Let me explain: I've just come back from a visit to my sister who lives in Norway, and of course we've travelled a bit- like proper tourists, And at one Fjord, we stopped for lunch at a kro (Norwegian for road-side restaurant) where they served kummle, a local dish that looks like this:
(http://home.ooijer.com/Kummle-cropped.JPG)
The flavour wasn't awful (don't let the looks deceive you!), I bravely finished the dish, but I now understand why the Vikings set out on rickety boats for other worlds, and the fabled (though back then not yet so much) Haut Cuisine!
Oh well, at least I'm immune to the cold now! Didn't really need it: in Hol, we had temperatures of about 15°C, which were very nice (it felt much warmer than it actually was).
I would've never touched that! Half of it looks uneatable anyway..
I guess I'm not a viking.
It doesn't look too appealing to me (resembles road-kill a bit) but I would have tried it as I tend to be 'food adventurous' when I'm in a new place! I've eaten worse that's for sure.
The only part of that the really bothers me is the bone in the center (at least I think it's a bone) ... I have a weird thing about eating meat from a bone. I can do it, but I have to focus. Granted I'd also have to ignore the obvious penis reference sticking out the top :)
Looks sort of disgusting....but it seems you survived it. ;)
They say don't judge the book by it's cover but I would immediately skip this book after even giving it a glance...
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 26/04/2011 15:24:57It doesn't look too appealing to me (resembles road-kill a bit)
I say print it out, put it in a frame and title it "Roadkill with penis and vomit #1". It'll sell for a fortune at the Saatchi Gallery! ;D
That being said, I've eaten weirder looking stuff in the UK.
It looks like something I'd think twice about feeding my dog :-\
Good grief, I can't make out where this thing begins and where it ends. A geometrical nightmare!
I am of the opinion that the worse a meal looks, the better it tastes.
Therefore, I'd totally eat this! (but I'm also the least picky eater ever :P)
Gosh, this totally confirms my resolution not to eat meat anymore...
Quoting my favourite food critic: "Looks like it died screaming!"
Delicious!
Only haggis would be worse.
Well this certainly is a lot of reaction from people who don't even know what the dish is made out off. Perhaps it oes have a bit of a homemade look, but that doesn't mean anything.
I'd certainly try it. :)
Quote from: WHAM on Tue 26/04/2011 17:47:08
Quoting my favourite food critic: "Looks like it died screaming!"
Are you thinking of mr. Bourdain? Now that's a food lover.
p.s. all the people that see a sausage and the first thing they think is "that looks like a penis"...you have some issues ::)
Quote from: anian on Tue 26/04/2011 18:02:23
p.s. all the people that see a sausage and the first thing they think is "that looks like a penis"...you have some issues ::)
Isn't the penis a mangy kind of sausage anyway? It doesn't resemble much of anything else.
Quote from: Ascovel on Tue 26/04/2011 18:12:20
Isn't the penis a mangy kind of sausage anyway? It doesn't resemble much of anything else.
I've heard you can get a cream for that....
I don't think it looks that bad, I have eaten stuff that looked way better and surely tasted much worse than that.
Quote from: SSH on Wed 27/04/2011 00:57:51
Quote from: Ascovel on Tue 26/04/2011 18:12:20
Isn't the penis a mangy kind of sausage anyway? It doesn't resemble much of anything else.
I've heard you can get a cream for that....
Anti-sausagness cream!? Cool!
I can't really say that looks that horrible...
Seems to be sausage, lamb and some extras including the so called "Kumle" or "Raspeball".
And I am suprised that this dish would be used to explain "Norwegians' bravery" (Are(was) we really that brave?).
Smalahove would be a better dish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove
Quote from: Peder Johnsen on Wed 27/04/2011 17:00:35
Smalahove would be a better dish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove
Thanks, there are bits of vomit in my mouth, and I was just about to eat dinner. :(
(http://smileys.emoticonsonly.com/emoticons/v/vomiting-2075.gif)
I can't see anything wrong with that dish, or the one in wiki! In fact I think they would taste great! Then again I'm Greek and our Easter habits include eating this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoretsi, and of course goat head, etc... :P
So... yeah, bring it on baby! ;D
And what about this delicacy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_brains
That made me think of a certain movie:
(http://application.denofgeek.com/pics/film/list/dinner.invites/10.jpg)
So what's next? this:
(http://calitreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Temple-of-Doom-Snake-Dish.jpg)
That movie was so bizarre in it's misunderstanding of Hindu dietary habits and hilarious hindi cusses.
As long as we're talking about weird dishes from different countries, while the images of these dishes are probably not going to disgust anyone, a breakfast delicacy in Pakistan is Brain Masala:
(http://idlrestaurant.com/s5.jpg)
And for dinner there is takatak, which is a dish made from chopped up goat balls, kidneys, brains (again) and other such left-overs. The name comes from the rhythmic noise made when the cook is chopping them all up together on a griddle over an open flame:
(https://www.khanapakana.com/urdu-meat-recipes/images/images/Cuta-Cut.jpg)
If you don't know what it is (or you don't care), they can actually be quite tasty :P.
That actually (doesn't sound but) looks delicious.
Quote from: Babar on Wed 27/04/2011 18:04:56
That movie was so bizarre in it's misunderstanding of Hindu dietary habits and hilarious hindi cusses.
That movie sucked anyway. Not as bad as the 4th, but still..
Awww...it had it's moments :P
Babar and Nikolas, all those meals actually look pretty tasty ;).
Quote from: Babar on Wed 27/04/2011 18:04:56
That movie was so bizarre in it's misunderstanding of Hindu dietary habits and hilarious hindi cusses.
I don't think that feast at the Maharadja's was meant to represent traditional Hindu dishes. Rather to be the most gross-out feast you've ever seen.
But what about the hindi cusses in that film? I'd love to hear about them.
Well, considering that Kali Ma IS actually worshipped (and even interpreted by some in a dark and violent light, like in the movie), and STILL her worshippers wouldn't eat stuff like that, it seemed a bit odd. Hindus are a bit picky about their meats, and stuff like the monkey brains in the movie are especially weird, considering that they revere Hanuman, the monkey god.
Anyhow, if translated into english, the cusses sound fairly benign and boring, but the hilarity was how they aren't really used like that in hindi. Like "Go, go! Go catch the swine!"
and while not a cuss, "AB US KI DIL MERI MUTTHI MAY HAI!" still sets me in giggles- "NOW HIS HEART IS IN MY HAND!" (as it suddenly bursts into flames).
I guess most speakers of a less common non-english language that is used in a movie generally find it funny how the movie does it, as most never do it properly.
Quote from: Babar on Wed 27/04/2011 21:18:47
I guess most speakers of a less common non-english language that is used in a movie generally find it funny how the movie does it, as most never do it properly.
Kind of unrelated, but I know I don't like movies that are dubbed to English. The lines are so comical and unfitting just because they try to match the words with their mouth movements. Either that, or these foreign movies all have horrible writing. :P
As for the dishes, I used to be unbelievably picky with my food when I was a child. I couldn't even eat a damn hamburger without wanting to gag. It was weird, I remember it being something about how it tasted. Now I can eat practically anything without any issues. I'll try anything once and those dishes look pretty good.
I just can't get past the bitter taste of coconuts and the combination of mint and chocolate. Eww. I'd rather try brains and balls wrapped in intestines before attempting to eat any of that again. :P
/me threatens Ryan with a Bounty
Quote from: Nikolas on Wed 27/04/2011 17:17:50
I can't see anything wrong with that dish
+1. Looks delicious.
Quote from: Babar on Thu 28/04/2011 06:07:11
/me threatens Ryan with a Bounty
At least it doesn't have mint! :P
I'd be more tempted to eat that than I would a mint center covered in chocolate. The combination of the two result in an unbelievably horrible flavor. Actually, to me, it's similar to putting sugar in your coffee. Sweet and bitter don't work well with me. It's either one or the other, not combined.
Black sugar-free coffee all the way.
Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 28/04/2011 15:30:00
I'd be more tempted to eat that than I would a mint center covered in chocolate. The combination of the two result in an unbelievably horrible flavor. Actually, to me, it's similar to putting sugar in your coffee. Sweet and bitter don't work well with me. It's either one or the other, not combined.
Black sugar-free coffee all the way.
I admit I haven't tested it, but supposedly if you put a few drops of lemon into your coffee it'll make seem sweeter, by some theory sour and bitter give an impression of sweetnes.