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Diabetes Support Advent Calendar 2016

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Northerner said:
Day 5 - That French staple of everyday life, snails 😱 🙂

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Snails cooked in a sauce of white wine, garlic, butter and parsley served in their shells. Said to have a similar consistency to mussels or clams. I had some in Paris once and tasted chiefly the garlic and butter and didn't have the yuck factor that slugs would certainly have - must have been something about the shells! 😱
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I had snails, once. It reminded me of chewing on pencil erasers back when I was at school. I think they're just basically a way of getting garlic butter down your throat, arent they?
 
Day 6 - an internationally-renowned delicacy...tripe! 😱 🙂

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The stomach lining of various animals with a sponge-like honeycomb texture. Looks like some weird kind of sea plant life and has a peculiar and not entirely appetising rubbery texture. Served up with various sauces to add flavour or simply with an accompaniment like onions. A friend of mine got sacked from his job as a butcher's boy because he became addicted to eating raw tripe 😱
 
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Mind you I've not had any for more years than I care to remember.
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As children, my sister and I were expected to eat everything put before us without a fuss. Tripe was the one exception!
 
Not even opening that one!!!
 
Day 7 - Bird's Nest Soup, Southeast Asia 😱

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This Asian delicacy is made from the nest of the swiftlet bird, who instead of collecting twigs for its bed, builds it out of its own gummy saliva, which goes hard when exposed to air. Usually built high up on cliff faces, harvesting them is a dangerous business and many people die each year. 😱 (from collecting them, not eating them, presumably! 😱)
 
Yuk
 
Our dogs love tripe (no onions though). My Dad liked it and I have eaten it but it is no longer on the menu for humans here. Haven't tried bird spit soup yet,maybe I'll give it a miss 🙂
 
Day 8 - Kangeroo, Australia 😱 🙂

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Historically the staple meat for indigenous Australians, kangaroo is high in protein and low in fat, making it a pretty healthy choice. It’s gamey in flavour and served in multiple ways, from a simple steak to sausages or burgers. Although some animal groups are against the hunting and harvesting of kangaroos for meat, many ecologists see farming native animals as much better for the fragile Australian rangelands than cattle and say it could massively reduce greenhouse emissions. Had it once as curious, but probably not again! 😱 🙂
 
Oh poor poor Skippy how could you eat him.
 
The most disgusting thing I've ever seen was two decades ago in Taiwan. They had vending machines on the street selling what looked to me like eggs and intestines (were probably those translucent noodles). Customers would put money in and a portion would slip into a bowl. At the end of the day the vending machine owner would put a bucket underneath and the slimy contents whooshed into it.

I actually baulked and I'm not squeamish! 😱
 
Wonder if kangaroo meat is tough after all that jumping? (Not going to try it!) 🙂
 
Amigo said:
The most disgusting thing I've ever seen was two decades ago in Taiwan. They had vending machines on the street selling what looked to me like eggs and intestines (were probably those translucent noodles). Customers would put money in and a portion would slip into a bowl. At the end of the day the vending machine owner would put a bucket underneath and the slimy contents whooshed into it.

I actually baulked and I'm not squeamish! 😱
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Greyhound Gal said:
I had snails a few years ago at a French restaurant as I was curious what they were like. They were in a similar sauce to above. They were actually quite nice (once you forgot what you were eating).🙂
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Yup, I liked them. Nul Points Northe.
 
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