Gallery of scary food: Happy Halloween

by Pim under Uncategorized with 11 Comments

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

happy halloween!


Prehistoric snack

Roadkill, Thai style
road kill, Thai style

DinoToes(TM)
Percebes

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  • http://caseyellis.blogspot.com Casey

    OK, those DinoToes are seriously disgusting-looking.
    Pim says…
    Casey,
    They are percebes, a kind of shellfish. Quite yum actually. I wrote about it here.

  • yuki-kun

    eew…

  • http://ascientistinthekitchen.blogspot.com Gay

    What are those prehistoric snacks? They must be crunchy…
    Pim says…
    Hmm…I’m not a big fan of them to tell the truth. They are horseshoe crabs – they actually are prehistoric, one of the oldest creatures on earth. In Thailand the eggs are eaten, usually crushed into spicy nam-prik relishes. They are used more for the scent and the flavor, which is a bit metallic to me, and stinky too. Ugh.

  • http://qlinart.blogspot.com QlinArt

    Great article for this Halloween day! Are those ducks? I’ve never seen birds flattened like that!

  • http://chaxiubao.typepad.com chaxiubao

    Pim, you’re so funny when you say they’re scary…

  • http://www.marriedwithdinner.com Anita

    The picture we have up today seems to be scaring some folks:
    http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/10/31/murder-most-fowl/

  • David

    Pim:
    The “mangda talay” do look scary, but you could have included a picture of “mangda” as well. When I was learning Thai I thought I was getting horseshoe crab (which I thought was very adventurous), but ended up with mangda instead. Now *that* was scary! ;-)
    Love the blog!

  • http://www.rasamalaysia.com Rasa Malaysia

    I just had horseshoe crab in a couple of days ago in Penang, I didn’t like it at all (first time). I had always avoided eating it because it looks scary…

  • http://www.kango.com/hotels/healdsburg_ca_hotel_951036083.html Kaggo Vino

    Just love these pics!
    Shortly before Halloween, I was in Healdsburg (one of my favorite places in California!) and ordered up my usual plate of barbecued oysters. To my surprise, they came arranged in a goblinesque pattern that resembled a jack-o-lantern! Wish I’d had my camera to add to your photos.
    BTW, check out Healdsburg if you haven’t!

  • Susan

    The prehistoric horseshoe crab is plentiful along Delaware and Maryland coastlines, where I grew up. Their tail, that scary-sharp protuberance called a telson, is dangerous only if you happen to step on it with bare feet. Eating? I wouldn’t think they’d be worth the trouble of catching for what little meat they’d yield.

  • http://HalloweenCooking.org/ Nick

    Nice pictures! I’m a huge fan of crazy food. It took me a few minutes to figure out those were ducks! I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. The last picture looks like something I’d be willing to try.