"What's the weirdest thing you've eaten?"
I wasn't a particularly picky eater when I first came to China, or so I thought.
I've learned to be less picky.
Here's the current list, as far as I can remember it.
What I've learned to appreciate this year:
Tripe. (Hint: it tastes much better when it's only cooked in hot pot for about 15 seconds and not 15 minutes.)
What I've learned to tolerate alright:
"Ham." Notice the quotation marks. More like spam.
"Sausages." Okay, I know sausages are always questionable. Ditto with "hotdogs." They're more questionable in China.
Cartilage.
What I still think is gross and will actively avoid:
Blood. (I think I've only eaten this once...?)
Silk worms.
Any kind of worms, for that matter. Once at a banquet in Xiamen was really enough.
Durian pizza. Phila talked me into giving it a try last week and I wasn't a fan of taste, smell, or texture.
Large intestine. Small intestine, fine, but large intestine tends to taste pretty much how you'd imagine.
Meat floss.
I've learned to be less picky.
Here's the current list, as far as I can remember it.
What I've learned to appreciate this year:
Tripe. (Hint: it tastes much better when it's only cooked in hot pot for about 15 seconds and not 15 minutes.)
What I've learned to tolerate alright:
"Ham." Notice the quotation marks. More like spam.
"Sausages." Okay, I know sausages are always questionable. Ditto with "hotdogs." They're more questionable in China.
Cartilage.
What I still think is gross and will actively avoid:
Blood. (I think I've only eaten this once...?)
Silk worms.
Any kind of worms, for that matter. Once at a banquet in Xiamen was really enough.
Durian pizza. Phila talked me into giving it a try last week and I wasn't a fan of taste, smell, or texture.
Large intestine. Small intestine, fine, but large intestine tends to taste pretty much how you'd imagine.
Meat floss.
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