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Wherever Books Are Sold!Boomer Travel. Food. Laughter. Breaking the Empty Nest Rules!
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Donkey from Sardinia, Italy. Surprisingly delicious. Nice toliet seat shape. Brings new meaning to “covering your ass”!
Check out how we got roped in to eating donkey here: https://www.gypsynester.com/sassari.htm
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The CPR inducting, defibrillating, rib spreading bang for your buck has got to be the Triple D Burger. A whopping third pound of ground cow topped with onions, pickles, tomatoes and American cheese, dipped in batter and doused in hot grease. Bun and all. Consult your physician … Continue reading “Deep Fried Cheeseburger, Weird Regional Food”
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No food says Osaka, Japan more than these hot octopus-stuffed balls of deliciousness. Takoyaki, which translates to fried octopus, is said to have been invented in 1935 by a street vendor named Tomekichi Endo, and has become the definitive Osaka snack. … Continue reading “Takoyaki, Weird Regional Food”
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For all you flat-landers out there, Rocky Mountain oysters, also known as prairie oysters or cowboy caviar, are considered a delicacy by many mountain folk and are made by slicing and frying — you got it — bull testicles.
Did we eat some? More on … Continue reading “Rocky Mountain Oysters, Weird Regional Food”
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A true delicacy of the Newfoundland, cod tongues. Fried tidbits straight from the fish’s mouth, served with scrunchions, deep fried pork fat bits. The tongues just tasted like cod, with a very slight gelled consistency. And everything’s good with a little pig fat … Continue reading “Cod Tongues, Weird Regional Food”
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The incredibly unpleasant aroma led me to trying the garnish first, asking every member of the staff how to go about ingesting the worms, bringing one right up to my lips and chickening out (by the way, they most decidedly do not taste like chicken), … Continue reading “Silkworms, Weird Regional Food”
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Cuy is Guinea Pig – yes just like the pets – and is traditionally eaten in the highlands of Peru on special occasions. We decide an occasion couldn’t get much more special than celebrating our visit to Machu Picchu so when we see a place … Continue reading “Cuy (Guinea Pig), Weird Regional Food”
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Dinner in Peru gave us a chance to try some alpaca. Alpaca is basically a smaller version of the llama. Although they look somewhat like sheep, alpaca are actually a relative of the camel. Can’t say we ever had a hankering to try any roasted dromedary, … Continue reading “Alpaca, Weird Regional Food”