http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0bb218bd-2efd-4417-9f69-d7e98e2f99b2 When I was growing up, Marmites advertising tag was "the growing up spread" It was fed to us children to reduce the risk of us contracting Diptheria and Ricketts and we were grateful for it. The new advertising campaign is far less "homley" and plays on the you either love it, or you hate thing. Personally I cant go to long with out my Marmite fix and occasionaly find myself paying an extortinate $10 for the small jar. One bite and Im transported back to being 6 years old again. http://www.marmite.com/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:55:09 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0bb218bd-2efd-4417-9f69-d7e98e2f99b2 lorenzo-G 2008-09-28T19:55:09Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#5a17182a-9cf0-493f-8ba8-81d1ab27bc06 Now Marmite . . . that is truly strange! Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:12:17 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#5a17182a-9cf0-493f-8ba8-81d1ab27bc06 *Richard 2008-09-28T12:12:17Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#56674184-04f0-492a-b14e-35f016663bc4 Yes, Ive enjoyed a fair few exotic delicacies in my time and occasionally endured them. A trip around a Lao jungle market is akin to a trip around your local zoo, its a great wildlife spotting oppotunity. Anyway, I can also confirm that the exotic hard to stomach thing works in reverse as well. Just recently I had the oppotunity to Dine with several Shipibo Indians, as it was my treat I chose a vegetarian resturant. Theres quite a few in Peru, generally operated by a vegetarian schism in the Seventh Day Adventist religion. As it was down to me to order I selected quite a few steamed veggies, if you could see the look on their faces as they sampled steamed broccoli, it was like as if Id ordered them rat poison. They where Oh so polite and all of them left the broccoli in a neat pile on thier plates. Some years back I was travelling in Nepal and one morning I was tucking into Marmite and bread. Quite quickly I had a gang of kids eyeing up what to them looked like chocalate spread on bread. I generously offered them free run of my Marmite and bread.....Boy! Again if you could have seen their little faces upon tasting my by product of the British brewing indusrty...Poor things! Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:59:46 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#56674184-04f0-492a-b14e-35f016663bc4 lorenzo-G 2008-09-03T03:59:46Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#9ec93819-3ced-4ecf-a6a9-41859ab86676 Yeah, but now if I eat something really gross I can just say 'Hey, it wasn't as bad as herring ice cream!" hee hee! Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:37:41 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#9ec93819-3ced-4ecf-a6a9-41859ab86676 Sarah 2008-01-14T23:37:41Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#3d747ee5-5b4b-44ec-acfb-75d699bee80c Now that may be the grossest thing I've ever heard of. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:00:31 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#3d747ee5-5b4b-44ec-acfb-75d699bee80c *Richard 2008-01-12T20:00:31Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#b62d88fe-7595-4e7d-886a-9d4dc0d11f41 Herring-flavored ice cream in Scotland. I would not recommend it. No SIr. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:24:45 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#b62d88fe-7595-4e7d-886a-9d4dc0d11f41 Sarah 2008-01-12T00:24:45Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#90d57000-98a9-40dc-a67f-073b549f846e I've eaten porcupine in Vietnam (like beef), cobra in Vietnam (tasted like a cross between rabbit and pork), I've eaten yak in Nepal (unsurprisingly, like beef) as well as water buffalo, and reindeer in Norway. I saw deep-fried spiders and grasshoppers in Cambodia but didn't get a chance to try them. Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:07:55 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#90d57000-98a9-40dc-a67f-073b549f846e Vince 2006-07-18T15:07:55Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#280c1880-c101-447e-ac79-625dc59225e8 Chapulines are yummy. On the other hand, jellyfish and sea cucumbers (China) are really weird tasting. I was offered dog and puppy too, but couldn't do it. The strangest thing I didn't eat was palm grubs in Ecuador. Big fat things that live in palm trees. They look like something out of a sci-fi horror film. Couldn't do it. There was another thing in Mexico I couldn't eat. I think it was jumiles? Small beetle like insects. You roll a tortilla into a cone, pour the bugs in, cover with salsa and then eat before they crawl out . . . Too odd for this gringo. Fri, 12 May 2006 21:04:10 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#280c1880-c101-447e-ac79-625dc59225e8 *Richard 2006-05-12T21:04:10Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#a13a7c1d-0053-422d-a1db-8b7e0fe11155 It's cuy, actually. They aren't bad... chapulines are probly the weirdest thing i've had. I eat them a lot, actually Wed, 10 May 2006 19:06:41 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#a13a7c1d-0053-422d-a1db-8b7e0fe11155 Mish 2006-05-10T19:06:41Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#8921592a-9078-4930-9bdd-ce30613ef969 Carson, I think you mean "Cui". Yeah, it tastes just like chicken, and my friends who have guinea pigs as pets weren't very pleased to hear about it :) Mon, 08 May 2006 17:43:53 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#8921592a-9078-4930-9bdd-ce30613ef969 Miki 2006-05-08T17:43:53Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0e6f4802-fe38-4b40-8c02-c514507fe165 I had armadillo in Trindad but it isn't that special. