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Diabetes Support Advent Calendar 2016

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Um I possibly could so long as it was minus it's head
 
My kids have both eaten croc, one in Africa, one in Australia. Both of them report that it tastes like salty cartilage, and they reckon it only appears on menus so the locals can laugh at the tourists ordering it.
 
'gator tails is one of my favorite dishes when going 'Cajun'..... Tender & delicate.....
 
Day 14 - Southern fried rattlesnake - USA 😱

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A favourite in the Southwestern United States, it’s said to taste a little like frogs legs. Experts advise boiling the meat off the bones before dipping in egg and covering in seasoned salt mix, flour and breadcrumbs. Deep fat fry and munch away. 😱 🙂
 
Too many carbs again Alan, maybe I would have to have it without the batter!
 
Never had it, would be willing to give rattlesnake a try though..... Strangely enough, even though I do live in the SouthWest it never appears on many menus here.....
 
Robin said:
My kids have both eaten croc, one in Africa, one in Australia. Both of them report that it tastes like salty cartilage, and they reckon it only appears on menus so the locals can laugh at the tourists ordering it.
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I ate it in South Africa - fishy chicken, is how I'd describe it (not cartilage-y at all) - and ostrich, impala liver...
 
Day 15 - Hakari, Iceland 😱

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The rotting carcass of a Greenland or basking (Somniosidae) shark. It’s buried underground in a shallow pit and pressed with stones so the poisonous internal fluids that allow it to live in such cold waters can be drained out making the meat safe to eat. After this it’s hung out to dry before being cut into strips and served. With a smell that’s described as ammonia-rich and a strong ‘fishy-flavour’, it was described by Anthony Bourdain as “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” he’d tried. 😱
 
Err no thanks, I only like fish that's deep fried in batter.
 
I'll pass on that one thanks.
 
Agh, I'm not desensitised! 😛
 
Is there a grossness scale we can rate these things on? You certainly get brownie points for your research, Northie.
 
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Agh, I'm not desensitised! 😛
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No not yet, but by the time Northener has worked his magic on us, when the big day arrives we'll not only cope we will positively enjoy those soggy sprouts and dried out turkey 🙄
 
Day 16 - Jing leed (Grasshoppers), Thailand 😱 Yes, we're onto the insect courses 😱

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Grasshopper seasoned with salt, pepper powder and chilli and fried in a big wok. Tastes a little like hollow popcorn skin… except a little juice squirts out when you bite into it… 😱 🙂 Never tried it, and not sure if I could get it down my throat 😱
 
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Day 16 - Jing leed (Grasshoppers), Thailand 😱 Yes, we're onto the insect courses 😱

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Grasshopper seasoned with salt, pepper power and chilli and fried in a big wok. Tastes a little like hollow popcorn skin… except a little juice squirts out when you bite into it… 😱 🙂 Never tried it, and not sure if I could get it down my throat 😱
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Unless I was really starving , I wouldn't be able to get that in my mouth
 
I'm sure our dislike of all these yucky foods is just cultural, nothing to do with taste - or at least not completely. My wife was appalled when I ordered the braised bottom half of a hare in a Budapest restaurant, but that just strikes me as normal food. It was delicious.

And what's the moral difference between a farmed crocodile and a farmed cow or pig?

I'll eat anything that has fewer than 6 legs, or even none, such as snails.
 
Day 17 - More insects, I'm afraid 😱 Wasp Crackers, Japan 😱

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Erm, it’s a biscuit filled with wasps. Think chocolate chip cookies, only the insects replace the choccy chips. Apparently the digger wasp, which the biscuit contains, has a pretty mean sting. Why would you eat something like that? 😱
 
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