bizarre foods america w andrew zimmern

"mmm so citrusy" - andrew zimmern on like everything

i only like the early stuff

I like him better than that annoying "meat meat meat meat meat" shouty guy.

wrong borad?

Corrected.

everything is "nutty" to this fuken guy

u think this dude would eat human flesh

You just can't make this stuff up. Our friends at The Huffington Post have published a highly entertaining, albeit controversial, narrative by the host of the Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern." As the name of his show attests, Zimmern travels around the globe, hanging with the locals and chowing down on the most freakishly weird/unsavory/downright disgusting foods imaginable. You might recall that Gadling's Mike Barish memorably interviewed Zimmern last April.

Zimmern and his wife are in Madagascar, and while taping an episode of his show, he recently found himself in a position to put his reputation where his, ah, mouth is. It seems they were staying with a family in a remote village at the island's southern end, and said family was celebrating the circumcision of their five-year-old son (to quote Zimmern, "Don't ask...that's just when they do it."). It is traditional for the paternal grandfather to consume the foreskin afterward, or give it to an honored male guest (in this case, Zimmern).

Understandably, Zimmern is wondering if he can get past our Western taboo of consuming human flesh, especially at the risk of offending his gracious hosts. The foreskin is passed to the boy's uncle, who places it upon the tip of a banana, as tradition, er, dictates (I promise to give the puns a rest, really). Eventually, the whole shebang was given to the maternal grandfather, who, Zimmern says, "scarfs it down like a hungry drunk at a hotel hors d'oeuvre buffet." Cue Zimmern heaving big internal sigh of relief.

Zimmern's a hilarious storyteller, and my synopsis doesn't begin to do him justice. But the point he ultimately makes in this piece is that cultural differences are what make this big planet of ours such a fascinating place, and that we are enriched by these experiences if we approach them with tolerance and respect. As Zimmern says, "...I (also) live by a creed of acceptance and exploration, curious about everything and trying to experience life and translate that experience for my viewers."

he can barely choke down the "WEIRD" shit he eats now

one of the few people that could make cannibalism uncool

At Balaw Balaw in Angono, Rizal: Balaw-balaw sauce, with fermented shrimp paste, soup Number Five (bull's rectum and testicles soup), uok in adobo, white worms from the larvae of crickets or beetles found in fallen coconut trees, crispy fried Alagaw leaves, ginatang bilo-bilo.

In Zagreb, Croatia, Andrew takes part in the filming of a scat video (produced for a European Union audience, where producers have been put out of business by new EU pornography laws), visits the set of the regionally famous Adriatic Scat Man, sits down for a meal of lamb's brain quiche with the director and his crew and then samples the feces of a teenaged Slovene girl.

Tokyo: Getemono bar, at Asadachi (1-2-14 Nishi-Shinjuku) raw pig testicles, frog sashimi, plus the frog's beating heart, lizard sake, at Yaki Hamna: Giant snails, fugu, at Hibari sushi, raw octopus sushi.
At Suppon-Maki restaurant: Suppon (turtle soup) + drink: turtle blood with sake and turtle hearts.
At Moodyz Studio in Aoyama, takes part in gokkun scene, consumes the semen of seven men from a large beaker, plus the still beating hearts of the donors.

In grade school one of my classmates ate a worm for a nickel. Forever afterward he was known as the Kid Who Ate A Worm For A Nickel. He should have held out for his own show and a substatial increase in pay.

Andrew attends a vegan supper and a Hispanic family's feast. Featuring special guest chefs Wolfgang Puck, Ben Ford, Ani Phyo and Los Angeles food blogger Eddie Lin. Andrew finds compact ball of Dorito seasoning and oil inside a bag of Zesty Cheese Doritos purchased from a motel vending machine.

how long before this guy literally just eats a bowl of shit

Depends on his ratings, methinks.

every time he eats an intestine its "diapery" or "diaperish" or "that diaper flavor"

I assume he eats a lot of diapers

this show would be so much better if he had to ride into every village on a miniature fat pony

So he's an afeceanado

xpost

It wouldn't be better for the pony, though, VG

This guy was in Cleveland recently at the West Side Market and ppl were falling all over themselves to post it on FB and Instagram.

I would bring him a bag of crickets from the pet store

so apparently there IS something this guy won't eat. and what is it?

walnuts.

not diapery enough I guess

if you put some antenna and a vestigal tail on a walnut I bet he would eat it

what about chestnuts

ugh that old chestnut