Food, Food, and More Food Thread

I ate pig intestines today. (yummy!) It is an ingredient part of a local dish :). Some people may find it gross but being an Asian, I'm kinda used to these :D

3:10 am and I'm having a bowl of Trix cereal for Breakfast..... :sweat:

I think i should make one of those Kim Chi noodle bowl around 5:30...cept I'm afraid it'll give me problems while I take my final :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Zongzi??

i dont know what the english name would be. steamed rice wrapped in bamboo leaves


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kttran, good luck on the final!

krim wrote:i dont know what the english name would be. steamed rice wrapped in bamboo leaves

Is it shaped like a dark green pillow?

My grandma made those. We called 'em Juung.

Of course, I didn't eat 'em. :bleh:

not the dimsum, lotus leaf one... hmm.. it looks like a twisted bowtie... i think we normally eat them in August or something... for a poet.

You'll probably know once i mention the backstory... it's to commemorate the chinese poet who died jumping into a river.. the villagers wrapped the rice in bamboo leaves so the fish didn't eat his body.. that's the story in short


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edit:

Wikipedia says it's a Rice Dumpling

krim wrote:not the dimsum, lotus leaf one... hmm.. it looks like a twisted bowtie... i think we normally eat them in August or something... for a poet.

You'll probably know once i mention the backstory... it's to commemorate the chinese poet who died jumping into a river.. the villagers wrapped the rice in bamboo leaves so the fish didn't eat his body.. that's the story in short


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edit:

Wikipedia says it's a Rice Dumpling

That's exactly was I was thinking it was...

And I still don't eat 'em. :hehe:

really? that's wierd.. i love them. ;D

krim wrote:really? that's wierd.. i love them. ;D

I'm not very traditional at all.

neither am I, but i love yummy food. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I'm not very traditional at all.

That is because you are REALLY Japanese! ;) :woot:

Enna wrote:That is because you are REALLY Japanese! ;) :woot:

Yup.

But there's some Japanese stuff I won't eat, either. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

But there's some Japanese stuff I won't eat, either. ;)

Like what for instance?

<---- will not eat natto, <3 uni!

Enna wrote:Like what for instance?

Natto.

Uni.

krim wrote:<---- will not eat natto, <3 uni!

bmwracer wrote:
Natto.
Uni.

Yeah I know what you mean. I tried Natto ( fermented soybeans) once when I was on my hotel's buffet breakfast line in Tokyo. They had a Western food side and a side with more traditional Japanese food. So of course I tried the Japanese foods as much as possible. When I sat down to eat it an elderly Japanese business at a table next to mine man was very impressed that I was trying it at all. I had no idea what I was eating! Eweeee, never again!!!! :muack:

Also I know what you mean about uni (sea urchin) also. I tend to stay away from the chewier sashimi like octopus as well.

There are always foods from each culture that are defintely a developed taste and should be tried at least once. That is why I have only eaten chitterlings (pigs' intestines) once in my lifetime eventhough I love, love, love soul food! :)

Enna wrote:Also I know what you mean about uni (sea urchin) also. I tend to stay away from the chewier sashimi like octopus as well.

Uni just has a consistency I don't like... Sorta like phlegm. :bleh:

Tako? I love tako.

bmwracer wrote:
Uni just has a consistency I don't like... Sorta like phlegm. :bleh:

Tako? I love tako.

Tako is octopus. ne?

Now when you speak of Uni it sounds like okra. Slime, slime and more slime!!!! :muack: :bleh:

Enna wrote:Tako is octopus. ne?

Yup. :D

Now when you speak of Uni it sounds like okra. Slime, slime and more slime!!!! :muack: :bleh:

Yeah, it's weird. An acquired taste, I suppose.

i have a sudden craving for tako-yaki.

krim wrote:i have a sudden craving for tako-yaki.

I was thinking the same. :sweat: