Nepali cuisine

It's all relative I guess. I know a lot of non euro background folk who find peanut butter to be the grossest substance on earth. They can't stand the smell to the point they can't be in the room with you if they smell it on your breath. So bugs and brains and whatnot are just the other side of that coin I guess.

Legend has it that there are even some uncivilized savages in this world who think black licorice tasted good! Not sure I believe that one though...
 
Last edited:
It's all relative I guess. I know a lot of non euro background folk who find peanut butter to be the grossest substance on earth. They can't stand the smell to the point they can't be in the room with you if they smell it on your breath. So bugs and brains and whatnot are just the other side of that coin I guess.

Legend has it that there are even some uncivilized savages in this world who think black licorice tasted good! Not sure I believe that one though...

I've found one brand of the black stuff that tasted good, but generally that is bad stuff.
 
depends on if you are talking real licorice or that stuff they call licorice here in the USA. Uck!!
If you get some of that salty goodness called Salmiak That is good eats. But what exact flavor IS "red" licorice?

Bawanna, Always make sure to make friends with the chef. I find that works well at many Sushi places regardless if you like Sushi or not. If you like the unique stuff and spend time talking with them they will go out of their way to make for a great meal. If you prefer nothing raw, they can do that too. There are many sushi toppings that are delicious AND cooked and if the chef knows that about you they want you to enjoy your meal so they will focus on those.
 
Oh yes, make friends with the sushi chef. You'll be eating and drinking and shooting the breeze with him and out of nowhere he'll place a plate of some choice cut in front of you without you even asking.

Supposedly sushi chefs are almost always male because women have a slightly higher body temperature then men, and thus spoil the sushi somehow. That's probably not true, but its what they say!
 
You guys are more hardcore that most of us I guess. I'll eat raw sliced beef or a rare steak, sashimi and sushi, strange cooked Asian foods, Filipino pig blood stew, and a few other things, but scorpions (even fried), tarantulas, live grubs, worms, etc....no way!

Just as a joke I ate one of them big canadian nightcrawlers (my fish bait) in front of my kids when they were young while a few of their friends were watching. As the years went by I had to eat many more because their friends didnt believe them so to not make liars out of them I had to keep eating them:D They are not that bad actually:p...Hmmm. Kinda craving one now!
 
Speaking of kids, when my oldest was very young probably around 5 or 6, he and his buddy from across the road were doing something and the buddy did something incredibly dumb, I don't even recall what it was but it pushed my hot button big time, probably something horrible like dragging a stick down the side of my car or something, don't recall.
Anyhow I totally lost it and told him if he did that again I'd kill him. Not something I generally share with folks especially kids although I think about it quite frequently.

Anyhow later on the buddy asked my son if I'd really kill him, his response was probably so. I laughed when he told me that later in the evening. I know, not funny and I'm ashamed of myself but I still laughed.
 
It'd be lying if I said I never looked at a nightcrawler and thought "that doesn't look so bad". I think its that juicy "pop" when you put them on the hook, sorta like when you poke a juicy frankfurter with a fork.
 
It'd be lying if I said I never looked at a nightcrawler and thought "that doesn't look so bad". I think its that juicy "pop" when you put them on the hook, sorta like when you poke a juicy frankfurter with a fork.
Oh You gotta clean them out first. Pinch one end and squeeze all the innards out like stretching a spaghetti noodle. Works great:D Beats the heck out of McDonalds! Try it sometime Mr. B when the fish aint bitin!
 
You can buy them "french fried" at the Iowa State Fair.:eek: But not this little red hen. Ain't no way. Nevah gonna happen. :barf:
 
Maybe you could forge me a stuffing tool and we can load em up like sausage with jalapenos and cheese:D Then smoke them! Yall got to broaden your horizons. In case of Zombie apocalypse Ill be ready with Khukri and stuffed dried worms. Yall.....? just dont know about yall:confused: Ill save some aside for ya Blue:thumbup:
 
Often wondered whats missing in some folks DNA malecular structure to be enticed to eat some of the stuff they eat.

A bug is a bug, a worm is a worm, don't cotton to snake consumption much neither but I could probably get past the snake thing iffen I was hungry enough.

Course after the looks of them cremated green beans my granddaughter had to eat the other day, I don't trust nothing that comes in a package no more neither. Could be anything in there ya know?
 
First time we gave our daughter solid food she made this facial expression somewhere between disgust and sheer confusion. You could tell she was thinking "what on earth possessed you to put this in my mouth?" She looked as if we emptied an ashtray in her mouth.

I bet that's exactly what ol' Bawanna would look like if you gave him a bowl of grasshoppers
 
I can visualize it in my tiny mind and just to add a realistic touch I threw up a little bit in my mouth!
 
Never heard of that one but it's a good name. I'll have to remember that one.

Might be handy for culinary purposes to at times just leave off the sand as in. What's for supper, trout! Don't like fish, you'll like this.
 
...I am still pondering whether I should try those frog legs or not. Considering a while ago I wouldn't have touched a shrimp with a stick...not bad.

But for now, keep those clams away from me.

Clams are good for fishing, then eating these guys:

293151.jpg
- not sure, you call them "sea gudgeons"?

Anyway, the fella here is a handsome one, most look rather like tadpoles :D:

891893.jpeg


- but oh, the taste!

And they put up a heck of a fight for their size, couldn't believe it the first time I had one at the end of the line.

Then I figured it out I can catch them with pig fat - although I'd rather eat it myself...it's not quite bacon, looks more like:

Slanina-680x365.jpg
.

Oh wait. We'll even eat lard on bread with a little salt and red pepper around here. But I don't find that gross. On the contrary!

DSC_00363.jpg


And what I had a friend from Arizona try, and he loved it afterwards...beef tripe soup. In-cre-di-ble!

ciorba_de_burta.jpg


And throughout a relatively medium-sized country for European standards, some people will find other weirdos for eating sour cherry, or pear, or apple soup...not even going into racial differences here :). Of course, I love fruit soups. Shavru, have you tasted some while in Germany - I think they are somewhat crazier for this stuff in Austria and Hungary though?
 
Last edited:
It's all relative I guess. I know a lot of non euro background folk who find peanut butter to be the grossest substance on earth. They can't stand the smell to the point they can't be in the room with you if they smell it on your breath. So bugs and brains and whatnot are just the other side of that coin I guess.

I used to hate it. Hate it.

After spending some time in US, though...I kinda warmed up to it. Now both me and my wife love it.

So, I'm not sure it's something in the DNA, it's not the only shift I've seen in myself regarding culinary tastes during the years...
 
Vegemite on toast with a nice cuppa Earl Grey--nice way to start your day.

Aye mate, jolly good that. The leftover squeezin's from the beer vats, salted up a bit. Quite a bit. When a guy spreads it on thick like peanut butter he's in for a surprise.
 
Back
Top