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Not squirrel poop by any chance?

Nope.

We don't eat coloured paper, which is what they use to get the snails to poop that way.

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^ Yeah, pretty much!

And I was once looked askance at for having explained what black soup and bone vodka are.

I hope you don't intend to explain them again.

Maybe he has to for the benefit of new members.

I thought it was just the Finns who liked trying out their delicacies on foreigners.

But today this article appeared, where a British man is trying the same thing on unsuspecting Japanese people.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food- ... rmite-a-go

Yuck. My dad used to try to get me to eat it when I was a kid, because it was cheap and (allegedly) nutritious. It tasted like eating tar to me. They have a slightly different recipe over here, and the equally unpalatable vegemite.

There are a ton of videos on YouTube of Americans trying out Vegemite (called the "Vegemite challenge"). But for some reason they seem to eat it raw straight from the jar. It's a terrible way to try Vegemite for the first time. Still funny to watch, though. There are videos from other countries as well, most of them hating it. Mind you, I did see a video of Russians trying Vegemite, and half of them actually seemed to like it.

But you know what's even better? Cadbury is bringing out Vegemite chocolate next month. I kid you not, Vegemite chocolate! Here's a news article about it. I seriously CAN'T WAIT to try it out!

And now that we seem to have an Icelandic member, I hope they will tell us all the details of preparing hákarl.

I do hope not.

Anyone here ever been to Iceland? It looks amazing, I would love to go there one day.

I actually thought at first that surströmming was the same as sursild, (inlagd sild in Swedish, pickled herring). But it turns out it's rakafisk (also called rakfisk or rakefisk). I will never eat anything fermented. Ever. I hate slimy food.


I've never been to Iceland. The only places I've been to are different places in Norway, Denmark, London and New York City.

Which places have you guys visited?

When I was living in the UK I visited Italy, France, Switzerland and Spain.

Since I've been here I have visited Australia (Melbourne, briefly), Vanuatu, and Rarotonga.

Plus a couple of stop overs for 24 hours in Bali and South Korea. Not bad really for someone who is terrified of flying.

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