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[theinevitable]

i kind of want to eat a 1000-year egg.

[AlohaDawg]

Bad Dawg, you can't not tell us the rest of that story!

It's not that exciting. You see, there are many, many, many Filipinos here in Hawaii and I had the good fortune to be the boss of a group of them. And, being culturally and cuisine-adventurous, and being polite (that is, not rejecting out-of-hand something I haven't tried that isn't obviously a health hazard or death-accelerator) I sat down with several of these fine, salt-of-the-earth types to try the Balut.

First off, it looks just as bad as you imagine. The kicker, though, is that there are those who let the thing develop a whole lot further - til it's got feathers and a beak - and then cook it and eat it. Thankfully, the balut I ate was generally a well along egg but still more egg that anything else. It did have substance, structure and texture that was obviously and alarmingly not egg-like.

So you carefully crack open the top, throw in a little salt and vinegar or hot sauce, and drink the liquid from the egg. Then you suck out the, um, contents of the egg and eat them in one bite or so.

Given the right social situation, I would eat them again but I wouldn't seek them out for the flavor. This is clearly a drinking man's food and I was at work when I ate them, so pre- or post-eating palate cleansing and more's the pity, too.

[AugustWest]

A can for your Bourdain-like culinary fortitude.

[AlohaDawg]

I was thinking Andrew Zimmern. I would love to travel with that guy.

[side_show]

Oh, AD... good for you.  I couldn't... just the idea of... just... no.

[theinevitable]

my grandfather was telling me about how in Chile, people love to eat Ostrich eggs. He then commented that one of his friends preferred it when they were... he then got into a short discussion with my mom in spanish, at the end of which he said that the correct word in English was "fertilized." More meat, he said.

EW.

[wombat]

I was thinking Andrew Zimmern. I would love to travel with that guy.

Last night he was eating a tarantula. (In New Jersey - disappointingly little exotic travel involved.) I will eat a lot of stuff that other people think is gross, but I draw the line at anything that is still hairy, which this appeared to be.  Or anything, like in your description, that still has the feathers on it, no matter how little. Food should be naked, please.

[smick]

my grandfather was telling me about how in Chile, people love to eat Ostrich eggs. He then commented that one of his friends preferred it when they were... he then got into a short discussion with my mom in spanish, at the end of which he said that the correct word in English was "fertilized." More meat, he said.

EW.

I'm picturing a young Inev as played by Phillipe, and a Chilean grandfather as played by Liebot, and Inev is all covering his mouth with his flippers and hell of saying "Noooo!"

[theinevitable]

I wish it had been like that.

Man, liebot could work some totally new rough chuckles if sometimes he had to ask someone what the proper english word was... it adds so much suspense.

[smick]

I ate a Daifuku yesterday.   I was not initially prepared for the texture.  It was pretty rad.   Mine was red, and covered in flour.  The ladyfriend's was black and covered in black sesame seeds.

I think it is important to mention that the only reason I ate the daifuku was because it was mentioned here.

[linnea]

I ate a Daifuku yesterday.   I was not initially prepared for the texture.  It was pretty rad.   Mine was red, and covered in flour.  The ladyfriend's was black and covered in black sesame seeds.

I think it is important to mention that the only reason I ate the daifuku was because it was mentioned here.

Yay!!! I'm so glad you liked it. I fuck*ng love daifuku. They're so delicious. They also make some that have an entire CUNT inside instead of the azuku jam.

DAMMIT, Mi-wan just drank out of my water glass!!! I hate it when they do that. Thanks, dude, I really wanted to go downstairs and get a new glass.

[Nabubrush]

You don't let your cats drink out of your glass?

[AlohaDawg]

Seriously, WTF? I drink behind my cat all the time. And he licks his ass. And I think he only does it because HE CAN.

And also you can get mochi everywhere here, and near as I can tell, Daifuku is a ball of mochi with something inside. In the freezer section of all the stores, they sell ice cream mochi, a ball of mochi with chocolate, vanilla or coffee ice cream inside.

At 7-11, you can pick up variety packs of mochi with different colors, fillings and on top. You used to be able to get coconut mochi mocha bars at Starbucks here but now they don't.  I can buy sacks of Mochi Flour and send them out if anyone wants to try making some Daifuku.

[Nabubrush]

My cats won't let me go to the bathroom by myself. They watch me every time, because they think it's so fuck*ng funny that I have to use toilet paper.

[Nabubrush]

I finallyy gave up on trying to keep the cat hair out of my food. Now I just give one of them a few licks before every meal just to get it out of the way.