Dish of the month: Rocky Mountain Oysters

this weekend, i had my first tastte of liver, which is beef liver pan fried and sauteed with onions. there is no doubt that it tasted kinda good, especially considering i wasn't expecting much. intrigued, my roommate told me about Rocky mountain oysters.

here's a picture of where the delicacy comes from:


So it's a bull. cool.


now here's a picture of what part it specifically comes from.



and here's how they look, sliced, breaded in flour, salt and pepper and deep fried:


They're rocky mountain oysters because uncooked bulls testicles have the consistency and look of raw oyster, and a large cattle industry is present in the rocky mountains. as the need to pacify aggressive behavior of bulls became relevant in cattle ranching, the testes were removed, and consequently it was added to the cuisine in the west as an intriguing appetizer.


They are not just bull testes, rocky mountain oysters are also from bear or buffalo.

and to top off this wonderful dish, it's also been popularized in different forms in other countries: in jakarta, they are sometimes part of the satay. the rest of the world sometimes calls the dish "sweet meats"

and you thought sweetmeats was candy.

Balls.

The Korean History Channel

As a rebuttal to those that thought I was being racist when i related kimchee to korean people, I would like to apologize by sharing this clip with you.

DISCLAIMER:
the only true part of this clip is that "BuGolGi isSo guuood"
And I don't endorse anything about eatting doggie or japanese dinosaurs, anything like that.

If you wanna eat, call me, we'll have Rich JC sometime!

The Food Slideshow sideshow!

I recently got an e-mail from someone that claimed to actually have read this blog.
This suprised me on muliple levels:

1. this person actually stumbled onto my blog, and

2. this person was willing to read my posts!

now if that's not weird, then i don't know what is.

but anyways, he put me onto slideshows that can actually be imbedded into html format, which is pretty dope in my book.

These slides are top quality and in the food category, it has the capacity to introduce you to many different types of food in a food group, so enjoy! Props to Anuj for the info.



Eat something fresh today, most veggies and fruits have the nutrients to help you metabolize your food, promote health and proper functioning of your body. In general, they maximize the energy you get from carbs and proteins.

Eating Culture: National Dishes and regional specialties

sorry. it's been a while. i'm not sure if anyone has read this thing in about a semester, i haven't updated too recently.

But yeah, back to food.

The national food item is actually one of the most intriguing things to eat, one that is tied strongly to a cultural identity. There aren't too many dishes that a culture and society is intricately tied to in this world. Hot Dogs are synonymous with Americans and the identity of wiener lovers (hurf hurf hurf!) in North America. Fish and Chips is an English tradition (just like binge drinking and driving on the wrong side of the road), and Haggis is a Scot thing (as are kilts and Mel Gibson/William Wallace)

It's that special combination of Nationality and Food that really brings out the best in one's genuine cultural experience through food. When you eat something like that, you can literally taste tradition and get a better understanding for the cultural values of the dish.

For example, Kimchee.

Note and Disclaimer: The following may sound racist and ironically very ignorant of culture, but it's meant to playfully call out general trends in attitude. If you're Korean and are offended, don't worry about it. You see, all the korean people I know are always offended by something anyways and that motivates them to be the best human beings possible, so I'm glad that i get to be a part of the fun.

I'm sure you've run into (South) Korean people before. the hardcore ones. they're very feisty, full of spice, and can often turn you off because they're immensely intense and leave a distinctive love-hate response.

Like any South Korean Drama, soap opera or movie, there's always immense physical humor involved, lots of violent immediacy and "playful" abuse, full of drama and lots of hate, which ultimately is defeated by a bittersweet dramatic twist ending with a declaration of love or an immense epiphany and/or return home.

There are so many different kinds of Koreans, but at the heart of every one is the intense and sweet-sour-spicy attitude that will add a great dynamic to the whole. Can't live without it. If you have too much Korean in your life and you're not used to it, it'll probably give you an ulcer.

That pretty much summarizes Kimchee at it's essence.

And we're out of time, ill have to get to talking about food sometime. Balls.



This is Kimchee.










This is kimchee about to hit your tastebuds.
(It's an acquired taste.)