So! I think it's time for you to talk to me! That's right: A.P.D. strikes again.
How about food? We all like food, right? Right. Except when it's nasty food. And when I think "nasty food," I always think of my friend Alyssa's story about when she went as an exchange student to Thailand and her host mother asked her what kind of meat she liked to eat. Meat is a very expensive luxury there, but this woman thought every American must have meat. Alyssa is not actually a huge meat-eater, but she told her host mother that she liked chicken. So the woman bought a microwave--which probably almost bankrupted the family, but she was determined to be hospitable--and some chicken, and every morning for breakfast, she would microwave chicken for Alyssa.
Yes, you read that right. Microwaved chicken for breakfast. It wasn't even just re-heated, which is bad enough, but cooked in the microwave. And of course, Alyssa had to eat it, because not to do so would have been incredibly rude. I don't know how she did it without throwing up.
So, duckies! Can you top microwaved chicken for breakfast? What's the most disgusting food stuff you have ever been obliged to eat?
In college, our Dairy Club (yes, I was THAT cool) went to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, a huge livestock/agricultural show. Since we were international visitors we thought it would be fun to check out the special International Guest lounge and get some free snacks. They had a rather large cheese plate out that had lots of other guests crowded around snacking, looking like they were really enjoying themselves. So of course we went over to sample the cheese. About 5 of us popped it into our mouth all at the same time. Three immediately spit it back out, I attempted to keep going but had to reject it. The fifth finally got the cheese down with considerable disgust. I never knew cheese could be so bad. Have you ever been around a cow with a uterine infection? Well, that smell is exactly what this cheese tasted like. I have no idea what kind it was, but I do know that I am now especially leery around unknown cheeses.
ReplyDeleteOkra. That's a Southern thing. I hated it, no matter how it was cooked. Even today, when I see it in the produce section, I gag. One night my parents told me I had to sit at the table until the okra was eaten. Now, even as a small child, I knew how to get past a brick wall. As they sat in the living room, within sight of me at the kitchen table, I waited till they were distracted and I quickly got up, scraped my plate at the garbage can, put my plate in the sink and joined my parents at the TV. . . a big box with a black and white screen in those days.
ReplyDeleteChicken that hasn't been properly cooked will gag me every time...I can smell the feathers.
ReplyDeleteYou cannot get an unripe persimmon out of your mouth fast enough ....I know. phfffttt.Beth
ReplyDeleteWhen I was is Peru, Sunday afternoon snack (a semi formal affair) was toast with a slice of glelatinous something.... A clear firm aspic jelly block with tendons, membranes and bits of white grisly stuff. ugh. Choked it down everytime trying not to chew the chunks. -Moi
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ReplyDeleteGreasy mutton stew. The smell will nearly induce retching.
ReplyDeleteOkra. What can I say. . . my mother is from the South and insisted that I try it too. Fried okra isn't bad, but never steam it. Mary in MN
ReplyDeleteI will second the greasy mutton stew. I had totally blocked that memory out of my head until I read Roger's comment. About 30 mummble some odd years ago I cooked what I thought was lamb stew. Followed a recipe and it looked picture perfect could have been on the cover of a magazine. But It being the first time I'd ever purchased lamb and there not being much in the way of it available in my small Texas town.... I did not get the young tender stuff I thought I was getting. EWWWWW gag. The taste of Lanolin! It coated my tongue, teeth, throat and I could smell it for days. And I only ate a bite or two. I have never, ever been brave enough to cook any type of sheep meat since. I have, after many years worked up enough courage to eat it at restaurants. But I haven't a clue about how to purchase something edible.
ReplyDeleteI doubt you could even find mutton at the supermarket these days. Nobody eats it anymore. You'd probably be pretty safe buying lamb at the store. They're bred and slaughtered at an age to be very mild. The industry knows what consumers want.
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Breakfast of fried catfish, scrambled eggs, and grits. On the regular.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand I LOVE fried okra.