Eating taboo

flyingfox · Post by **flyingfox** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:55 am

Just watched a TV program introducing all sorts of eating taboos around the world. It’s just … don’t know how to say, awesome. Although I’ve already learnt about most of those things before, still I got shocked badly by the visual version.

It’s said that eating taboo tells a lot about religion, custom, morality, culture and health concerns and least about nutrient or tastes, but what I’m feeling strong now is its formidable power of arousing emotion – the instinct disgust exactly. I just can’t help having such feelings even I’m pretty sure there’s nothing wrong for those people eating rat, worm or even animal’s embryo.

It’s well known that the emotion of disgust can easily result in hatred, so I’m thinking perhaps much of the various hatred in this world is really derived from visceral disgust at uncommon or unconventional things but not those well-spoken rationales.

So, what’s your eating taboo? Will you dislike or disgust or even hate those people who violate your taboo?

For me, I have no problem of eating frog, snake and dog. What’s about you?

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:08 am

Dog is kind of weird, because they're more like your *friends* than your food. But no, I'm a very adventurous eater. I'll eat almost anything, especially if it's a local thing (ran into that a bit more when living overseas, but still). I often become very frustrated--almost disgusted, yes--with people who won't eat stuff because it seems or sounds gross. For those who don't eat tomatos because "it's a texture thing" or who don't eat sushi because it's "gross"... Idiots.

Post by **Blaze** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:43 am

I don't eat sushi because it's gross. But, I've actually eaten it. So it really IS disgusting to me. I hate the flavor and feel of it.

I take it people who've tried things fall outside of that rule?

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:26 am

People who've tried things can get away with it a lot easier, but when it's obvious that they're just playing Fear Factor with something they think is gross and are unwilling to set aside their mental blocks, they don't get much slack.

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:34 am

I like tomato soup, and tomato sauce, but I don't like to eat a slice of tomato, or put a slice of tomato in my hamburger, and I HATE mushrooms no matter how they're prepared, but those are my only food issues, I don't care if other people eat those things, or if they eat rat burgers, or hot dogs made from 100% real dog meat, in fact as long as they didn't put mushrooms and a slice of tomato on the things I'd probably eat it too.

Il Palazzo Sama · Post by **Il Palazzo Sama** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:51 pm

Locusts, are kosher. If you didn't know now you do.

list of animals I've eaten at least in part.

cow
pig
chicken
turkey
duck
pheasant
game hen
trout
salmon
bass
tuna
whitefish
crab
lobster
oyster (kinda gross)
clam
turtle
crocodille
ants
crikets
grasshopers
mealworms
earthworms

that's all I can think of right now. I'd also like to note that I eat tomatos like most people eat apples.

TDINTBL · Post by **TDINTBL** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:56 am

I draw the line at testicles... no no no. All I can imagine is somebody coming along and eating my nards and not in a sexual manner either. *shudders*

I've tried a lot of things. Have tried calamari and the sushi version thereof, I just cant get into it mainly because it is impossible to chew. Sat there for half an hour trying to eat a bit of squid because I spent 5 minutes trying to cut down pieces into correctly sized amounts. I spent more time working it than tasting it.

I love new ethnic foods. We're big on Mexican here in central Cali, hardly exotic. I love Italian, Chinese, and Japanese. Greek and Armenian food is pretty good, but damned hard to find. I like Indian food though we substitute beef for dog. *rimshot* Thai food is freaking hot, but good, in a ohmydearGOD manner. We have a good French restaurant around here, good food, though it serves primarily New Orleans French-Quarter style French and not so many normal French dishes. German, what little I've found, is pretty good. Would like to try Russian, but I hear it's pretty bland. I need to find some good Scottish food, after all, that's my ancestry there. I like pretty much everything, except diced onions. Only when they're diced can I not stand em, otherwise they're find, kinda odd eh?

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:55 am

TDINTBL, you must've had some horrible and/or dry calamari, as it should never be that difficult to eat.

Il Palazzo Sama · Post by **Il Palazzo Sama** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:46 am

thanks! I forgot squid! I eat that too. Deacon is right though calamari should not be hard to eat.

flyingfox · Post by **flyingfox** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:59 am

I’ve never dared to eat something alive. Thinking about killing something with my own teeth …*shudders*

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:11 am

You should all put these items on your list of things to eat...

Bear
Deer
Moose
Elk
Buffalo
Emu
Soylent Green

ajaxrynu · Post by **ajaxrynu** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:11 am

Once in one of my science courses we disected squid. After we were done we fried them up...

It had to be the most disgusting thing I ever ate.

Of course I don't remember if they were preserved in fermeldahide or not...

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:53 pm

ajaxrynu, you are joking...right?

By the way, for those of you who have not had calamari on prinicple, I promise you that if someone were to take some fresh squid, slice it vertically from the point to the tentacles, opened it up flat, cleaned it (scraped out the insides), and fried it up for you, you would be talking about how great it was for years. I still do.

Rileyrat · Post by **Rileyrat** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:13 pm

[quote="Deacon";p="443281"]By the way, for those of you who have not had calamari on prinicple, I promise you that if someone were to take some fresh squid, slice it vertically from the point to the tentacles, opened it up flat, cleaned it (scraped out the insides), and fried it up for you, you would be talking about how great it was for years. I still do.[/quote]

I love the stuff. Dried squid is a bit odd at first but very tasty too.
Also I did have some dog while in Korea, it wasn't bad but not as good as beef, pork, or chicken so I doubt I would eat it again...Too greasy. I get a taste for wild game every now and again but not often. Deer and elk are the two I have eaten the most. Snake is a little plain, squirrl is gamey(if that is even a real word), rabbit not so good. Thats about all I can think of right now.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:47 pm

[quote="Rileyrat";p="443390"]squirrl is gamey(if that is even a real word)[/quote]
Gamey is a real word. Squirrl is not

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