You really eat that? And Like it?

What's a haggis and where does it come from?

I live in Indonesia. Have you ever been here before? We have tons of exotic cuisines here that most westerners won't even touch. too much to describe. I've seen an episode in fear factor once where they got to the food challenge (you know, the stage where they have to eat sickening food that are spoiled or still crawling) and to my surprise, the food they had to eat was a cows brain. I was more surprised when I saw the contestants disgusted faces. A cow's brain is actually quite a delicacy here, I love it. various other inner and outer parts of cows and poultry are also a delicacy.

I've also noticed one other food (actually a fruit) the westerners are disgusted with but are an all-time favorite indonesian dish. I saw this one from the discovery challenge where the host traveled across asia to try various exotic dishes from 100 year old eggs to a skewered raw heart's frog that's still beating. He seemed fine with all of it, until he tried the one food that eventually made him puke.. a DURIAN fruit. I mean, come on... durian's are delicious. okay, maybe they have a strong smell that not anyone can understand but the sweet and tenderness of a good ripe durian is worth it. I'd post a picture of it if I could but I don't know how

Haggis is one of those foods which, if you want to try it, it's best not to describe it. Unless you do come from Scotland, of course.

Well honey you know I am from Scotland and I can tell you I most definitely would never try and force you to eat haggis - wouldn't touch it myself! lol We have all different kinds of foods! For example there is the Scotch Pie synonymous with going to Football matches, it is a thin hard pastry shell filled with mince (ground beef) and usually washed down (well at least at the football) with Bovril - a pretty disgusting meaty flavoured hot drink!
There are lots of good stuff too like stews and soups and tatties then there are things like Scottish Fudge and Tablet, oh and honey laced with whiskey and and and - och just wait til you get here and we will investigate together! lol xxx

Good Morning Sunshine, sorry had heaps to do and only just logged in now.
Still heaps to do.

In australia a lot of people will tell you our countries most popular food is either Pie and Peas or Sausages and Potato.
Nah dont beleive it.
Sure people eat lots of them, but I really do not think it is our national dish.
Come to think of it, I really do not think we have a national dish.

Foods I will not eat or try are Haggis and Tripe.
My partner has worked in a lot of different countries and tried a lot of the local food.
The only thing he would not try was Monkeys Brains. eeewwwww.

Balut, dinuguan and durian. These (though not so much the third one if you're not from Mindanao) are food that we Filipinos like.

Balut is fertilized duck's egg that's boiled and eaten in the shell. Because it's fertilized there is already an embryo inside. I'm not so fond of it because I always imagine the embryo as a living organism. Poor thing!

Dinuguan is a stew of pig's blood and meat. It is one of my favorite dishes and would definitely recommend you to try. It is not recognizable as pig's blood and doesn't smell like it. It's very savoury. Westerners call it chocolate meat.

Durian is what most people describe as a very foul smelling fruit. Personally I like the way it smells. I'd say it's aromatic rather than smelly. Some say it "smells like hell but tastes like heaven". Just don't eat/store it in confined spaces. You should try this as well.

Well the one's you could usually enjoy here are sweets, from cold drinks to rice cakes. We also had this mussels, which is usual here because we're near the coastline. Some people even developed and turned it into chips, by processing and drying them. The native foods are mostly Adobo, Sinigang (tamarind soup-based) and Dinuguan (which I would rather not share what it was made of).

All of them taste good, I have tried almost everything but not those so-called exotic dishes because I can't handle those types of ingredients they use in it.

I live in Chicago and we eat pretty normal stuff though we are a diverse city and there is all sorts of food here. We are known for deep dish pizza and Chicago Hot Dogs! Both are amazing.

In my country... i live in a province which is famous for it delicious and innovative cuisine... and i think if you will visit my place... you will be shock at the variety of food and how each is prepared... i used to not eat most of them... since i prefer the simpler type of food... but when i tasted the famous "Sisig", "kare-kare", "kilawin", and the other sweets that originated her... it is like there is no turning back...

I am not a good cook... but i certainly have a great appreciation for good food...

Hi I live in Southern California in theUS and here we
eat alot of oranges and grapefruit and fruits of all
kinds plus lots of veggies too. Most people are really
into good health . We are also fast food junkies and
a lot of us eat hamburgers with cokes and french fries
and plenty of catsup. down at Newport beach you can try
'our frozen chocolate covered bananas on a stick,its a
regional thing and also we have smallcafes serviing crab
and lobster and abalone. the fishermen go out in small
boats and catch oddles of fresh fish and you buy it just
minutes after it was caught, really delicious cooked fresh'
fish. our state is indeed a neat state. in the middle of our state we raise tons of veggies and fruits.

Hello dfn, I live in the Southeastern U.S, specifically Georgia. Here in the south, we fry everything and I do mean everything. My wife and I were in a restaurant not long ago and on the menu was fried ice cream. Now in my opinion you have to be good to be able to fry ice cream. That may be something that is available all over, but that is the first I have heard of it. Fried is the way to go.....now if I could just convince my wife of that...lol