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:59:38 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0e6f4802-fe38-4b40-8c02-c514507fe165 Lone 2006-04-03T04:59:38Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0a7b1b4f-6606-4bf8-9521-25f88d98cbfa Kangaroo burger at an exotic meat restaurant in Vancouver, BC, it wasnt my favorite, kinda dry but different nonetheless..... Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:18:58 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#0a7b1b4f-6606-4bf8-9521-25f88d98cbfa Niseema 2006-03-29T19:18:58Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#55f23181-bf41-4bf5-805f-e49d40039013 OK, in the mountains of Yunnan, southeat China, I ate deep fried bamboo grubs. The locals thought it was a delicacy, I thought it was rather like popcorn. What about you guys? Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:53:13 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#55f23181-bf41-4bf5-805f-e49d40039013 Adeh 2003-10-29T16:53:13Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#e5b169bc-0917-44e4-a62b-5df4e66c62da i ate some fried bug in Chiang Mai, in Thailand. it just tasted like some fried thing. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:05:32 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#e5b169bc-0917-44e4-a62b-5df4e66c62da rich 2004-02-19T20:05:32Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#ccb3ef78-f3ea-4af6-8e06-e0b18348fb9c While in Korea, I was treated to a fabulous sashimi dinner - so fresh that half our time was spent fighting with the octopus tentacles, which kept grabbing hold of the platter and wrapping themselves around our chopsticks. I was advised by my Korean host to chew *very* thoroughly. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:41:07 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#ccb3ef78-f3ea-4af6-8e06-e0b18348fb9c Lidan 2004-02-19T20:41:07Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#c985bb43-1768-4f0c-8c4b-a27c329764dc in the market outside Sukhothai in Thailand, i saw a lizzard cut in half (vertially, or from head to tail). just couldn't do it. i do like grasshoppers boiled in soy sauce and sugar. they ate them during WW2 for protine, but now it's an expensive stuff. Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:21:30 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#c985bb43-1768-4f0c-8c4b-a27c329764dc taro 2004-02-20T03:21:30Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#2e034684-3d2f-4b41-a0f1-13d7260fd72d pui. had it in peru, nothing strange about the taste, it was like chicken (isnt everything?). pui is guinni pig... Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:08:59 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#2e034684-3d2f-4b41-a0f1-13d7260fd72d Carson 2004-02-27T08:08:59Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#3a4b5297-50d5-4abb-aec3-b623dbe9e590 i guess it's a matter of presentation :) Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:10:00 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#3a4b5297-50d5-4abb-aec3-b623dbe9e590 taro 2004-02-28T00:10:00Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#06d05f37-83bb-46c6-9130-0c5f8a803218 i just thought it was strange because ive had several friends who had guinni pigs as pets, never really thought of them as edible. yeah, that sounds kinda dumb, but whatever. Sun, 29 Feb 2004 08:00:08 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#06d05f37-83bb-46c6-9130-0c5f8a803218 Carson 2004-02-29T08:00:08Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#d3821960-b02a-4d49-bfbe-c5325c168df3 Was on a study in the Amazon rainforest. Have to say that it is a toss up between really large spiders and monkey. When the natives go through your hidden stash and find your peanut butter and energy bars....about 4 days of no protein... anything 'meaty' will do. Grubs are tasty. I like mine roasted. There are also some ants that are really tasty. Thank gawd I was all of 19 and didn't know better. Now, if I were to go on a study I would be more selective..plus, I will travel with a few chosen spices and make sure I did most of the food prep. Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:28:29 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#d3821960-b02a-4d49-bfbe-c5325c168df3 Stacie B 2004-03-03T06:28:29Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#2b5ea111-13bc-4631-b82e-a30bbfd7bc53 Wow, cool! I posted this months ago and now all these answers. You guys ate some crazy stuff :) I have eaten more grubs, in the form of silkworm pupea washed down with snake liver alcohol. That was in the mountians of central china. Not very tasty. Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:03:01 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#2b5ea111-13bc-4631-b82e-a30bbfd7bc53 Adeh 2004-03-22T09:03:01Z http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#23149a92-00a3-4e2d-87f7-0c87c301e95d whale fat a.k.a. muktuk, fermented beaver tail a.k.a. I can't remember what, and of course seal oil. All in Arctic Alaska. ick. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:25:40 GMT http://culinaryglobetrekkers.tribe.net/thread/e05b94c0-4093-4248-89dc-661656ae2b57#23149a92-00a3-4e2d-87f7-0c87c301e95d Tyson 2004-04-23T20:25:40Z