The article discusses the consumption of guinea pig, veal testicles, beef penis, tongue, pig's feet, kidneys, and chicken assholes. Reading each of these accounts made my stomach uneasy. Thinking about it however I shouldn't be so bothered. I'm not a vegetarian, but taking on a vegetarians perspective (one the refrains from eating meat for respect of the animal) eating these parts of the animal should be looked upon with no disgust. My reason behind this is that in America when a animal is slaughtered the two parts that are used mainly are the meat and hide to turn into leather. But in other societies it seems as though they have enough respect for the animal they killed to not waste any part. I could be wrong however, and they just enjoy the taste of these parts, which I still think is pretty gross.
1) "Taboo | Gross Food | National Geographic Channel." National Geographic Channel - Animals, Science, Exploration Television Shows. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. .
2) Mitchell, Nina. "Gross Me Out! | Away.com." Away.com: Travel Guides, Advice from Experts. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. .
It’s crazy how the most common food for some people can be the most grosses thing that they ever ate. I enjoy eating meat loaf and sushi, maybe its cause I grew up on eating a variety of everything. But I agree that liver, heart, and kidneys are gross. My family on my black side does not consume anything that’s exotic unless my mom makes it.
ReplyDeleteI knew that other cultures eat different parts of animals than we do, but I never even considered that they do it out of respect for the animal. I think that it is a really interesting idea, not that I personally would want to do the same.
ReplyDeleteI know what show your talking about and I am a fan, particularly just to see what other cultures find typical in daily consumption. Although a lot of what that guy eats are foods I would never consume. A lot of the foods mentioned in the artical were completely shocking, like the balut and of course the assholes. However, the history of chitlins were a nice touch to see that America does have it's unusual side when it comes to food. Chitlins, I believe, are all American, and they are a part of the hog intestines. I think when we delve into the history of food we'll see that we are not too different.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the first paragraph when you mention how the intestine of animals are considered unappetizing. When you take into account we eat bacon, the fat of a pig, whats stops us from eating the rest of the pig.
ReplyDeleteI personally believe is a cultural reason, why certain foods are shunned upon. For example, if raised in another country, you may be taught to think the insides of animal is actually tasteful.