On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hm. Durian has already been mentioned. I thought drumstick was weird > the first time I had it. I'm not a big fan of natto, but I don't think > it's particularly weird. Lots of fermented milk products and smelly > cheeses are considered "weird" but not by me - I like smen for example > (Moroccan fermented butter, left in crock for years to get moldy.) > > Weirdest "vegetarian" food I've had is probably huitlacoche. A kind of > fungus that infects corn (corn "smut") that is sometimes called > "mexican truffles." Have had angle beans and "crosne" which look a bit > like a grub or worm but are actually a root. > > Haven't had kumis yet, but it's on the list. > This thread is requiring more googling than ever. To me, eating smen sounds like smut...and it seems as if eating fungified food seems to be a cuisine all by itself...if I google that, I'll probably get a specific term to describe that...probably penicillinophilia....
