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. That’s right – The Devil’s oyster. Battered and deep-fried, covered in hot sauce, and topped with blue cheese dressing. A kind of Buffalo Mollusk. There are more fancy-smancy ways of preparing this dish, but this is how it was being slung out at Oyster Fest … Continue reading “Oysters Diablo, Weird Regional Food”

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Chicken feet. On the odder side of the dim sum bill of fare stands chicken feet. Googling at the table like maniacs, looking for any excuse to get away with NOT eating the feet, we found that you haven’t really had dim sum if you haven’t … Continue reading “Chicken Feet, Weird Regional Food”

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Pasties from the U.P. of Michigan. Coalminer food. Stuffed with beef, potato and rutabaga. Can fall down a mine shaft without breaking open. Great with ketchup.

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Would You Eat This? Spaghetti alla Veniziana. On the menu in Venice as “with small cuttlefish,” basically squid with a sauce made out of its own ink. Well, would you?

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Boudin is a Cajun creation — a mixture of pork, pork liver, onion, spices and rice stuffed into a sausage casing.

Crawfish, shrimp and crab are sometimes used in place of the pork products. Big chunks of crawdad tail and shrimp stuffed into “natural casing,” a … Continue reading “Boudin, Weird Regional Food”

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Bonus points for the most clever food name we’ve ever heard! This dish is called “Bone Marrow Pudding with Tongue in Cheek Marmalade” — and it’s exactly what it says it is. We ordered it for the name, braced for the worst and we VERY pleasantly … Continue reading “Bone Marrow Pudding with Tongue in Cheek Marmalade, Weird Regional Food”

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Would You Eat This?: On the menu in Czech Republic as “a special,” dumplings, pork, sweet gravy, some kind of fruit jelly and whipped cream (yes, with sugar). Well, would you?

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