This blog was dormant for a while, as my family and I have been travelling in South East Asia (yes, it was awesome - and so was the food!).
As we were gagging at a local delicacy in Manila - a cooked unhatched chicken embryo - it occurred to me that almost every country has some foods that make foreigners' wave their hands and swear to never try it. As Europeans, we found many such foods in Asia (from chicken feet, fermented soy beans, to aforementioned, ahm, embryos). But there are quite a few in Europe as well. Take Scottish haggis (which I love!) - sheep stomach stuffed with offal. Yum.
As we were gagging at a local delicacy in Manila - a cooked unhatched chicken embryo - it occurred to me that almost every country has some foods that make foreigners' wave their hands and swear to never try it. As Europeans, we found many such foods in Asia (from chicken feet, fermented soy beans, to aforementioned, ahm, embryos). But there are quite a few in Europe as well. Take Scottish haggis (which I love!) - sheep stomach stuffed with offal. Yum.
You may guess that we have some questionable foods on Lithuanian menu as well. So I though I will start a new series of posts "Yes, We Eat That" dedicated to foods that some may find unusual.
So here we go with the first food in the series:
So here we go with the first food in the series:
Beef Tongue
It would not have occurred to me that some may find it disgusting, until I saw contestants on "Fear Factor" gagging and losing their lunches when asked to eat a chunk of a nice boiled cow tongue. I would have even paid to do that if they gave me some condiments to go along!
The preparation of this delicacy (yes, that's what it is to us) is fairly simple:
1) Simmer it with some salt and bouquet garnis of you choice for 1.5 hours (or you can buy it ready cooked in the deli section of Lithuanian supermarkets),
2) Place it in ice cold water after boiling (so it tightens up and does not flake),
3) Slice it and serve it with garnish of your choice. Mayo and horseradish taste best.
The preparation of this delicacy (yes, that's what it is to us) is fairly simple:
1) Simmer it with some salt and bouquet garnis of you choice for 1.5 hours (or you can buy it ready cooked in the deli section of Lithuanian supermarkets),
2) Place it in ice cold water after boiling (so it tightens up and does not flake),
3) Slice it and serve it with garnish of your choice. Mayo and horseradish taste best.
Or you can even make a salad with it:
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This one is made of tongue, button mushrooms, pickles, onions and mayo.
Enjoy! |
