotic Korean cuisine you enjoyed (?). I was stationed in Seoul for about 14 months and loved kimchi and bulgogi (still do), but never encountered the more exotic dishes. I'm favoriting this lens, 5-starring it and rolling it to my Laftovers lens.

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YourSmilingChef Mar 14, 2009 @ 2:03 pm | delete

Very interesting lens... 5 stars for the education! I would never try tongue, insects (of any kind), or brains.

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OhMe Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:25 pm | delete

I would not eat calves liver,chicken liver, souse meat, insects even if they are covered in chocolate, or dog meat. Great lens. 5*
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Unusual Foods, or Food that is Different to a Caucasian Westerner

What is the strangest food you have eaten or seen served, or read about?

What 5 foods would you not eat by Choice???

What food would you not eat? What is the strangest food you have eaten???

Feed Me Now ..... Fun T-shirts and clothing

Advertise yourself....or give a friend a shirt.......

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