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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm

There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies.

Many of the restaurant's guests are wealthy businessmen

The dish in front of me is grey and shiny.

"Russian dog," says my waitress Nancy.

"Big dog," I reply.

"Yes," she says. "Big dog's penis..."

So, would you pull up a chair, and order the penis hot pot? Munch on testicles? Or would you order this?

"Oh yes," she adds, "the same group also ate an aborted reindeer foetus.

Is there anything too strange for you to eat? Would you need a sickness bag? Or would you take the leftovers home in a doggie bag?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm

So, would you pull up a chair, and order the penis hot pot? Munch on testicles? Or would you order this?

Is there anything too strange for you to eat? Would you need a sickness bag? Or would you take the leftovers home in a doggie bag?

Eww to all of it. I'd take the canine willy over Pölsa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6lsa) anyday in the week though.

Dude, I won't even drink milk because where it comes from is gross.

I don't think I could eat dog.

I have however eaten testicles before, they are pretty yummy. :p

Eww to all of it. I'd take the canine willy over Pölsa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6lsa) anyday in the week though.

but that sounds yummy :confused:

I swear the title has been changed/censored. :p

I don't think I'd have problems eating aborted reindeer foetus. It would have to be well aborted though...

"Oh yes," she adds, "the same group also ate an aborted reindeer foetus.

This line would lend itself to a remake of the Aristocrats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_%28joke%29):

Devise a joke, beginning with "A Priest, an Imam and a Rabbi walked into a restaurant..." and finishing with '"Oh yes," she adds, "the same group also ate an aborted reindeer foetus."'

but that sounds yummy :confused:

Then you eat it :) It comes in a plastic sausage and it looks like gray paper mass.

Remote Observer, don't use 'penis' or other inappropriate words in your topic titles. The titles appear on the nation pages, INCLUDING our class regions. Just because General is full of noxious language doesn't mean we have to share it with the rest of the site.

Maybe thats the fate of the fossilized walrus...

Bah! Foreign cultures! Uncivilized! They should do what we do; grind it up and make hot dogs. :D

Why, when discussing eating body parts, did we have to start with penises and testicles?:eek:

Just imagining it makes me hurt...

Why, when discussing eating body parts, did we have to start with penises and testicles?:eek:

Just imagining it makes me hurt...

you've never had lamb fries?

srsly?

you've never had lamb fries?

srsly?

... what's lamb fries...?

... what's lamb fries...?

deep fried sheep nuts. *nod*

... what's lamb fries...?

deep fried lamb testes.

they taste like chicken nuggets. (lolz nuggets)

you know what's gross though? sweetbread. blech.

deep fried sheep nuts. *nod*

deep fried lamb testes.

they taste like chicken nuggets. (lolz nuggets)

you know what's gross though? sweetbread. blech.

No.. I never have.

Bright side: This thread is making it very easy to stick to my new diet :D

No.. I never have.

Bright side: This thread is making it very easy to stick to my new diet :D

Are you on a penis free diet?

No.. I never have.

Bright side: This thread is making it very easy to stick to my new diet :D

did you look up sweetbread? think about that everytime you want to eat junk food.......

thinking about it almost makes me want to go vegan again.......poor little lambkins.

I think part of the grossness is that growing up we didn't get our meats and such from the butcher, we got it from my uncle.......and his animals, to which I was attached. So, when they were like "here's your lamb's pancreas" I was like :eek::( it was worse when they made me cook it.

did you look up sweetbread? think about that everytime you want to eat junk food.......

thinking about it almost makes me want to go vegan again.......poor little lambkins.

I think part of the grossness is that growing up we didn't get our meats and such from the butcher, we got it from my uncle.......and his animals, to which I was attached. So, when they were like "here's your lamb's pancreas" I was like :eek::( it was worse when they made me cook it.

Isn't there a special joy in slaughtering your own dinner?

Turns out, not so much.

Isn't there a special joy in slaughtering your own dinner?

Turns out, not so much.

:(

I don't really mind the fish cleaning/gutting so much, but draining a lamb was just too much for me as an 8 year old little girl.......they are so cute, until you skin them and chop them up. :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm



So, would you pull up a chair, and order the penis hot pot? Munch on testicles? Or would you order this?



Is there anything too strange for you to eat? Would you need a sickness bag? Or would you take the leftovers home in a doggie bag?

No, thanks. Animal testicles make me uncomfortable.

organ meat?? that's pathetic.

organ meat?? that's pathetic.

Why do you say so? Roasted beef heart (especially stuffed with garlic and rosemary) is incredibly delicious, marvelously rich and flavourful. Kidney on it's own is too strong, but mixed with steak as in a steak and kidney pie, it's my favourite kind of pie. Liver's okay, but not a favourite of mine. Ditto sweetbreads (though lamb's fry is good if well prepared.

Then again, I've eaten stingray, eel, snake and once, a Bird Eating Spider. Squeamishness regarding food is not one of my attributes.

it's a mod edit to the title. apparently the vocabulary of anatomy is verboten.

did you look up sweetbread? think about that everytime you want to eat junk food.......

thinking about it almost makes me want to go vegan again.......poor little lambkins.

I think part of the grossness is that growing up we didn't get our meats and such from the butcher, we got it from my uncle.......and his animals, to which I was attached. So, when they were like "here's your lamb's pancreas" I was like :eek::( it was worse when they made me cook it.

I had a friend in grad school whose family owned a cattle farm. He always had a freezer full of beef, but none of us liked going over to his for cookouts - he told too many stories about the meat. Makes it more difficult to eat something when you know it's name...

I've eaten a few interestingly prepared organs, the occasional juicy insect/grub, and some strange tentacled beasties too, but the one thing absolutely guaranteed to put me off my food is watching someone eating chicken feet.
No more yum-cha for me!

Ah yes... the prattling on of city folk who think meat comes from the supermarket. It just magically appears on the shelf in little plastic squares.

People are far too squeamish these days. An animal raised for food is fulfilling its purpose - it doesnt matter that it was your pet bunny 'snuffles' who, when he was tiny, liked to sit on your shoulder and nuzzle your earlobe.

He got the nickname because when he was 2 weeks old he got a stuffed up nose, but the rest of his litter looked fine, so he was separated and I took care of him. Fed him antibiotics in some warm formula in an eyedropper. He got so used to my handling him, that he liked human contact, so I just took to keeping him. If I was watching TV or reading, he would climb up me and sit on my shoulder. It was so very cute.

A year later, he was good eats.

So, would you pull up a chair, and order the penis hot pot?

I'd try it at least once.

Munch on testicles?

Have already done so.

Or would you order this?

I'd give 'er a go.

[QUOTE=Remote Observer]Is there anything too strange for you to eat?

Hmmmm... I'm usually up for trying any new foodstuffs at least a couple of times, but there are a few that I would just say no to:surströmming, kæstur hákarl, tepa, funazushi... basically all of the rotten/fermented fish spectrum.

Would you need a sickness bag?

Possibly - I've come close a few times. Natto was probably the closest - and I gave it a good three different goes.

Or would you take the leftovers home in a doggie bag?

Possibly.

but that sounds yummy :confused:

And looks decent too in that picture.

Then you eat it :) It comes in a plastic sausage and it looks like gray paper mass.

Hmmm... that description doesn't match up with the article's picture at all...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/P%C3%B6lsa.jpg/200px-P%C3%B6lsa.jpg