Andrew Dalby Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Dog for breakfast in northern Thailand (I only knew afterwards. My hosts told me it was brown dog; apparently you should avoid black dog). Fried baby swallows at Mandalay in Burma. But no insects yet: I still want to know what locusts taste like. In our nearest country town, here in France (small unpretentious inland town), market stalls sell oysters every Tuesday and Saturday and most people eat them raw. I can't decide whether I prefer them like this or, grilled, in a po-boys, which is how I enjoyed them at a tiny place on the coast of SW Louisiana -- it might have been Holly beach or Constance Beach -- and goodness knows if that place is still there after the hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 I did have a woodlouse sauce made for me -tasted like shrimp. Â Oysters are tricky -my opinion-ultra fresh is wonderful (best ive had Achill in the west of Ireland) , smoked is very nice if nothing that ultra fresh. Â I think I previously mentioned prawns in custard? Heng Fa in Hong Kong-exquisite. Â Im glad this thread is back to life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 grilled coakroaches, actually they didnt taste bad at all, where did i get them you may ask? Â hehe, i think it was back in 1999 when there was something like (cant remember exactly) "Eat the insects day" at the Johannesburg Zoo, and there, hundreds of dishes made from insects were on offer... Â cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 grilled coakroaches, actually they didnt taste bad at all, where did i get them you may ask? hehe, i think it was back in 1999 when there was something like (cant remember exactly) "Eat the insects day" at the Johannesburg Zoo, and there, hundreds of dishes made from insects were on offer...  cheers viggen  good thing the mammal house wasnt doing any specials that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I wont spoil it by telling you at once -lets see if Pantagathus knows the wine I mentioned! Â Very glad the thread is alive again as well, I missed this before... I have not had the pleasure of trying a Monbazillac myself but I know of the famous white blend and the "Noble Rot" which apparently gives certain ties the blessing to become wine. Â Mr. Dalby's entry has reminded me that I did try a satay of monkey off the beaten path in Singapore. Â Oyster Po-Boys! Oh my yes, as a Southerner I would have to give my vote for the po-boy over the raw bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 the "po-boy" is unknown to me can you elucidate please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) the "po-boy" is unknown to me can you elucidate please? Â Po-boy is a quaint southern contraction of 'poor-boy' and it indicates a simple sandwich that originated in New Orleans. Basically it's a fresh small loaf of French bread (baguette) stuffed with something and called a poor boy because it was the cheapest way to get a meal. Â Though roast beef po-boys were kinda the original (I think) most southerners think of fried shrimp, oysters or catfish when we think po-boys. Â For me the best I've ever had is at a place called Flo's in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Foot long fresh baguette overflowing with fried oysters (or shrimp), lettuce & tomato and then doused with Cajun Green Sauce (Cayenne pepper sauce). Excellent! Â Note: A good fresh cayenne sauce is key... Edited January 17, 2006 by Pantagathus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 This is one for Sumptuary Tablet entry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotus maximus Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 obviusly you guy have never eatin dog before then(ya i ate dog and didnt know till afterwords) man when i found out what it was, i think i spen the rest of the evening doing the hurly swirly(i will not eat chinese food again) this is the honest truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 obviusly you guy have never eatin dog before then(ya i ate dog and didnt know till afterwords) man when i found out what it was, i think i spen the rest of the evening doing the hurly swirly(i will not eat chinese food again) this is the honest truth  It surprises some to know that although many French people (like many others) won't eat horse (and it is sold in a boucherie chevaline or in a separate supermarket aisle to avoid offending these customers), the French people who *will* eat it pay more for it than beef.  I have in common with Pertinax a liking for rillettes d'oie and Monbazillac. If any Romans turn up in this neighbourhood, I might even lead them on a tasting trip to Bergerac, around which Monbazillac and other appellations cluster like the seven rings of heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) I had an excellent casserole of horse in Malta -(in Mgarr right next to the Church if you need directions) the sweetness of the fat is wonderful. I had previously eaten a particularly succulent horse steak in Perpignan .I never thought the French would have the same Anglo-Saxon reserve about eating such a friendly species. Â Â On a totally different theme I have also ,just this moment ,eaten some samphire with butter , nothing else .squisito.. Yesterday we enjoyed the Brythonic pleasure of laverbread-is there an equivalent in France AD? Edited January 17, 2006 by Pertinax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotus maximus Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 sorry I dont mean to be offending but horse i would try it if i was drunk (not saying that I wouldn't try it sober though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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