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Clark Boyd is a reporter for The World. From advances in technology to the ups and downs of the markets, he has reported from many different countries for the show. He is now based out of the Boston newsroom.

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Talking Travel: Strange foods-on-a-stick!

March 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
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Traveling the globe is a great way to expand your food horizons. Just look at this Wikipedia pic, which was taken by Kilroy238: candied fruit for sale on the streets of Tianjin, China.  So, in this episode of Talking Travel, we start with the question: what’s the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten while traveling? Robert Reid and Tom Hall from Lonely Planet weigh in with “duck embryo” and “guinea pig” respectively. Yes, leaving your culinary comfort zone can expand your mind and your stomach, and potentially challenge both your digestion and your ethics. Take a listen to our podcast, and then share your own foodie adventure below in the comments!

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8 comments for “Talking Travel: Strange foods-on-a-stick!”

  • John Worsley

    I ate deep fried cicadas in a village near Qingdao, China.

  • http://www.flickr.com/ryan_roxx Ryan G

    I’ve ate several strange foods: guinea pig, dog, crickets, silk worms, horse, tapir, pig’s stomach, pig’s ears, jellyfish, puffer fish, and lamb’s lungs, but by far the strangest tasting was armadillo.

  • Rubens Nagao

    Salo (raw pork fat) in Ukraine! Lost one week of my life after it!

  • Pradeep

    Had Ostrich Burgers in Malaysia!! even though Ostriches are not native to Malyasia, there are breeding farms…Also had Kiwi burger at McDonald’s in New Zealand

  • VINCENT

    AT TIMES YOU CANT HELP IT,SOME BUSHMEAT IN NAMIBIA,FIRST PLACE ON EARTH WITNESSED MONKEYS EATING COOKED MEAT,FROM THEIR BEHAVIOR I FIGURED IT WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN.
    THAT WAS STRANGE.

  • Victoria Staples-Trimmer

    I had camel in Saudi Arabia, and turkey blood pudding in Brazil. The camel was tasty…but I’m still ceeped out by the blood pudding!

  • http://www.micronutrient.org Aynsley

    I was offered goat intestine from a road-side stall by a Kenyan I was working with. He was very surprised and pleased when I plunged in. It’s very gritty and rubbery!

  • Robin

    Coming from a hunting family who’s rule was we eat what we kill, I’ve eaten everything from javelina (wild boar) to moose to rattlesnake to unfortunately once a ram’s eye. The worst by far, however, was mentioned in the podcast- a fertilized egg in the Philippines. I’m sure it had little pre-feather fuzz! Oh, the things we do to be polite.