Note to self: 4,699

1. Spud

   20 July, 2004, 12:39 am

   But with cheese, it’s a winner!

2. Esther

   20 July, 2004, 1:25 am

   Anything and reading the list of ‘food’ over at Ray’s. 🙁

3. Steppenwolf

   20 July, 2004, 2:47 am

   Bet it’s better than Spotted Dick! WTF is that?

4. Stacy, the motor city bad kitty

   20 July, 2004, 3:18 am

   Is somebody pregnant?

5. Anna

   20 July, 2004, 3:29 am

   The Netherlands: Hete Bliksem.
   – Mashed potatoes with hot applesauce (mixed ofcourse).
   It also means ‘extremely hot babe [or guy] who is very active in bed’.
   We always knew we were kinky, but now you know too.

6. ReV.JeLLYBaBY

   20 July, 2004, 3:29 am

   How dare you sir! How dare you laugh at the mighty spotted dick, pillar of our English heritage.

   Begone I say to you, begone!

   Alas Steppenwolf, I fear the peasant in you has once again risen to the surface with your bold statement.

   “Spotted dick! WTF is that?”

   My dear boy, spotted dick has fed generations of us Brits for centuries. In fact the mighty Empire was built around this magnificent pudding in all its heavenly glory. From its spongy innards to its currant filled form the spotted dick is part of a true Englishman’s staple diet.

   As a young man I would often lie awake at night hoping for a good portion of spotted dick after tea and maybe a rich, creamy custard as an accompaniment.
   Sitting at the table I would often hear my brother complaining that my spotted dick was larger than his.

   For us it was a way of life.

   Not just a pudding made of sponge and currants.

   Oh happy days.
   

7. ReV.JeLLYBaBY

   20 July, 2004, 3:34 am

   P.S Does anyone fancy some “Jam Roly Poly?”

8. kismet

   20 July, 2004, 4:16 am

   Hmmm, any food with the name dick in it should not be ingested.

   No offense to anyone, but it just isn’t right.:)

9. Lainie

   20 July, 2004, 4:21 am

   hmmm…I’ve actually tried out a fair bit of dishes in that list…including the cicadas, tongues, escargot, worms, snake blood, snake, durian, fermented stuff and yeah…more…i’ve had brains too, but pig, not monkey. i didn’t find out that’s a weird dish till i was 18 😛

   i’m from malaysia though and ice kacang and belachan aren’t really considered weird? Ice kacang is just a dessert that’s like an ice blended drink thta hasn’t been mixed properly, and belacan is some spicy chilli sauce..ah well

10. Sean Peters

    20 July, 2004, 4:32 am

    What’s wrong with frog legs? Or gorgonzola?

    Concur about retsina – for those who haven’t had it, it’s a white wine that’s been stored in pine casks – imagine a mix of Chardonnay and turpentine. And I also concur that any dish made of innards is not to be eaten.

    Urine of any kind is right out.

    Sean

11. ReV.JeLLYBaBY

    20 July, 2004, 4:41 am

    “Toad in the Hole” is my absolute favourite. With lashings of gravy and mash.

    And NO it doesn’t contain frogs or toads!

    Just sausages and yorkshire pudding.

    

12. Spud

    20 July, 2004, 7:38 am

    The best thing the poms ever came up with as far as food goes, is eggs & bacon with fried tomatoes and beans for breakfast, with a mug of good strong tea.

    Chicken Vinadloo isn’t bad either, contrary to what 9 out 10 heart surgeons say.
    🙂

13. ReV.JeLLYBaBY

    20 July, 2004, 8:37 am

    Hey Spud,

    Don’t forget the black pudding and fried bread!

    Luvverly Jubbley!

    

14. Davezilla

    20 July, 2004, 8:57 am

    Please! I just ate breakfast (triple shot capuccino).

15. Nikki

    20 July, 2004, 9:00 am

    Poi and spam. Now you know why I moved out of Hawaii.

16. Nikki

    20 July, 2004, 9:03 am

    Woa, woa, woa… Bread, beer, and peanut butter are “weird foods”? Something’s wrong here.

17. lolly

    20 July, 2004, 9:06 am

    IRN BRU?! WIERD AND DISGUSTING?!!!???!?

    Pah!

18. Lynne

    20 July, 2004, 9:46 am

    I’m confused. Beer is on this list, but olive loaf and pork rinds are not?

19. Natalie

    20 July, 2004, 10:34 am

    I accidentally ate a sandwich on olive bread the other day. All the olives were hiding on the bottom piece of bread, and from the top it looked like light rye. I like olives, but not in bread, and definitely not when they’re a surprise.

    In that list, lutefisk is understandable (rotten fish, anyone?), but gravlax is good.

    And what’s wrong with sugar pie? It’s like pecan pie, without the pesky pecans.

20. ReV.JeLLYBaBY

    20 July, 2004, 10:57 am

    When Jesus was in the desert for forty days and fourty nights, he ate locusts and wild honey to survive.

    How filthy of him eh?

    

21. Natalie

    20 July, 2004, 11:35 am

    I think that was actually John the Baptist, Rev.

    But hey, at least John bathed. 😉

22. Davezilla

    20 July, 2004, 12:01 pm

    No, Lynne. Beer with ice cream is bad. Beer alone is good. 😉

23. Esther

    20 July, 2004, 1:35 pm

    Mmmm, beer. 🙂

24. wookiee

    20 July, 2004, 1:56 pm

    Chocolate ice cream and Boddingtons.
    Vanilla ice cream and Guinness.
    Coffee ice cream and Murphy’s.

25. Davezilla

    20 July, 2004, 2:06 pm

    Perhaps. But trust me, Haagen-Dazs Peanutbutter Chocolate and Sam Adams red ale is a bad idea all around.

26. me

    20 July, 2004, 6:40 pm

    I FUCKING LOVE IRN-BRU.

    I lived in the UK one summer, and upon visiting Scotland, all I would drink was this fantastic concoction, Irn-Bru. I mean, who doesn’t like to be surprised by their beverage? It’s orange color is disarming… you think you’re about to drink a delicious citrus flavored soda… and then BAM, it hits you! It’s not orange, no, no, silly American. It tastes like bubblegum, and yes to drink it takes an aquired palate, but it is indeed a glorious invention, intended to shock, and most importantly, provide energy.

    Man, that stuff was great.

27. mikeB

    20 July, 2004, 6:47 pm

    Only a Brit would need to drink something for energy. Lazy gits.

    [runs away]

28. Lynne

    20 July, 2004, 8:11 pm

    Someone with Denmark-knowledge please tell me, what the heck is beer-jelly? Or do I NOT want to know? Never mind. I don’t think I want to know.

29. Moxie

    20 July, 2004, 8:51 pm

    Head Cheese.

    That’s all Im gonna say.

30. Natalie

    20 July, 2004, 9:27 pm

    I thought Irn Bru was supposed to taste like ginger (although I never thought it did). Is it available at all in the US? It is in a lot of places in Canada.

31. Steppenwolf

    21 July, 2004, 9:05 am

    Well ReV, you know what they say.
    ‘You are what you eat’. 😛

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