Comments on: Scary Food

By: Bella

Bella — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:36:37 +0000

I love Asian food among other foods. I’m glad you wrote about Ranch 99; however, must the scariest foods come from this superior supermarket versus scariest foods in general-anywhere? I hope to read about other great foods that they offer there. Now, I’d love to try some pig ears. That does sound tasty!

By: calikaili

calikaili — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:15:07 +0000

Very… entertaining.

I am somewhat surprised at the intense reactions of some readers… lighten up maybe?

I do have to say that the fried wheat gluten and peanuts got the short end of the stick in your trial… it is DELICIOUS especially in rice porridge. I do admit it looks a little strange, but this is one part of living in Taiwan that I really like! (i happen to be a native californian white girl, if such a thing exists.)

And… responding to one of the comments above, what is wrong with being a European mutt? Nothin’ sad about it.

By: AARON

AARON — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:03:00 +0000

Just had Pig Uterus for dinner. No, I am not joking. My Lao friend cooked it up in a curry, boiling the stuff for about 45 minutes first. The pungent smell of urine accompanied the boiling process, and I at first suspiciously eyed the dog. The boil was intended to removed the smell, but even once dinner was fully prepared, I still caught hints of it as I chewed. Copious amounts of rice and water were consumed with this meal. I am sort of mentally blocking the worse aspects of eating uterus, though a shiver occasionally runs down my spine. I DID finish my portion, save a few bamboo chunks and veggies. 16 hours later I have not suffered any ill effects nor expect to. Having survived this, I hope to have left a good impression on my host, but not been so enthusiastic as to encourage a gift of leftovers.

By: leigh

leigh — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:15:00 +0000

I linked over from your newer blog.
The really scary thing is that stove of yours! It needs a good scrubbing.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:46:00 +0000

I’m just reading this now, but nice Meghan. I’m reposting it on meeteat.com

By: Piccolina

Piccolina — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:23:00 +0000

I read your article with interest because yesterday in a T&T Asian market near my home I spotted pig’s uteruses and haven’t been able to shake the image from head all day, nor coax my appetite into returning. I like to think that I’m very open minded when it comes to foods of the world, but even this one had the gag meter about as far up as it’ll go. To make things just that much worse, the lable actually read “baby pig’s uteruses”. Wow.

Props on an enjoyable article, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one whose been affected by this particular cut of offal.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 19 May 2006 22:43:00 +0000

Nice piece of writing but a little sophmorish and naive. It would have been interesting if you have contacted folks that knew how the items were cooked and wrote about that, perhaps we would have been enlightened. I shop at Ranch 99 often and am from the culture, I would have expected sophistication from a Bay Area writer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 22:42:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:05:00 +0000

Foul! Flag on the play! This seemed familiar. Versions of this have been done earlier. Steve, Don't Eat It being a fine example. Natto was included, as well as silkworm pupa. 0 style points for this one.

By: Hoosierpeach

Hoosierpeach — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:47:00 +0000

You want Euro-gross food? I give you: Lutefisk. There is no accounting for what comfort food means to one people (or one subset of a people) vs. another. I love nouc mam (sp?) and will eat a rabbit or a squirrel if you soak it overnight (and make sure you pick out the buckshot, ouch!) and SPAM is such a part of my childhood I would never renounce it, but Lutefisk? Them Norwegians are crazy, sure? Ya!