|
Xenophanes posted:But following chopstick chat, they are the most difficult challenge I’ve ever faced and I can’t really deal with the slippery round rice noodles through any combination of chopstick, fork or spoon. I generally just hold the bowl up to my mouth and coax 1-3 noodles past my teeth so that i can slurp them up and chase it with a spoon of broth and condiments. Is there actually a way to eat these? They remain a mystery to me, also the (translation sticker on the) package always says to boil them for 8 minutes, which results in a jujube texture, it actually takes about 20 minutes to render the noodles edible. Sounds like you're overcooking the noodles. One thing you can do is pre-soak them then boil them for the listed time. Also try using rough wooden chopsticks like you'd use at a takeout place, and don't be afraid to use chopsticks with a spoon. I always had a rough time with thick rice noodles but thin rice noodles were my jam so maybe there is a brand that does thin noodles for luosifen. Also re: stinky tofu and organ chat y'all are some babies. Eat the stinky tofu, dip it in the spicy sauce. Eat all the organs. Century egg makes the best porridge. In Yunnan I ate larvae, bees, grasshoppers, duck tongues, every organ you can think of including colon, pig brain, stinky tofu of various levels of stink... Most of it actually wasn't that bad so long as you had a dipping sauce or seasoning.
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 15:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 29, 2024 23:59 |
|
|
awww baby doesnt like the stuff that physically repulses them? Looks like SOMEONE has some growing up to do!
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 17:03
|
|
|
Dandywalken posted:awww baby doesnt like the stuff that physically repulses them? Looks like SOMEONE has some growing up to do! Some people are physically repulsed by anything that isn’t cheesy potatoes. Don’t be a child.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 17:41
|
|
|
Amergin posted:Sounds like you're overcooking the noodles. One thing you can do is pre-soak them then boil them for the listed time. Also try using rough wooden chopsticks like you'd use at a takeout place, and don't be afraid to use chopsticks with a spoon. I always had a rough time with thick rice noodles but thin rice noodles were my jam so maybe there is a brand that does thin noodles for luosifen. I'll eat bees
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 17:46
|
|
|
mkvltra posted:I'll eat bees I'd eat bees before stinky tofu. Also scorpions, century eggs, and my own hair.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 17:58
|
|
|
Don't eat bees, just let them be and pollinate
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:00
|
|
|
I don't think I could ever do a century egg... it's an entire baby chicken just sliding down your gullet? Just... no thanks. I'd love an opportunity to try hammer down a bunch of buggs in spicy sauce though!
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:01
|
|
|
Bum the Sad posted:Some people are physically repulsed by anything that isn’t cheesy potatoes. Im going to eat YOU!
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:01
|
|
|
Darkest Auer posted:Don't eat bees, just let them bee and pollinate
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:06
|
|
|
mkvltra posted:I don't think I could ever do a century egg... it's an entire baby chicken just sliding down your gullet? Just... no thanks. Huh? I think you're thinking of balut, not century eggs. Century eggs are just preserved eggs.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:21
|
|
|
These foods seem disgusting and I can’t imagine why a culture would create them. Anyways, I’m off to eat my lutefisk
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:36
|
|
|
I like to put Cool Whip in a glass and pour milk over it and mix it up and half-slurp half-spoon it into my mouth. Also, heart and tongue are both delicious! I've never eaten bees but I'd rather not, just like dog. Cat would be disgusting and I would refuse. I would try cuy. I do not like ranch dressing. My favorite activity this time of year is roasting a local variety of green onion until it's charred, dunking it in romesco, and eating in the traditional manner of tipping my head back and lowering it into my mouth inch by inch like I'm a baby stegosaurus or something. And then following it up with many grilled sausages and rabbits. Anyways, "gross" is relative. But eating lung seems unnecessarily risky to me. I don't love most organ meats, so I'd rather not eat lung. e: I couldn't manage a balut, I don't think.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:46
|
|
|
I ate Rat in Cambodia, it was pretty good, also had dog hot pot in one of the North Korean chain restaurants in siem reap called Pyongyang. I've eaten plenty of weird stuff, can't recommend things like pupa and beetles, the protein breaks down rapidly and it becomes a gooey rotten custard very quickly. Spiders, frogs etc are pretty delicious.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 18:59
|
|
|
mkvltra posted:I'll eat bees Bees are okay. Cicadas are the real winners among the bug world. Fantastic.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 20:11
|
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:Cicadas are the real winners among the bug world. Fantastic. With or without the psychedelic fungus that makes their rear end fall off?
