Topic: Would you eat this? - page 3. (Read 2875 times)

Speaking of writhing, living 'meat,' how about Casu Marzu?  Sardinian (and Corsican) cheese that's processed with fly larvae, whose intestinal juices produce a unique flavor in the fermentation process.  When disturbed -- as they naturally would be when cheese is being eaten -- they can launch themselves several inches.  Buon appetito. 
Casu marzu is considered to be unsafe to eat by Sardinian aficionados when the maggots in the cheese have died. Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is usually eaten, although allowances are made for cheese that has been refrigerated, which can kill the maggots. When the cheese has fermented enough, it is often cut into thin strips and spread on moistened Sardinian flatbread (pane carasau), to be served with a strong red wine. Casu marzu is believed to be an aphrodisiac by Sardinians.Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed, diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping. Some who eat the cheese prefer not to ingest the maggots. Those who do not wish to do so place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten.

It does not appeal to me at all.

In fact, most of the new upscale burgers with all sorts of unappealing substances crammed between the bun halves also do not appeal to me. I like the classic cheeseburger, with the classic pickles, tomato slices, lettuce, and onions. I prefer that it be made using the more inexpensive grade of ground chuck with the higher fat content for flavor and juiciness. The high priced stuff with nearly no fat is dry and tasteless IMHO.

Would I eat that mess?  Not on a bet!  I really do not know where to begin in describing how disgusting that garbage is.  I guess one must begin with the glazed donuts serving as a bun, followed by the faux cheese product (most likely cheez whiz out of a jar).  And that meat?  Good Gawd what is it?  Looks vaguely like canned dog food.  I'll just be kind and refer to it as mystery meat.  I grew up on a cuisine that was heavy on the sea food and was a strange mixture of Italian, Slovene, and German cooking.  But even at its weirdest, nothing compared to this concoction.

Some restaurants around here serve live shrimp, recall a restaurant critic describing experience as somehow spiritual, that is, he felt the life leave the creature to be ingested and used to sustain his.  There's a movement among the farm to table foodies advocating carnivores to witness or even take part in slaughter and dressing of animal they eat, the idea being to be fully conscious of, and honor the life involved in the deal.  This awareness not possible if all meat consumed is bought in shrink wrapped packaging.  

I could not eat a still living, wriggling thing no way no how.  Ate lots of pulpa (octopus) in Galicia but it was long past able to move, and delectably prepared. Grinning while chomping on live squid, its tentacles visible and wriggling vigorously. Quite a visual

but would you eat this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ

I heard that same sentiment from friends who didn't have the same metabolism.  The difference is that I actually had sympathy for them and in some weird way, thought I had an affinity with them, that I now know I couldn't possibly have had.   

Never had that luxury .  We who have struggled our whole lives with metabolisms better suited to life in areas where there's frequent famine, who can gain weight merely by gazing at images such as the OP hate you. ;-)

Don't eat it. It will kill you.

I am the opposite. I will try, and have enjoyed for the most part...all foods. Absolute favorite is Korean...then Mexican then Italian. I can eat Kimchee like there's no tomorrow.

But Fast Food burgers...absolutely no way. Watch Fast Food Nation and you won't either.

Only with extra mayo and battered jalapeño poppers.  Lol.  Setting aside artery clogging quotient, the glazed donut bun is a non starter.  Many combinations of sweet and savory work amazingly well (bacon and almost anything for example), but that is just one sickening oleaginous mess.

This looks gross.... i can never eat it

I would have eaten that in my younger days, probably two of them at a time, when it seemed nothing affected me.  I ate like a horse just to keep from wasting away; I must have had the metabolism of a humming bird.   But that was before I thought of the health consequences of eating bad foods, you know, when you think you are invincible.  Now, it just looks disgusting and I can feel my arteries clogging just looking at the picture.  LOL     

Nope - I can be picky with food, and that pic grosses me out a bit.It was not till after college that I even ate pizza.

And besides, I really don't consider individual burger joints as fast food. Food fast, yes, but fast food, no. People need to support local business, and getting out and trying a new burger is a good way to do it.

I would probably give it a taste can't say it appeals to me though.

If that's cheese I'd eat it. It's a sin NOT to eat something that has melted cheese on it, and I know how much you want to avoid going to hell.

Absolutely would not eat that. Haven't eaten at a fast food joint (McD, BK, Wendies or anything like those) for almost 20 years.

Watch "Fast Food Nation" and you will never eat another fast food burger. Especially one that would instantly clog your arteries like that one.

Why do the burger looks like it is made out of worm and maggot to me?

this is disgusting hahaha maybe its pretty good, who knows