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Diabetes Support Advent Calendar 2016

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The most horridist thing I ever ett was Kimchi. If you run out of nasties Northe, you can have that one.
 
Day 9 - Rocky Mountain Oysters... 😱

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Despite the name, these aren’t actually oysters at all. No, they are bull testicles deep in a batter of flour, pepper and salt. Cough! 😱 🙂
 
Looks like good old ffried chicken, but you can keep your bulls nuts!!!
 
happydog said:
Too many carbs Alan LOL 🙂
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True that, but they're rather good all the same. I had them many years ago in the US while grinning at my soon to be ex husband. Can't think why he was so upset.
 
Oops! Forgot to open some doors over the weekend, so multiple treats today! 😱

Day 10 - Chicken Feet, East Asia, Caribbean, South America, South Africa

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Made mostly of skin making it a little gelatinous in texture. They’re pretty tasty when flavoured properly, but the bones get on your nerves after a while.


Day 11 - Haggis (!!!), Scotland

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A sheep’s heart, liver and lungs minced and mixed with onions, oatmeal, suet and seasoned with salt and spices cooked inside the animal’s stomach. Yum! 🙂

Day 12 - Tuna eyeball, Japan 😱

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Although it sounds nasty, apparently it’s rather tame, tasting pretty similar to squid or octopus. 😱
 
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Now Haggis is a much different matter , bring it on
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Upvote for the haggis. Looking forward to Burns Night already.
 
I made my own haggis once ( had to substitute something for the bit of intestine you're supposed to wrap it all in) Had to procure a set of sheep's innards from the local butcher for my daughter to draw ( she was applying for an MSc course in Medical Art at the time). Cooked them after she'd finished dissecting them, on a waste not want not principle. Can't say the smell of simmering lung was particularly appetising, but the end result was edible, at least.
 
Robin said:
I made my own haggis once ( had to substitute something for the bit of intestine you're supposed to wrap it all in) Had to procure a set of sheep's innards from the local butcher for my daughter to draw ( she was applying for an MSc course in Medical Art at the time). Cooked them after she'd finished dissecting them, on a waste not want not principle. Can't say the smell of simmering lung was particularly appetising, but the end result was edible, at least.
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Medical illustration is a really valuable talent, I hope she is getting plenty of work 🙂 Only today I was looking at some remarkably detailed, but very clear, illustrations of the muscles and tendons around the hip, as I have a bit of an overuse injury from my run yesterday and wanted to know what might be at fault 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Medical illustration is a really valuable talent, I hope she is getting plenty of work 🙂 Only today I was looking at some remarkably detailed, but very clear, illustrations of the muscles and tendons around the hip, as I have a bit of an overuse injury from my run yesterday and wanted to know what might be at fault 🙂
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Still doing a 'day job' while she tries to get a foot in the door, unfortunately!
 
We had haggis on our Oban holiday. It was very tasty. 🙂 I buy tripe for Mum every week, but she has it cold with vinegar that goes into all the crinkles. 😛

The most disgusting thing I've ever eaten was tinned spinach but that was here in the UK. Fresh spinach is nice, what the heck do they do to the canned variety!? o_O
 
Did you know that a kangaroo can jump higher than the average house?

This is due to their powerful hind legs, and the fact that the average house can't jump. :D
 
robert@fm said:
Did you know that a kangaroo can jump higher than the average house?

This is due to their powerful hind legs, and the fact that the average house can't jump. :D
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That joke should have come with a warning too Robert! 😱 :D
 
OMG, Haggis...... Love the stuff
 
Day 13 - Crocodile, Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa

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Not only harvested for shoes (one for all you Jimmy Nail fans out there), crocodile meat is considered a delicacy in many places around the world, supposedly tasting like a cross between chicken and crab. Although crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, crocodile meat is usually farmed, so is sustainable if not particularly kind or natural.
 
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