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 20:31
|
|
|
The rear end fell off?
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 21:15
|
|
|
Bees are good, couldn't tell if they were spicy or if that was from the stingers haha. Deep fried baby crabs were amazing, like crunchy popcorn. Claws were a bit spiky but what you gonna do. Cow penis is a one time thing. Too chewy.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 21:48
|
|
|
Seth Pecksniff posted:Asian night markets are the best tbh I think that Hoi An works so well because it was always a port town teeming with foreigners, so really it is not straying too far from its roots.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 23:30
|
|
|
It took me a while to realize that touristy doesn't inherently mean bad. Sometimes things are full of tourists because they're awesome and worth going to.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2022 23:38
|
|
|
had this image on my hard drive for years, is this a literal translation?
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 01:38
|
|
|
d0s posted:had this image on my hard drive for years, is this a literal translation? Tis indeed a correct literal translation.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 01:42
|
|
|
Go even more literal and you might get "gentleman of the night's fried rear end in a top hat" (mildly spicy)
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 01:50
|
|
|
d0s posted:had this image on my hard drive for years, is this a literal translation?  apple says yes
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:02
|
|
Strategic Tea posted:I think that Hoi An works so well because it was always a port town teeming with foreigners, so really it is not straying too far from its roots.  I like how it still retains the ancient city vibe with modern amenitiesI also had one of the most bomb rear end dumplings I've ever had in my life there too. The white rose dumplings were divine Grand Fromage posted:It took me a while to realize that touristy doesn't inherently mean bad. Sometimes things are full of tourists because they're awesome and worth going to. I try not to go to touristy stuff but this is also a good point. I try not to be the typical American when I go and I like the small little hole in the wall places you'll find down a random alley But there's definite tourist traps you gotta avoid and I'm glad everyone else finds them Seth Pecksniff fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jan 25, 2022 |
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:13
|
|
|
Plenty of lovely tourist traps, don't get me wrong. I just used to dismiss anywhere popular as bad and that was dumb of me.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:15
|
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:Bees are okay. Cicadas are the real winners among the bug world. Fantastic. Ants are also rad, especially in salads and sauces. Fleta Mcgurn posted:I've never eaten bees but I'd rather not, just like dog. I had dog noodle soup in China since it'll likely be impossible to buy within the next few years. Tastes like a halfway between lamb and beef. You're not missing much. It was rather... Interesting to walk up to a little open-door restaurant with dog carcasses (head included) cut in half just on the floor by the entrance.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:44
|
|
|
Horatius Bonar posted:Cow penis is a one time thing. Too chewy. I wouldn't be so sure that was cow penis.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:46
|
|
|
Dogs are where I draw the line I can't do it. I can't separate the idea that they're pets and family members from my head
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:52
|
|
|
Eating horse or dog is really hosed up
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 02:58
|
|
|
Seth Pecksniff posted:Dogs are where I draw the line You're not missing anything. Had dog once, not impressed.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 03:00
|
|
|
I liked it, I thought it was pretty decent. I think it's a texture thing. It's not chewy like people say but it has a give to it, and if you like that you'll like dog, if you don't you wont. I kind of understand not being into it if you have dogs as pets and it's just not something you're comfortable with but when people are like "oh that's so wrong!" gently caress that. Why? Because they're cute? Every last person who goes on about eating dog being immoral but eats pork is a hypocrite and I hate them.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 03:28
|
|
|
My thing is I can understand from a historical perspective why you'd eat dog in ancient times. You didn't have a lot of protein, dogs were abundant, you eat what God gave you dominion over But now with large-scale farming and cow/pig/chicken meat and such so widely and freely available, I don't understand why it still survives. I know I'm talking from a western perspective here and I'm open about my biases in this subject but it doesn't make sense when everything else you can grab at your local market for cheap (relatively I suppose)
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 03:34
|
|
|
