Category Archives: USA

Give A Man A Fish And He’ll Make Sushi…

Sushi Japan and beyond Before we get started, any of you shrimp boat captains who down a few California rolls and beat your chest in sushi-eating triumph are going to want to sit down for this one. Don’t get me … Continue reading

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Don’t Eat The Pig In The Poke

Poke salad (poke weed) Southern United States The lovely and often deadly pokeweed If you have to assign a Surgeon General’s warning to any of the culinary delights I’ve eaten, it is undoubtedly poke salad.  Drugs.com lists some of the … Continue reading

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I Think I’ll Go Eat Worms

Eat Bug Eat Event Machine Project, Los Angeles, California Miriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines a worm as “any of numerous relatively small elongated usually naked and soft-bodied animals (as a grub, pinworm, tapeworm, shipworm, or slowworm)”. In my mind, I picture the … Continue reading

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There’s Always Room

Gelatin United States, Great Britain and Asia Oh, poor misunderstood gelatin! Anything resembling gelatin has been given the name “jello” by Americans (“jelly” by the British), although Jell-O is actually a trademark of one brand of commercially available gelatin. Gelatin … Continue reading

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In Defense Of The Twinkie

Deep fried Twinkies How can something so wrong be so right? Just the thought of eating a Twinkie sends a chemically-induced sugar rush up the back of my spine, so what would prompt me to brave the cellophane-wrapped snack that … Continue reading

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