Seafoodpunch

Food, Sleep and Sex – A few things on every one’s priority list, whether you admit it or not. I figured as the first blog for a website, why not try and write about something everyone can relate to. Since porn is pretty easy to come by online (sex…check), and you’ll probably fall asleep reading this anyway (sleep…check), why not bring up food?

While finding a way to procrastinate at the day to day desk job, I came across a pretty interesting site revolving around weird edible concoctions from around the world.

Crunchy fried ants are a favorite treat while at the movies in Columbia, for example. While camel tendon soup sounds pretty damn good for most patrons at restaurants in China.

The adequately titled http://www.weird-food.com/ lets people describe some of their weird culinary encounters or missed childhood meals, since things like monkey toes and fried bats are sort of hard to come by nowadays. Who would have thought that ant grubs-”ghetto caviar”-make an excellent dessert?

Ok, I was never going to speak of this moment again…but I did eat a bug once…and not a little one either. And it didn’t  happen because a fly buzzed into my gaping mouth while I rolled through a swarm on my bike. It was totally intentional.

I remember popping that deep fried cricket  in my mouth without hesitation. Thankfully all I could taste was the soy sauce it was fried in. I chewed and chewed while my friends watched the little cricket legs get stuck in my teeth. I couldn’t bring myself to close my mouth or swallow. The man who was generous enough to give me the treat, sat in front of the giant metal bowl full of the same covering his mouth, trying not to laugh. This was in Cambodia and one of the better experiences I had there.

It could have been worse: At least I didn’t have to watch what the Hungarian went through. He looks back and remembers how co-workers killed the first pig of the season not too long ago, draining its blood into a frying pan, then mixing the stuff in with scrambled eggs for a lovely breakfast celebration. What a great day at the office! And all natural red food coloring!

After reading through recipes involving guinea-pig stir fry, Newfoundland Seal Flipper Pie and Hog’s Head Scrapple (I’d rather not describe the stuff), and overcoming a slight case of nausea, I was just simply amazed at the global variety of foods (and at the amount of free time I had at my disposal).

I have to accept the fact that I’ve just distanced myself from what’s really in a hotdog (I don’t wanna know) and what surprises lurk in those cans of tuna fish or even bagged bread! It all makes me wonder what else I may be missing…not just food-wise, but in general.

At this point, curiosity has gotten the better of me though, and I’ll wade through all kinds of information without hesitation, even if it does make me a little sick.