FEEDING THREE

Whenever people think or begin to speak about food we are immediately drawn to images of our favourite dishes and foods. But then there's the negative side where its not all sunshine and butterflies, the wacky foods that people eat which may seem completely normal to them yet disturbing to others.

Although I am a strong believer in tasting and trying before judging, I cant seem to grasp the thought of people eating whether they'd be cooked or still jumping around things such as bats, cockroaches, grasshoppers, bees, flies and the list goes on and on. With this said it is interesting and fascinating watching people eat and enjoy these so called delicacies and thinking to yourself "does that really taste like chicken?"

So I feel it is a duty upon myself to present to my fellow food lovers a special very small collection of the weird. wacky and just plain outrageous foods available.

Next on the menu we have a fresh, slimy serve of Casu Marzu (Maggots are not included, see in-stores for details). Well what is Casu Marzu? It is a cheese aged to about the point of decompostion. If you're already thinking of buying this cheese, well think again. It is actually illegal although that doesn't stop tons of this stuff being sold to locals on the black market. Why is it illegal you ask well because of the obvious health risks. The cheese can only be eaten when the maggots inside are still alive which prevents the cheese from being toxic as opposed to when the maggots are dead.


Now for the final nail in the coffin, a serve of exquisite century eggs.
Century egg is a Chinese cuisine ingredient made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, lime and rice straw for several weeks to several months. After the wonderful process is complete the yolk becomes a dark green cream like substance with a strong odour of Sulphur and Ammonia, which might also be known as fart. Even more impressive is the fact that the originally egg whites become a dark brown transparent jelly. So the next time you're thinking of eating eggs why not try some century eggs either eaten raw, boiled or scrambled.

So there you have it my hopefully still food lovers a very very very small collection of the outrageous foods out there. So until next time go out there and enjoy a main course of rats with a Casu Marzu cheese sauce accompanied by a refreshing century egg salad with crumbled Casu Marzu.

Cheers.