Comments on: 5 Reasons Why I Travel

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:26:18 +0000

Dave’s right – the entire cobra is eaten. So why let any part of it go to waste?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:07:20 +0000

I should have added that the rest of the cobra was used to prepare a whole meal – including a soup I recall. The heart is just the most sensational part of the experience. I think Tony had a shot (drink) of the snake’s bile (or other bodily fluid), which didn’t look so appealing.

By: unperfect

unperfect — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:11:37 +0000

It seems cruel and senseless to eat a beating cobra’s heart just for the ‘Fear Factor’ thrill factor… or blog fodder.. but I guess that’s just me.

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:42:45 +0000

I can’t imagine now that I’d ever eat any type of bug. But there’s no way I could visit Asia and not at least try them. I know I’d live to regret it. I say: “Down a beer or two and take the chance!” lol

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:18:49 +0000

Mike – of course I’d dedicate a whole post to such an event. I have to admit, you sound a lot more adventurous than me. I can think of plenty of things I have no desire to eat – crickets, ants, tarantulas, dog, worms, and testicles come to mind immediately. Have you seen the stuff they eat on Fear Factor – soo gross.

I’ve definetly been inspired to expand my horizons through some of the TV shows I’ve seen over the past few years. Andrew Zimmerman’s current show called Bizarre Foods takes this topic to a new level. Andrew Zimmerman actually ate a beating FROG heart in one of the episodes. Asia is sure to be an adventure!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:57:06 +0000

PS – for Anthony Bourdain fans, I fully intend to suck down a beating cobra heart in Vietnam this time next year.

Dave, can you please assure us that you’ll dedicate an entire post to this? I’m absolutely doing the same when I arrive in SE Asia!

I’d actually planned on blogging about things that I wouldn’t eat because I really couldn’t think of anything. Then I was watching Culture Shock with Shinaz on The Travel Channel and there was a church/temple somewhere in which a holy man was eating curdled milk alongside rats who were “relieving themselves” in the same milk bowl. And I thought to myself, “Yup, I think that’s where I draw the line.” Anything you know of that you absolutely could not stomach?

Thanks for the write-up! We share a lot of the same reasons, but it’s given me plenty to think about.