Seth Pecksniff posted:But now with large-scale farming and cow/pig/chicken meat and such so widely and freely available, I don't understand why it still survives. I know I'm talking from a western perspective here and I'm open about my biases in this subject but it doesn't make sense when everything else you can grab at your local market for cheap (relatively I suppose) Because it's a food animal in some places. They're not just eating random dogs, in Korea there is a specific breed for food and they're raised on farms like any other livestock. The only moral issue is with the way it's slaughtered but that's its own thing. It's also not common anymore. In Korea it's almost exclusively eaten because of the belief that it is magical and gives you boners. I know dog's also been eaten in China but I'm not as familiar with it.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 03:44
|
|
|
Seth Pecksniff posted:My thing is I can understand from a historical perspective why you'd eat dog in ancient times. You didn't have a lot of protein, dogs were abundant, you eat what God gave you dominion over Isn't that an argument against hunting? People don't usually need to get that deer every year or they'll be unable to afford protein, but most people don't question it that much. They like venison, they like hunting and it's not really any worse than anything else so, whatever. Dog isn't incredibly efficient meat so you could say you shouldn't eat it from an environmental standpoint but, then, that's a huge argument against beef. Kinda a guess but I imagine the environmental impact of cows is way worse than from dogs. I get that you would have to really go out of your way to get dog (or kill a dog yourself I guess) in most of the world, but in places where they eat it it's usually not an expensive meat or anything. People eat it cuz it's there and they like it. Edit: Grand Fromage posted:In Korea it's almost exclusively eaten because of the belief that it is magical and gives you boners. I know dog's also been eaten in China but I'm not as familiar with it. Also because of this BrainDance fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jan 25, 2022 |
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 03:48
|
|
|
d0s posted:had this image on my hard drive for years, is this a literal translation? I like this one:  I know what happened, but I'm not actually sure what exactly the right translation is (something like "grandma's sugar cookies"?)
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:12
|
|
|
Gaius Marius posted:Eating horse or dog is really hosed up Lmao masaokis eats horse. And for one period of his videos, quite a lot of it, too! Tomn posted:Huh? I think you're thinking of balut, not century eggs. Century eggs are just preserved eggs. Duh, thank you!!
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:25
|
|
|
BrainDance posted:Isn't that an argument against hunting? People don't usually need to get that deer every year or they'll be unable to afford protein, but most people don't question it that much. They like venison, they like hunting and it's not really any worse than anything else so, whatever. Wild deer hunting is generally good for the environment because without predation their numbers grow to an unsustainable level. Dogs would be less efficient to farm than cows in general - cows, sheep etc all eat plants directly whereas the dogs will need animal protein added to their diet. Grand Fromage posted:Because it's a food animal in some places. They're not just eating random dogs, in Korea there is a specific breed for food and they're raised on farms like any other livestock. The only moral issue is with the way it's slaughtered but that's its own thing. My korean ex wife told me they'd eat dog in the wintertime because it warmed your blood. From her perspective it's as you say, they're a specific breed raised as livestock for slaughter. I still couldn't do eat it myself but don't begrudge anyone who wants to.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:32
|
|
|
Gaius Marius posted:Eating horse or dog is really hosed up well-prepared quality horse is good poo poo tho
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:35
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:Because it's a food animal in some places. They're not just eating random dogs, in Korea there is a specific breed for food and they're raised on farms like any other livestock. The only moral issue is with the way it's slaughtered but that's its own thing. That's fair. I'm not trying to go all white westerner on it or take any sort of moral stand for the record, I guess I try to understand things but there's some things it takes being within the culture to Also "Magical Boner Dog" is a hell of a username tbh
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:35
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 29, 2024 23:59 |
|
|
Seth Pecksniff posted:That's fair. I'm not trying to go all white westerner on it or take any sort of moral stand for the record, I guess I try to understand things but there's some things it takes being within the culture to Yeah I get it. I wouldn't eat a cat for any reason. I didn't go in with any existing pro-dog feelings so it never bothered me.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2022 04:41
|
|