New Foods

Sorry for the lack of updates. We have been really busy. I just wanted to let everyone know that I have recently tried a food that I always thought would be horrible. Maddie came over for a visit to hang out with Amber on Friday while I was at work getting whipped by a little kid with a jump rope. Which the Japanese teachers did nothing about. Anyway, she bought a bunch of snacks for the visit. She had bought something that is called dried squid snacks, or some variant of that name. Amber showed me the snacks and told me that they were really good. It is funny that she tried them while I was gone because I think she was afraid of trying them too. But we both have agreed that being over here has opened new doors and not being afraid to try some food just because it looks weird or sounds disgusting. I say try all new foods that are put in front of you. Some you may hate and some you might get addicted to like me and the dried squid snacks. It tastes like peppered beef jerky to me. But each pack tastes different. Some have tasted like fish jerky as well. The squid is shredded and it actually looks like dried leather so even if you do see it on a table and try it you won't know the difference.

My message for the week. Try new foods. Just a run down of foods that I have tried over here. Most of them are things that I never thought I would eat. Some were good and some were not so good.
Chicken Cartilage
Quail Eggs
Chicken Stomach
Chicken Intestines
Chicken Ovaries
Chicken Liver
Chicken Lung
Fish brain
Fish paste Miso
Fish gills
Raw crab
Raw lobster
Raw shrimp - not good
Spicy fish skin
Persimmon - Not sure about the spelling.
Pizza with various Japanese style toppings
Octopus rings - like onion rings

I am sure there are more things that I have tried that have been weird but that is all that I can remember at this moment.