Had bofe in a Colombian pueblo, it had tubes poking out of it and tasted vile. I called the "chef" over to ask him what it was and he didn't personally know which part of which animal it was.

Got home and googled it and it turned out to be pigs' lungs. If you fancy trying it then find yourself a pig that smokes a pack of Marlboro a day so it has a bit more flavour.

Anyone ever eaten a century egg?

Yes indeed, not bad at all!

they are sold all over small stores (water stops!) in china, much like we'd have a 'dill pickle' here they are in vacuum sealed plastic, for the cheap ones. Those aren't too good according to my sister, I didn't try it. But, I had one at another place that made them, and they were decent, very distinct flavor, bit of a bad odor.

I'd eat a meal of century eggs before I tried more pickled pigs feet.

Century eggs are made by keeping an egg in mud for a period of time..

in a sense its almost like eating dirt..:eek:

umm no, they are wrapped in hay, or clay, but you don't eat that at all.

I guess the mud would turn to clay.. but yes you're right.. the clay/mud properties soak through the egg, and is completely dark..

In a sense, the properties of which the egg is wrapped in is transferred AFAIK..

A novice question, do they boil and shell the egg before wrapping it or do they wrap a raw egg and the process chemically cooks it then they knock off the surroundings and the shell?

The egg is unbroken and dipped.. I'm not sure raw or cooked..

I presume raw, but I just don't remember..

I just remember eating this at dimsum restaurants going up and currently..

It is one of those things you have to wonder who invented it and what were they were thinking at the time when they said

"I have a cool idea, I am gonna wrap this egg in clay and rice husks then see what it tastes like next summer"

A bit like Peruvian salsa huancaina. Probably invented by drunk students back from 2 for 1 night at the campus bar.

Now a legacy hundreds of years later..:D

Probably an individual playing a tribal trick on another..:)

Unusual Foods
 

I've tried some interesting foods.

1- Cuy ( Guinea Pig ) in Peru- greasey, not much to eat and tons of bones
2- Mud- Peru- definitely the weirdest thing. It became a dare while on a day tour among some people we met.
3-Zebra steak in Namibia- Delicous
4-Zebra Carpaccio in Namibia- tasted great but I was sick as hell for 1.5 days after
5-Fat ... Ants in Colombia- absolutely disgusting, hard to get down... ill
6-Beaver Stew in Lithuania- not the tastiest meal i've had
7-Sausage with Bear in Estonia- very tastey, just wish it was all bear not a combo of animals in the sausuage.

I have eaten ditch dweller snails, shell and all, not my finest moment :D
NOW THAT tasted like dirt.

Did you not try alpaca too in Perú? What an unfortunately delicious animal. Also of course they have Lima beef heart anticuchos

I forgot about hormigas culonas the Colombian fat bottomed ant. They are a great beer snack and now come in BBQ and lemon flavours. I haven't had them for years but quite enjoyed them, crunchy and anty at the same time.

Here we go, available in the deli next to the queso paipa

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z4Upkb8MMU...0/hormigas.jpg

Foods that taste like dirt.. is now in..:D

Unusual Foods
 

I had alpaca steak many times! It was really great and cheap too!

Another to add to the list was

Chicken Hearts in Bratislava, Slovakia- weird, nasty, not my thing!

Hormigas
 

I just realized- you actually liked the fat a@s ants? I could barely swallow them. I offered a dog in our hostel some and he wouldn't come within a couple of feet to even smell them!