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[M@tt]

i would have to say assorted hairs and microbes that showed up in my meals throughout the years.

oh, you meant actual FOOD? nothing gross, unfortunately.

[Prof.Gringo]

Hmmm... I would say that eating beef hearts is most "disgusting" food I've eaten here. They were not a Mexican dish however. I had them as anticuchos, which is a typical Peruvian food. The first time at a big celebration for "El Senor de los milagros" which is a huge celebration in Lima, Peru. Not so much here. There was a special mass in the cathedral in DF, next to the Zocalo. There was a big Peruvian celebration afterwards and they were cooking meat on these skewers over a grill. They looked and smelt great and I asked my fiance what they were. She said they were hearts and I said that she was joking, then she told me, yeah she was and they were just regular beef. I ate two of the "kabobs". Later that night her family and she told what it really was, marinated pieces of cow hearts. I was a bit disgusted by the thought, but it was too late to do anything about. I think they are really tasty so now I make a point to always have a large serving of marinated, barbecued beef hearts, aka anticuchos at any family celebration.

[cangringo]

Will someone please explain menudo, we have asked the Mexicans but the only way they can explain it is in Spanish and I think it's insides but I don't know...anyone??

[Samantha]

Menudo is THE cure for hangovers on Sunday mornings according to local folklore, and I don't really want to know what's in it. We see many people walking to the Sunday morning menudo distributor with containers in hand.

Here's a description and recipe for those that do want to know. The quote at the bottom of the page confirms what I have been told:

[MikeySaid]

Ha... Menudo is one of those things that some people just ... can't eat.

I'm down with giblets in my gravy... down for the crispy chicharron, and cool with the Menudo if it's good. I'm still waiting to try my suegritas "white" menudo... (Her mom is from Sonora.)

For those of you afraid of Menudo... have some pozole instead... should be rump instead of tripe.

The one that's hard for me to eat sometimes.... nopalitos. Especially when they're really salty and cold... i just... can't get the image of a 3 year old eating his boogers out of my mind.

[sickbag]

Chicharron is good stuff. We call it Pork Scratchings in England and it's normally served as a bar snack.

[danielita]

[Aabra]

Fried Chicharron isn't that bad. It's the non-fried that makes me want to vomit. They still serve this vomit-inducing substance however in many bars here as a snack. I've also seen it at soccer games.

[MELEE]

[cangringo]

Thanks, that's what I thought menudo was, no thanks - I will stick to bacon and eggs and sometimes gatorade.

Is that chicharron stuff the same as in the charros as well?? I just thought it was uncooked bacon - wouldn't eat it either way.

I tried frying the nopalitos because one of my students said it gets rid of the slime...didn't really work that well. It tasted ok but but didn't get rid of the slime, have to attempt one of the methods posted in the cactus topic.

Our friends our still trying to convince me to try crickets, I just can't deal with the thought of legs...

[jillford64]

I tried cow tongue, which wasn't nearly as disgusting as I expected, but still I won't be eating it again. I've had chicharron (small amount) a couple of times at a place that serves good carnitas tacos, so it was cooked however the pig was cooked (maybe spit roasted or in a pit???). The pig was prominently displayed up front and what they were calling chicharron was not the outside layer of skin, but a fatty gelatinous layer just underneath the skin. They put about a tablespoon of it on each taco. The flavor of it was good, but the texture and the way it sticks to your teeth is gross.

[FreddyM]

When I was a kid and my mom used to make menudo, I used to think it was really disgusting. I did not care for the "meat" in it (what is it anyway? cow stomach? intestines?). I did like the broth however, and I used to eat only the liquid portion with cut up corn tortillas soaked in it.
Now that I'm all grown up, I can tolerate the dish in its original form, cow guts and all. It's really not that bad, and sometimes I actually get a craving for it.
Dunno anything about it being a hangover cure.

[El Gallo]

I have finally figured out what's wrong with George Bush (among other things) - too many chicharrones.

[aroha]

One day after a family outing, we stopped at a roadside restaurant to eat quesadillas. I used to think that quesadillas were always filled with cheese, and gagged when everyone told me that the quesadillas were filled with brains. How about tacos de escamoles (ant eggs). The ant eggs were like a small cooked white bean. Nice texture but no memorable flavour!

[Twelvetongue]

Ever try grasshopper?