So, here's some "food" for thought.
My wife's family is 100 percent Portuguese - almost all from "The Islands" (the Azores).
We were invited to her aunt's house for a birthday party or similar gathering. Her aunt had made OCTOPUS.
Being the "try anything once" guy that I am - I tried it.
Much to my detriment.
It tasted the way a pet shop smells. I don't know how that's possible, but it did.
Fast forward a couple of years, the Portuguese band is on a trip to the Azores, and we are being treated in one island town to a sit-down restaurant meal - which included OCTOPUS.
With some (okay, EXTREME) trepidation - I tried it again.
And it was EXCELLENT!! It did not taste the way a pet shop smells, it was interesting and very, very palatable.
Perhaps some of these issues we are having with food are based on VERY, VERY poor first impressions, however,
I will not, to this day, eat liver - my mother burned it once. once.
I'm forever done with liver.
dv
I was looking at the scrapple in the market today but couldn't conscience the $5 they wanted for it. I think what turned me off the most about these dishes was the proliferation of green peas. I despise peas and won't eat them plain... pease pudding on the other hand is quite nice. I won't do liver but every so often a get a taste for some head cheese.
Oh and if you want really weird food goto the Philippines... or google "Balut".
Geez, I read through this and people think I'm crazy for eating Braunschweiger lol My grandpa often talks about the lard sandwiches he had to eat during the depression and how they were even worse after being in the heat of a Milwaukee summer all afternoon...
I love Braunschweiger
I love the way Vin Scully says "Braunschveigeh." One of my favorite memories of living in California.