Bizarre Foods with Capt Noonie

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

I can't get past the texture of the lengua.

The one thing that was offerred to me was (and I don't know if I'm spelling it correctly) was Kemchi????. The smell was horrendous.....I had a Phillipino woman that worked for me that made it......so yuky.

Yeah lengua kinda has a fatty texture, which is part of why I like it, I like to eat the fat. Some people I know that are really picky about not having fat on their meat don't even eat clams bc they say it reminds them of fat. I totally disagree with that however.

Are you referring to kimchi? the korean pickled cabbage that the eat with everything? I don't like kimchi at all. I'm going to have to agree with that one. I do like the other korean veggie sides though, just not that one.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by kjc

Ever had this: Take a slice of seeded rye bread, spread it with sour cream, then top with orange marmalade. If you like all 3 ingredients, you'll like this.

Actually I love Sour Cream and Sliced Tomatoe Sandwiches.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Yeah lengua kinda has a fatty texture, which is part of why I like it, I like to eat the fat. Some people I know that are really picky about not having fat on their meat don't even eat clams bc they say it reminds them of fat. I totally disagree with that however.

Are you referring to kimchi? the korean pickled cabbage that the eat with everything? I don't like kimchi at all. I'm going to have to agree with that one. I do like the other korean veggie sides though, just not that one.

Yeah kimchi. The lengua is slimmy to me. But, I love clams and raw oysters.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Yeah kimchi. The lengua is slimmy to me. But, I love clams and raw oysters.

LOL you hate slimy lengua but you love clams and raw oysters! Slimy is not a word I would use to describe lengua, not the lengua that I love in tacos anyway. I would say more chewy, soft, tender, definitely not slimy!

[Kdgd14]

#1 I have no idea what 99% of what you guys are talking about! Haven't even heard of it!

#2 I am sooooo picky I wouldn't even think about trying the things you are talking about! (I don't even like meat...)


EDIT: Grrr my percent sign keeps getting messed up! I've seen this in other posts too, hmmmm.

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

LOL you hate slimy lengua but you love clams and raw oysters! Slimy is not a word I would use to describe lengua, not the lengua that I love in tacos anyway. I would say more chewy, soft, tender, definitely not slimy!

Not SLIMEY at ALL - tender and a little bumpy

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by Kdgd14

#1 I have no idea what 99% of what you guys are talking about! Haven't even heard of it!

#2 I am sooooo picky I wouldn't even think about trying the things you are talking about! (I don't even like meat...)


EDIT: Grrr my percent sign keeps getting messed up! I've seen this in other posts too, hmmmm.

I like to think I'm a pretty adventurous eater.....but a few here have me beat by far

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

Not SLIMEY at ALL - tender and a little bumpy

yeah but you can barely feel the bumps.

[kjc]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

I'll trust you on that one sounds horrendous

It tastes like some kind of fancy cake or dessert... all the flavors meld together and melt in your mouth! Yum! Very Yum!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by kjc

It tastes like some kind of fancy cake or dessert... all the flavors meld together and melt in your mouth! Yum! Very Yum!

I'll have to try it- I'm curious now......

[fullmoonyorkies]

Octopus...blech!

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by fullmoonyorkies

Octopus...blech!

I'm going to have to agree with you here. The tentacles creep me out. Don't even get me started on the suction cups! At the asian markets they sell the whole tentacle, curls up in a spiral, ewwwww!!! I have to walk by quickly and say to myself, "don't look, don't look, don't look"

Even when I eat fried calamari, I will only eat the rings, i can't eat the tentacles. Oh btw, pirates of the caribbean part 2? go figure that was my favorite part.

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I'm going to have to agree with you here. The tentacles creep me out. Don't even get me started on the suction cups! At the asian markets they sell the whole tentacle, curls up in a spiral, ewwwww!!! I have to walk by quickly and say to myself, "don't look, don't look, don't look"

Even when I eat fried calamari, I will only eat the rings, i can't eat the tentacles. Oh btw, pirates of the caribbean part 2? go figure that was my favorite part.

I can't eat the tentacles either I only do rings and save the "good parts" for others

[sugarmamma]

So I went into Bravo......a local Latino/Jamaican store last week.

They sell LOTS or weird things but .....
BURNT BEEF FACES?????? WTH??

[capt_noonie]

I went on an uni quest this weekend, and I did not score. I am so sad. On christmas day I went to 99 ranch market (huge chinese market) and i saw they had uni on sale for 9.99 for a 50g pack. I said, no thank you, Matsuwa (japanese market) will have it on sale for 5.99 starting tomorrow for a 60g pack. So I go down there bright and early on the 26th and they had a sign that said no uni due to weather. I was so sad. Then there is a rumor that there is uni cream sauce for pasta, and I could not find it. I found salted cod roe pasta sauce (bought that), tuna mayo pasta sauce, spicy roe pasta sauce, salted plum pasta sauce, no uni cream pasta sauce. I may have to order from Catalina island and have them next day a few live ones in for me.