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I got used to, as a child, eating all manner of what would be considered generally odd foods by most Americans...but the truth is all poor cultures made use of pretty much all parts of an animal. So lungs, heart, brains, intestines, eyes, bull testicles, blood etc were standard fare. (My experience was primarily with Greeks, Turks, Sicilians and North Africans in that regard . And my best friend, who was Icelandic, ate some weird crap too.)

(I will admit to not partaking of eyes or testicles. I drew the line there...and I'm not quite as adventurous in my advanced age as I was in years past when it comes to anything overly exotic.)
 
Blues said:
...but the truth is all poor cultures made use of pretty much all parts of an animal. So lungs, heart, brains, intestines, eyes, bull testicles, etc were standard fare...
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I wanted to mention this ^^^ earlier, but my post was sounding a bit "racial", and I know how that might serve as a trigger.

My Family is mostly Spanish/Mexican-American and has been in this area (*South Texas) since the Queen of Spain gifted large plots of land to settlers, LONG before Texas was even a State. Like I tell my Buddies who love to rib me, "We didn't swim across anything...We got locked-in."

Anyhoo, being a Butcher (*my paternal Grandfather, and his Dad before him) insured that their Families ate WELL. My Dad told me that his Dad used to come home with huge boxes of "skirt" (*"fajitas), even after leaving the trade. That stuff, that we're paying several dollars a pound for, was considered "trash" meat.

Again, my Grandfather ate anything...innards (*"tripas"), brain (*"sesos), eyes (*"ojos), etc., etc., etc.
 
Frankly, most of my recollections of these sorts of food are of just how incredibly tasty these dishes were...and how I looked forward to them when I knew that they were going to be served.
 
yoko said:
True ... but it tastes good!

One of my friends was in the military when we were younger... he was stationed in South Korea and said he would try to talk to pretty girls but their breath always smells like kimchi ..... he learned to love that smell

Haha
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Heard the same and can’t remember if I’ve even smelled it before.
Supposed To be healthy for you but how would you know if it was a bad batch? By the smell 🤪
I should try it 🤓
 
Blues said:
I got used to, as a child, eating all manner of what would be considered generally odd foods by most Americans...but the truth is all poor cultures made use of pretty much all parts of an animal. So lungs, heart, brains, intestines, eyes, bull testicles, blood etc were standard fare. (My experience was primarily with Greeks, Turks, Sicilians and North Africans in that regard . And my best friend, who was Icelandic, ate some weird crap too.)

(I will admit to not partaking of eyes or testicles. I drew the line there...and I'm not quite as adventurous in my advanced age as I was in years past when it comes to anything overly exotic.)
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Yeah, my parents got us trying all sorts of foods (and ever since, it's been one of my favorite things about traveling; sampling the local food).

I'll try just about anything, once (including lots of stuff most folks wouldn't). I can only recall one time that I actually refused to try something and walked out. Don't want to spoil anyone's appetite, so I'll just say that it was in a restaurant in Taiwan, and leave it at that.
 
Jason M D. said:
Heard the same and can’t remember if I’ve even smelled it before.
Supposed To be healthy for you but how would you know if it was a bad batch? By the smell 🤪
I should try it 🤓
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If you like spicy food, and don't mind vinegar/pickled stuff, kimchi is awesome! I will say that it's not all the same. While the basic premise is the same, there are a lot of different recipes, and some are spicier, or more or less sour etc.

I've tried some that was so good, I bought a jar of it and ended up eating half the jar by itself, as a snack 😅
 
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