Food Taboos of the past and present

VHS · Aug 14, 2020

Futurist said:
Is that fat?

Yeah, it takes balls to eat balls!

For women and ....., eating chicken "balls" is considered a "she-man" behaviour.
It is the only type of "balls" I have eaten.
Back to the topic of bovines, I guess Hindus can take imported Bison bison meat?
(scientific names are used for clarity.)
I have tried bison at our local museum; they use bison bits to make soup and chili.
A little drier and denser than common beef.

Devdas · Aug 14, 2020

Futurist said:
What does this curry taste like?

Chitterlings - Wikipedia

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Looks like a Medieval food.

It taste nice, the tripe/intestine is somewhat chewy. But cleaning is the main problem its smells so foul. Even while cooking, until spices are added foul smells still comes.

Futurist · Aug 14, 2020

Devdas said:
It taste nice, the tripe/intestine is somewhat chewy. But cleaning is the main problem its smells so foul. Even while cooking, until spices are added foul smells still comes.

Maybe in the West they clean it better?

Devdas · Aug 14, 2020

HardtackJuniper said:
Buffaloes are extremely rare. It takes a rather unusual strength in your arms to do the job in one strike. Also it's sort of unthinkable in most urban and semi urban neighborhoods unless there isn't a century old tradition (rarest of rare). Goats are common but most people don't allow stuff like that out in the open, at least not in cities and suburbs, mostly. The guy doing it also prefers it that way, because nobody's going to bother him if he (almost invariably) botches it up. In fact no one cares as long as the caterer's cook does his job properly. Hence the winter melon. And I've never seen the red paint thing myself though.

In South India, they put red colour on winter melon as synonym of blood. I have seen at numerous places.

Futurist · Aug 14, 2020

VHS said:
For women and ....., eating chicken "balls" is considered a "she-man" behaviour.
It is the only type of "balls" I have eaten.
Back to the topic of bovines, I guess Hindus can take imported Bison bison meat?
(scientific names are used for clarity.)
I have tried bison at our local museum; they use bison bits to make soup and chili.
A little drier and denser than common beef.

Is being a she-man good or bad?

Devdas said:
In South India, they put red colour on winter melon as synonym of blood. I have seen at numerous places.

On its shell?

Devdas · Aug 14, 2020

Futurist said:
Maybe in the West they clean it better?

Yes, cleaning takes lots of time with cold water then hot water. Intestine are so common in west for making sausages.

Futurist · Aug 14, 2020

Devdas said:
Yes, cleaning takes lots of time with cold water then hot water. Intestine are so common in west for making sausages.

Hot water is much more rare in India than it is in the West?

VHS · Aug 14, 2020

Futurist said:
Is being a she-man good or bad?

Good or bad.
The good side: the decisive, courageous, relatively care-free, independent, strong
"she-man" is often the role model.
The bad side: almost the same as the "tough guy".
Why is offal often taboo for North Americans?

Devdas · Aug 15, 2020

Futurist said:
Hot water is much more rare in India than it is in the West?

We also use hot water,all I was saying that tripe in general is more smelly than normal meat and it takes lots of hard work to clean the tripe. Tripe is a cheaper meat option for many people.

Dreamhunter · Aug 15, 2020

Devdas said:
It taste nice, the tripe/intestine is somewhat chewy. But cleaning is the main problem its smells so foul. Even while cooking, until spices are added foul smells still comes.

I can't recall precisely how our folks treat it. But first soaking it in water then brushing it with coconut fibre brush or any cleansing brush is a part of it IIRC.

You could also peel off the inside coating of the tripe/intestine completely, but then that would be wasting a good part of the meat. I have a pretty sensitive nose & taste buds too, so chicken feet & eel meat are personal taboo for me. But tripe/intestine soup or curry is definitely a big hit with me. Never once bothered me at all.

VHS · Aug 15, 2020

Dreamhunter said:
I can't recall precisely how our folks treat it. But first soaking it in water then brushing it with coconut fibre brush or any cleansing brush is a part of it IIRC.

