Comments on: Try The Alligator

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:13:39 +0000

No surprise here, the thing Jake (owner of the banana suit) mentioned about his trip to Florida, was eating alligator :)

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:51:46 +0000

Good points, MrsDragon. Sometimes nothing hits the spot like a good old fashioned hamburger. The point of my post was simply to get people thinking about the choices they make, no matter what those choices may be.

By: MrsDragon

MrsDragon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:57:31 +0000

This kind of thinking bothers me just as much as the opposite. It seems there are two camps the “cookie cutter” camp and the “anti-cookie cutter” camp. No, you shouldn’t feel pressured by society to do everything exactly as the Jones’s are. And you certainly shouldn’t feel that you need to strain your finances to fake it. However, there is no need to deny yourself things you actually want and enjoy simply because they are popular.

Yes, having some excitement is nice, but just because your life is like a lot of other people’s doesn’t mean you are automatically a stick in the mud.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:18:02 +0000

Oh…forgot to mention…I have had frog legs. It was so long ago that I don’t remember how I liked them, but I remember having them when I lived in Asia. I also had chicken’s feet in Hong Kong.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:16:24 +0000

That is so true! I love it when people decide to go against the mold. I have adventurous tastes. Probably one of the strangest things I’ve eaten is balut, a Philippine delicacy…duck eggs, although the duck is partially formed in there…the beak is crunchy. :-) Sometimes they’ve developed feathers. My mom says it tastes like chicken noodle soup. I’m not sure if I agree, but it isn’t bad. It isn’t the best thing I’ve ever tasted either. (I especially enjoyed the time I had it…a Filipina lady brought some to a church function, and two of us were brave enough to have some. Well, I should say one of us. The other guy proceeded to reassemble his duckling on his napkin and not eat it. I guess I was the only “real man”…) :-)

One of my goals when I went to France was to try escargots. Sadly, it didn’t happen, but I’m planning on going back someday, so we’ll see.

I missed New Orleans when I went to Louisiana, but I loved the South. I have had alligator jerky, but that’s the extent of my alligator experience. I did try fried okra and grits (not in the same meal) when I was down there, though. I’ve been somewhat hooked on grits since. :-)