What are you eating right now?

[Nitro Express]

Well after you are drunk and stoned and have the munchies at 3:00AM you might actually try and light your food on fire.

[envy_me]

Well after you are drunk and stoned and have the munchies at 3:00AM you might actually try and light your food on fire.

Wow, that's how we are gonna celebrate my birthday :D

[Nitro Express]

There is vegetarian type of meat that many places use. I can eat nachos, but I rather have some with a flavor like chili or cheddar, just to mask the corn taste.

I am really conservative when it comes to food, that's why I'm careful with the mexican stuff... And avocado. But my dad is FAR worse, he can't even eat lasagne or anything else that is creamy and gooey. He hates all sorts of sauces and dressings, doesn't eat any stews or anything...

After spending part of my childhood in Hong Kong and spending quite a bit of time in South America, if it tastes good I don't ask questions. The Chinese eat every part of the pig but the squeal. I used to eat birds nest soup and I thought that was just the name of it. Later I found out it's made from a bird's nest. It tasted good. It's probably better you don't know what you are eating. LOL!

[Nitro Express]

The worst food on the planet is in Peru. Try eating dirty cow's stomach that stinks. Nasty. Guinea pig isn't bad. Scewered beef heart is probably the best thing there. Sometimes you might luck out and find some decent sea food on the coast.

[envy_me]

After spending part of my childhood in Hong Kong and spending quite a bit of time in South America, if it tastes good I don't ask questions. The Chinese eat every part of the pig but the squeal. I used to eat birds nest soup and I thought that was just the name of it. Later I found out it's made from a bird's nest. It tasted good. It's probably better you don't know what you are eating. LOL!

Oh, no, I HAVE to know what I'm eating. I am really neurotic when it comes to what goes into my body. And it has to have a nice texture. texture and what it is is more important then taste to me.

That's why I'm NEVER gonna go to Asia, South America or Africa.

[Nitro Express]

There is vegetarian type of meat that many places use. I can eat nachos, but I rather have some with a flavor like chili or cheddar, just to mask the corn taste.

I am really conservative when it comes to food, that's why I'm careful with the mexican stuff... And avocado. But my dad is FAR worse, he can't even eat lasagne or anything else that is creamy and gooey. He hates all sorts of sauces and dressings, doesn't eat any stews or anything...

You can make salsa to dip your nachos in. I like mango salsa myself.

[Nitro Express]

Oh, no, I HAVE to know what I'm eating. I am really neurotic when it comes to what goes into my body. And it has to have a nice texture. texture and what it is is more important then taste to me.

That's why I'm NEVER gonna go to Asia, South America or Africa.

Yeah my wife is picky. I don't think she would handle some of those remote places too good. Heck, she would be paranoid as hell at a traditional Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong. My kids aren't picky. They will eat escargot no problem but then what they really are after is the sorbet.

[envy_me]

You can make salsa to dip your nachos in. I like mango salsa myself.

That's another thing with me. I can't mix fruit in my meals. Fruit is "sweet" and isn't supposed to be eaten with salty food.

[Nitro Express]

One of the nastiest things I ever ate was a raw sea cucumber. Pure slime that tastes like bad pussy.

[envy_me]

One of the nastiest things I ever ate was a raw sea cucumber. Pure slime that tastes like bad pussy.

The nastiest thing I ever tried is liver. God it was gross. So sweet and strong in flavour.

When I was a child I had asthma. My mom heard that quail eggs help. So for a period of time I ate raw quail eggs. Maybe that has something to do with my egg phobia now.

[Nitro Express]

That's another thing with me. I can't mix fruit in my meals. Fruit is "sweet" and isn't supposed to be eaten with salty food.

You can make the regular tomato based salsa then. Its kind of fun to play around with the ingredients and get it the way you like. One summer I grew these hot peppers that were really stinking hot. I mean if you put just one in like a quart of salsa it would blow your head off. You have a few disasters and then you find the right combination that works for you.

[Nitro Express]

The nastiest thing I ever tried is liver. God it was gross. So sweet and strong in flavour.

When I was a child I had asthma. My mom heard that quail eggs help. So for a period of time I ate raw quail eggs. Maybe that has something to do with my egg phobia now.

I can't eat liver either. In a biology lab in college I found out why. Some people can taste the thiouriea in liver. They handed out little strips of paper and had us taste them. Some people didn't taste anything and others were sicking out. The professor then said you guys that taste something bad don't like liver do you? So that is why some people love liver and others can't tolerate it.

[envy_me]

I can't eat liver either. In a biology lab in college I found out why. Some people can taste the thiouriea in liver. They handed out little strips of paper and had us taste them. Some people didn't taste anything and others were sicking out. The professor then said you guys that taste something bad don't like liver do you? So that is why some people love liver and others can't tolerate it.

REALLY??? Wow, I had NO idea. That explains a lot. I was always amazed how somebody can like liver.

[Nitro Express]

I couldn't understand it either but the people who like it don't taste what we taste. People's body chemistry is different. That's why some perfumes smell good on one person and horrible on another. That's why drugs that work with one person can have bad side effects on another. It's why we have allergies.

It's probably a big reason people like different kinds of foods. We aren't tasting the same thing. Sure we can tell if something is sweet or salty but it's those complex flavors we probably taste differently.

[envy_me]

I couldn't understand it either but the people who like it don't taste what we taste. People's body chemistry is different. That's why some perfumes smell good on one person and horrible on another. That's why drugs that work with one person can have bad side effects on another. It's why we have allergies.

It's probably a big reason people like different kinds of foods. We aren't tasting the same thing. Sure we can tell if something is sweet or salty but it's those complex flavors we probably taste differently.

I just googled this and this explains A LOT!!! We all eat a lot of greens in my family and I love spinach and so. But I can't stand one sort of cabbage, it translates to collard greens but I'm not sure it's correct. Anyway when we were homeless and didn't have any food, we would get these and I'd rather go hungry then eat them. So my parents would try and force me to eat it. I'd eat and gag on every bite, until they gave up. But now I just read that the people who can't stand liver also can't eat some green vegetables. It DOES have the same strong taste as the liver does.

This is the vegetable from hell: