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wickedfleaOK, you foodie bastards have taken things way too far. Check out this article my mom sent me this weekend:
Beijing's penis emporium
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.
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..."
We are in a cosy restaurant in a dark street in Beijing but my appetite seems to have gone for a stroll outside.
Nancy has brought out a whole selection of delicacies.
They are draped awkwardly across a huge platter, with a crocodile carved out of a carrot as the centrepiece.
Nestling beside the dog's penis are its clammy testicles, and beside that a giant salami-shaped object.
"Donkey," says Nancy. "Good for the skin..."
She guides me round the penis platter.
"Snake. Very potent. They have two penises each."
I did not know that.
What better way to secure a contract than over a steaming penis fondue.
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Date: 2006-09-25 07:40 pm (UTC)gross.
Durian apparently smells like ... sewage mixed with sweat socks. Or something. It's not allowed to be eaten in most public places in Thailand. I have no idea what it smells or tastes like. I'm a wussy.
GAAAAAH sorry the show is on The Travel Channel.
Here's a blog from the chef who eats weird stuff:
http://msp.blogs.com/chowandagain/2006/09/how_bizarre.html
JUST WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT CLICK ON THE GRUB IMAGE. feeeek imagine eating one groooosss i want to die now. :(
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Date: 2006-09-25 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-25 07:51 pm (UTC)grub goo!
GRUB GOO
fek
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Date: 2006-09-25 07:54 pm (UTC)http://www.fruitlovers.com/Durian.jpg
Kinda looks like reproductive organs. That have been ripped out of a cow. Or something like that.
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Date: 2006-09-25 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-25 08:00 pm (UTC)" The English novelist Anthony Burgess famously said that dining on durian is like eating vanilla custard in a latrine. Travel and food writer Richard Sterling says:
... its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia."
You know...I actually want to try this stuff. I think.
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Date: 2006-09-25 08:04 pm (UTC)"In accordance with its reputation as an aphrodisiac, the durian's flavour has been used in condoms. In Thailand, durian-flavoured condoms used to be sold at 7-Eleven nationwide.[45] Indonesia began selling durian-flavoured condoms in 2003. According to the director of DKT Indonesia, the country's leading condom distributor, 150,000 of the durian-flavoured condoms were sold in their first week on the market."
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Date: 2006-09-25 08:07 pm (UTC)who the hell wants to fuck something that smells like pig-shit and onions?
This might be inappropriate, but seriously, people. Dick doesn't taste that bad. Sheesh.
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Date: 2006-09-25 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-25 08:43 pm (UTC)yeah. soap. it's the new perfume.