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  1. What bizarre foods have you eaten?

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    In colonial and later times, lobster was considered peasant food. Only the poor and, I guess, prisoners ate it.

    The Pilgrims brought livestock, but they and their descendants considered Lobster to be a food of last resort. Throughout New England, the only people fed Lobster were prisoners. In fact, several prison riots were caused by prisoners demanding to be fed something other than Lobster all the time.

    The convicts of early North America, engaged in prison riots because they were served those sea vermin (lobsters) so often, as opposed to real food that ordinary, respectable people would eat.

    Thanks for clearing that up. Learn something new everyday. :)

    Things I've eaten that haven't been mentioned yet: natto and smelly tofu. Natto is quite nice, but smelly tofu I haven't quite gotten a hang of yet. It tastes exactly like what it smells like, which is unpleasant to say the least.

    On the less bizarre side, durians. Can't quite understand why some people find it unpalatable <_<

    Actually, I thought smelly tofu tasted no different from normal, just slightly crispier. The smell, on the other hand, is something you definitely need to get used to. Definitely agree with you on durians, I LOVE them. :D

  6. What bizarre foods have you eaten?

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    If you eat brains, does that make you smarter? :D

    Funny you should mention that, the older generation Chinese (which includes my parents/grandparents) do believe that eating brain makes you smarter. Thankfully it's not exactly very appetizing, cook it for too long and it gets all mushy.

    One of my favorites was a little narrow place in Hong Kong that specialized in Congee, a kind of rice porridge. I tried some of my co-workers Congee with Pig's Blood and Thousand Year Egg. Quite tasty, actually.

    One of my favourite breakfast fare. ;)

    Yup, have had all that good stuff we (Asian) 'brothers' eat. Can't say I esp LIKE organ meats, but have tried them. I had lung once, by mistake. My Dad thinks he can read Chinese (a few years of Chinese school in the Philippines as a child), but he really can't. He ordered what he thought was a beloved vegetable he hadn't had in a long time, but what came out was mystery meat. We recognized alveoli, and it was kind of spongy, so we figured it was lung. Of the stuff you list, I only like the pigs feet, octopus (awesome grilled!), squid. I've also had fish stomach (sometime called ' fish maw') which is really good. My poor Caucasian wife ate all this stuff when we were dating; such a trooper - she still married me!

    Haven't tried lung, but heard it's pretty nasty. One of the few parts of the pig that is spared the cooking pot.

    Eel is awesome - get it all the time at the sushi place. I had fish eyes once, thought it was awful. My Dad said it's the best part of the fish, next to the cheek. I let him have it every time.

    Agreed on both counts, I don't see the deal with the eye. Cheek is the way to go. :D

  7. What bizarre foods have you eaten?

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    I haven't eaten anything that crazy, but some things that most people in western culture don't eat that I've had include chicken feet/claws (don't know why it's not more popular), fish brains, pork ears, pork intestines, pork feet, tripe (cow), and rabbit.

    Edit: Squid, octopus, chicken internal organs (heart, liver, giblet), congealed pork blood

    I love every single one of those things you've mentioned. I just didn't know they were considered "bizarre". Figured bizarre meant stuff like bugs and whatnot.

  13. Article from Boston Globe on collecting music

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    ...Personally. I like having CDs and have never bought nor will ever buy my music in a download only format. I think that I may be among the youngest people who hold such an attitude though.

    I'm with you on that. It's just the tangible feeling of owning your music, when the disc loads into the tray, when you flip through the inserts. I'm 21 and all my friends think I'm raving mad when I spend $100 at a CD store when there's something called "Bittorrent".

  15. Ye Macce Threade

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    Anyone else using Google Chrome beta for OS X? It's been out for a few days and I could definitely see it replacing Firefox as my everyday browser. It boots almost instantaneously, uses less RAM than Firefox and way less than Safari, and feels very fast. I could never make the switch to Safari because it lacks a couple of very useful features, the biggest one being an "undo close tab" shortcut. Google Chrome cures that and so far the transition from Firefox is very natural. I'd recommend everyone to give it a try, I'm very impressed.

    I use Glims for Safari just specifically for that "undo close tab" feature (VERY useful indeed). You might want to give it a try. :)

  23. Best Grados for electric Guitar

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    I would believe a great deal of people do. The sound is well worth the asking price IMO. I found them to be more forward (if not slightly more diffuse in the midrange) than my RS1, so they really are great for guitar rock whilst I prefer the RS1 for smooth jazz and female vocals. :)

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