10 Ugliest Foods

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  1. Dywyddyr Penguinaciously duckalicious. Valued Senior Member

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    Hmm, [ENC]tuna[/ENC] fish:
     
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  3. veggiepatch Registered Senior Member

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    In Australia, we have various meats sold alongside the usual lamb, beef, chicken, pork, fish and other seafood.

    Alligator, kangaroo, buffalo and sometimes goanna, are available at most supermarkets in major cities.
     
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  5. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I would say as long as you are not in survival mode. The choice of what you eat is yours. But the nightmare of being in a position where you either ate what was available or died has been a theme in many a movie. I know many people think they know what their limit is, but unless you actually do die because you refuse to eat something, how can you or anybody really know for sure?
     
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  7. John99 Banned Banned

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    Tuna fish come in a can, tuna is the whole fish filet. Makes it easier to differentiate what you are referring to.
     
  8. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I had to look up goanna (Australian monitor lizards). I have never had the opportunity to try any of these more exotic foods. But they don't gross me out so I would be willing to try them.
     
  9. Dywyddyr Penguinaciously duckalicious. Valued Senior Member

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    Absolutely.
    Because "canned tuna" is so difficult to say.
     
  10. Me-Ki-Gal Banned Banned

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    Canned Horse , Canned Dog , Not Tuna Dog . God ! I am not the only Village idiot . Tuna is a fish species
     
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  12. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Did we run out of ugly gross foods to talk about?

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  13. John99 Banned Banned

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    I love to eat my fingernails. But seriously, i eat the same things everday and dont really tire of it. If i go into a certian place i order the same thing ever time...for the most part. When i was in school i ate peanut butter and jelly every day. For me, eating is more of utilitarian function. Just not my hobby, i am very thin because of that.
     
  14. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I still like a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich every once in a while, and most people like certain menu items at the restaurants they go to. Most of the time the reason I will go to a particular eating place is for the one item they serve that I really like. I would guess that a server at that restaurant would think I had a limited diet.

    But with me food is not a hobby, however I do enjoy eating. It's one of those things you do everyday and those daily enjoyments help to make life worth living.
     
  15. Cifo Day destroys the night, Registered Senior Member

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    Let's not forget:

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  16. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Vegemite is a dark brown Australian food paste made from yeast extract. It is a spread for sandwiches, toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits, and filling for pastries. It is similar to British, New Zealand, and South African Marmite, Australian Promite, and to Swiss Cenovis.

    Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, and various vegetable and spice additives. It is salty, slightly bitter, and umami or malty – similar to beef bouillon. The texture is smooth, and the product is a paste. It is not as intensely flavoured as British Marmite and it is less sweet than the New Zealand version of Marmite.

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  17. scheherazade Northern Horse Whisperer Valued Senior Member

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    This one is actually considered a luxury food. Do any of you know what it is made from?

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    A few species of swift, the cave swifts, are renowned for building the saliva nests used to produce the unique texture of this soup.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_spit_soup
     
  18. chimpkin C'mon, get happy! Registered Senior Member

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    Those red things on the prickly pear cactus are also called tuna:

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    And if you peel the skin off, are tasty, if seedy.

    The prickly pear itself is edible once you get those spikes off:

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    Fried nopales taste like bell pepper.

    @ Sche: bird's nest soup, of course...

    @ Cifo: What's wrong with Marmite? I just had some on bread monday. Kinda pricey here, but worth the occasional purchase of a pot.
    It's like "Yuk, may I have more?"
     
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    I did watch a program that showed how they collected these bird nest. A very dangerous job, very high up on cave walls and ceilings.
     
  20. KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Why not save all that trouble and just buy the bell pepper?
     
  21. scheherazade Northern Horse Whisperer Valued Senior Member

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    Awww yeah, how could I forget saliva? Thanks scheherazade.

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    (That's when I was 19, the guy on the left)

    This Chicha was prepared by some old women in the Amazon. They chew up Yucca, spit it into a bowl and let it ferment for a couple days. In essence the drink is mostly old-woman saliva, as the chunks of yucca are scooped out before drinking.
     

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