Meg's Adventurous Palate
What a treat it was to page through the just-arrived August issue of Food & Wine magazine and happen across this photo (right) in an article titled "What's Your Food Personality: Picky or Adventurous?"
That's Meg Hourihan, aka Megnut, who has served as senior adviser and so much more here at Serious Eats. From the article:
Megnut.com blogger Meg Hourihan credits her adventurous palate to her family's "no thank you portion," a rule stipulating that there could be no outright refusals at the dinner table. Blubber is next on her list of foods to try.
What kind of food palate do you have? What's next on your list of foods to try?
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6 Comments:
I am the pickiest eater ever. Any suggestions on how to become more adventurous?
JEP at 7:12PM on 07/10/07
Totally absolutely adventurous --- I could eat my way around the world. I guess re today's query on TALK I would try brains; when I find sweetbreads on a menu I am on them! I won't touch bugs, can't go near 'em. Guess that makes me not so totally . . .
ride&cook at 8:31PM on 07/10/07
Come on ride&cook, bugs are nothing! You just haven't had them prepared right. Honestly, they are more texture then taste. They tend to take on the flavors of the seasonings added to them and have a great crunch to them that reminds me of eating popular snack food (which they are in many countries!). As you guess, my philosophy is, if its edible, I will at least give it a try. Life's too short for picky eating!
JEP, I don't know exactly what to tell you, except that there's hope. As a child growing up in small town midwest, I ate nothing that didn't come in a pretty colorful pictured box. Now, as long as it can't talk back....where's the fork!
stareater at 9:42PM on 07/10/07
i think the article's online here: http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/whats-your-food-personality
0ayu at 1:12PM on 07/11/07
Adventurous most definitely.
I hope that one day I can sit down with an Inuit family and tear down a fresh Baby Seal like Anthony Bourdain did:
http://www.forumeter.com/video/28351/Anthony-Bourdain-in-Quebec
It looks freaking awesome. Gruesome, but awesome.
Nate Uri at 1:37PM on 07/11/07
Thanks, 0ayu! Post updated to reflect linkage. (I swear I couldn't find that story yesterday when I looked!)
Adam Kuban at 5:20PM on 07/11/07