Kevin's Watch

This weekend I went to New Zealand's biggest Wild Food Festival in the small town of Hokitika, and man was it a blast!

I ate the following:

Mountain oysters (goats testicles)
Huhu grubs (turns into some sort of moth)
Ostrich patties
Fried snails
Wild venison souvlaki
Waffles with wild boysenberry sauce
...and I put a duck's tongue marinated in whiskey in my mouth, but once I bit into it and realised it was all grissley I gagged and had to spit it out.

Also, I wanted to eat but didn't because they ran out or I couldn't find it:

Worm truffles
Tequila worm shots
Magpie pies
Possum pate
Crocodile
Kangaroo
...and apparently there were even shots of bull semen somewhere.

So a great time had by all, with most of the day spent getting well and truly sloshed on beer, sangria and alcoholic cider.

does new Zealand have any normal food?

Most of our food is boringly normal. We are described in culinary circles, or so I have heard, as the bestion of the iceberg lettuce because of our long reluctance to try anything new.

variol son wrote:...and apparently there were even shots of bull semen somewhere.

Revan must have been in his glory.

I knew I recognised the guy in nothing but his underware getting sun tan lotion rubbed on by anyone who passed by!

variol son wrote:I knew I recognised the guy in nothing but his underware getting sun tan lotion rubbed on by anyone who passed by!

Sounds like fun, although I'm sucha fussy eater, I'd probably have starved. Off the list though, I've eaten Ostrich, (very popular here) Crocodile and Tequila worms.

--A

Oh, there was normal food as well: lamb shanks, wild beef sandwiches, marlin burgers, and whitebait. Hmmmm, whitebait.

I'll stick to lamb shank and beef thanks.

--A

Do you not eat seafood?

Not at all. I don't eat anything that lives in the water. No fish, no shellfish, I don't even like seaweed.

--A

Avatar wrote:Not at all. I don't eat anything that lives in the water.
--A

Thank god! You won't eat me.

Loremaster wrote:

Avatar wrote:Not at all. I don't eat anything that lives in the water.
--A

Thank god! You won't eat me.

and so the fcc shuts down another thread...