You could also peel off the inside coating of the tripe/intestine completely, but then that would be wasting a good part of the meat. I have a pretty sensitive nose & taste buds too, so chicken feet & eel meat are personal taboo for me. But tripe/intestine soup or curry is definitely a big hit with me. Never once bothered me at all.

I am (mostly) an universal omnivore; a few things that I refuse to touch:
Moringa powder: some overdose can cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Chicken skin or fatty pork skin: sense of nausea when I try to swallow.
Lately, salad and cold foods are not my stuffs due to hygiene issues.

Naomasa298 · Aug 15, 2020

Dreamhunter said:
I can't recall precisely how our folks treat it. But first soaking it in water then brushing it with coconut fibre brush or any cleansing brush is a part of it IIRC.

You could also peel off the inside coating of the tripe/intestine completely, but then that would be wasting a good part of the meat. I have a pretty sensitive nose & taste buds too, so chicken feet & eel meat are personal taboo for me. But tripe/intestine soup or curry is definitely a big hit with me. Never once bothered me at all.

Can't see myself eating chicken feet, but I've had grilled eel in Japan. It was a little too rich for my taste, but I wouldn't say no to it again.

Naomasa298 · Aug 15, 2020

Pork skin?

Braised pork hock in Thailand. It ain't right if you don't eat the skin.

As for chicken skin, it's the only good part of KFC.

Devdas · Aug 15, 2020

Dreamhunter said:
I can't recall precisely how our folks treat it. But first soaking it in water then brushing it with coconut fibre brush or any cleansing brush is a part of it IIRC.

You could also peel off the inside coating of the tripe/intestine completely, but then that would be wasting a good part of the meat. I have a pretty sensitive nose & taste buds too, so chicken feet & eel meat are personal taboo for me. But tripe/intestine soup or curry is definitely a big hit with me. Never once bothered me at all.

Chicken feet I have eaten, eel I have never eaten in my life, I have never seen eel in any of the fish market in India. The country chicken in India is expensive and many people would eat all part of the chicken like skin, head and feet except intestine.

robto · Aug 15, 2020

VHS said:
Have you tried Macanese Portuguese sauce? This is a type of curry.
How common is coconut milk in curry?
What do you think of cocoyam and potatoes in curry?
Let's have fun with French: potatoes are known as pomme de terre in French.

How come I never heard of "Macanese-Portuguese sauce" before?

VHS · Aug 15, 2020

robto said:
How come I never heard of "Macanese-Portuguese sauce"?

One of two versions of "Portuguese sauce":

Portuguese sauce - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is not Portuguese in spite of the name.
Nando's might be more Portuguese.

Futurist · Aug 15, 2020

Naomasa298 said:
Can't see myself eating chicken feet, but I've had grilled eel in Japan. It was a little too rich for my taste, but I wouldn't say no to it again.

Did you have this grilled eel by itself or with some sort of side--and, if so, which side?

Naomasa298 said:
Pork skin?

Braised pork hock in Thailand. It ain't right if you don't eat the skin.

As for chicken skin, it's the only good part of KFC.

What are those little white-yellowish balls?

Devdas · Aug 15, 2020

VHS said:
One of two versions of "Portuguese sauce":

Portuguese sauce - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is not Portuguese in spite of the name.
Nando's might be more Portuguese.

The link says it has origin from Daman and Diu of India. Maybe linked to Gujarati cuisine of the region.

robto · Aug 15, 2020

VHS said:
One of two versions of "Portuguese sauce":

Portuguese sauce - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is not Portuguese in spite of the name.
Nando's might be more Portuguese.

I never heard of this "Portuguese sauce" before, and you are right, it's not Portuguese.
Portuguese people don't use coconut in their cooking. Most Portuguese actually never tasted or even saw, coconut in the first place.

Probably in Macau, it is associated with the Portuguese, because that recipe comes from the former Portuguese India, instead of the Portuguese mainland.

Naomasa298 · Aug 15, 2020

Futurist said:
Did you have this grilled eel by itself or with some sort of side--and, if so, which side?

Left side.

Futurist said:
What are those little white-yellowish balls?

Those are called "eggs".

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