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Disgusting Food Item of the Week

Posted in ask the foodie, food knowledge, weirdness on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hold on to your breakfast, kids.
A balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are common, everyday food in some countries in Southeast Asia, such as in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a [...]

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Disgusting Food Item of the Week

Posted in food knowledge, weirdness, tagged , , , , , on December 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Italian government has outlawed the sale of Italy’s maggot-infested Casu Frazigu, commonly known as “rotten cheese,” because it can only be safely eaten for a few weeks in July in August. During the aging process, a fly called Piophila casei deposits its eggs on the cheese. When the maggots are born, they move throughout [...]

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Disgusting Food Item of the Week

Posted in food knowledge, weirdness, tagged , , , on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

During the Middle Ages, lampreys were widely eaten by the upper classes throughout Europe, especially during fasting periods, since their taste is much meatier than that of most true fish. Especially in southwestern Europe (Portugal, Spain, and France), larger lampreys are still a highly prized delicacy.
Is it just me, or do these things look like [...]

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Disgusting Food Item of the Week

Posted in food knowledge, weirdness, tagged , , on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Disgusting Food Item of the Week – Percebes

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Pancakes in Hell

Posted in life, weirdness on October 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Bob and I went to dinner at the Halfmoon Diner tonight, where we usually go for a quick bite.  It’s good food, good service, and very predictable.  Great onion rings.  But, this is not a review of the Halfmoon Diner.
Rather, it is a review of an observation we made this evening, as we were leaving [...]

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Vacation Photos

Posted in drinks, family, fun, travel, weirdness on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

OK, so these are not your typical vacation snapshots of beautiful vistas, scenic overlooks, or smiling families posing in front of ironic roadsigns.  These are random pics I took while traveling to and from Kentucky this past weekend – pics from airport restaurants.  That’s so me, isn’t it?
This first one was taken at 5:30am at [...]

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Public Broadcasting: Asleep at the Wheel

Posted in television, weirdness on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

OK, I just experienced the strangest email correspondence. I wrote an email to WMHT (our local PBS affiliate) to complain that they were not airing the newly launched cartoon series based on my favorite NPR show, “Car Talk”.
Sadly, this correspondence needs no further explanation:
From: Wendy
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:28 PM
To: wmht.org New Station Wide [...]

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