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Get Back
I was watching this in the background and it almost made me cry. Check out the first comment.
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Lethocerus Indicus (Giant Water Bug)
“The Vietnamese call this insect cà cuống. It is a highly prized food and often boiled and fried whole.” LINK Here in Thailand, it is called maeng da or malaeng da, and is mostly used ground up in chili paste called nam phrik or jaew bong. The pheromone that so famously attracts the females has a unique and powerful scent, unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced. Not unpleasant in and of itself, but very strong. I can eat it, but have never tried it raw… I found the one above freshly dead, in my driveway. It did not smell. It’s the only one I’ve seen in the wild, although they…
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Kewpie’s Frankeneggs – Snowman Kimipuchi
On the right, a normal egg yolk. On the left, a fake yolk AKA the Snowman Kimipuchi: A user on Twitter performed this experiment in a frying pan with a fake egg found in a convenience store bento, and the Japanese are outraged! The list of ingredients on the Kewpie page sounds a lot like the ingredients in their mayonnaise: I understand the concern of Japanese bento eaters, but I’m also really curious about the taste…
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Thai Salad is Best
This one is Yam Pla Muk (Squid Yam). What is yam? Yam is one of the 4 types of Thai salads.
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Rat Sushi
This is one of the last photos I took on an outing before COVID lockdown. I checked, but they weren’t actually serving rodents of any kind, so we can chalk this one up to interesting Asian naming.
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Crown Monster Truck
This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I asked the guy who posted it to Twitter for more info, and he told me it’s from Iceland. If anybody knows anything else about it, please comment on this post. #monstercrown #bigfootkujira #monsterMS60
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Random Thai Lunch Generator
A yummy one, from some months back. Crispy pork red curry with star egg (khai dao), natch.
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