Comments on: Vegemite and Ox Penis.

By: allrite

allrite — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:42:58 +0000

The silkworms served up at the stalls in Beijing taste pretty much as you described the South African worms. The scorpions on a stick weren’t so bad. Jellyfish (our wedding entree) were just pointless. And durian is digusting, though my wife disagrees. My mother in law likes to suck the eyeballs out of fish.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:28:14 +0000

Yes i well remember the Fetus eggs in Asia, particularly the smell ugg! My most game now? Is simply the occasional accidental bug X:-/

By: Sandra Grey

Sandra Grey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:57:57 +0000

Hi Brian

When you were in Jogjakarta you should have tried the BATS! I didn’t but my boyfriend did! They were smoked and about six centimetres long. He said that they tasted just like beef jerky.

cheers
Sandra

By: Sarah Michelle

Sarah Michelle — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:36:08 +0000

Oh – sorry – it was cat puke! I apologize for the confusion. The clump was simply SHAPED like sausage.

By: Sarah Michelle

Sarah Michelle — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:34:49 +0000

Well, thankfully it wasn’t me, but my brother-in-law ate a piece of cat dung that he mistook for Italian sausage. I guess that wouldn’t be considered a delicacy here in the U.S., but elsewhere, you just never know!

By: Michael Wang

Michael Wang — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:15:31 +0000

I wish I have not read this….ah….If you do not mind, I want to copy the pictures to my blog, and tell my friends they are from Mr. Brian…..so disgusting….:)

By: brianthacker

brianthacker — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:18:40 +0000

Hi Mike

I hope your wife was drunk when she ate live drunken shrimp!

By: NOFXmike

NOFXmike — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:17:01 +0000

That Fetus egg pic nearly made me vomit, but other than that, this is an awesome post. My wife and I always try to find odd things we’ve never eaten…and eat them. My wife had live drunken shrimp near Ningbo, China. That’s about as far as we’ve gotten so far…I think Africa and Asia are the hot spots for the really “interesting” ones.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:38:13 +0000

Thanks Brian!

You’ve just turned me off my dinner for the next week!

Although I did try snake blood in Vietnam – apparently it’s considered especially good for bad backs!

Keep up the stories!
cheers
Brett