Wsup!
Yesterday I spent almost two hours in the grocery store looking at various edible items. I needed to buy food for today's challenge, which is "only eat what you've never eaten before". I decided before hand that I'd cook something new, go out and eat something new and get the rest of my calories from snacks and various weird food items.
I had planned to make a quick fish dish with something new I could pick at the store, but as I entered the meat section I noticed they had duck! It quickly became obvious that I wanted to cook duck instead of fish, because I don't particularly like seafood. I bought a large piece of marinated duck breast. It ended up being the most expensive item for this challenge because I didn't consider it's weight.
Overview of my groceries.
After getting daduq, I went through all of the sections and found quite a collection of new groceries. Here's a list of my meals and some descriptions how they tasted like accompanied by a star rating from (1)* to (5)***** stars.
Breakfast
- Macadamian nuts, brazil nuts, honeyroasted almonds ***
- A real pretzel ****
- Lapsang SouChong Black Smoke flavoured tea ****
- 1 Silkworm pupa from Korea *
Yucky pupae. They came in a can filled with liquid from Korea.
YUCK YUCK YUCK! I ate the silkworm pupa first. I gagged and almost vomited. It smelled a little like peanuts, but when you bit it you remembered it wasn't a nut, but a slimy bug with a horrible after taste. I had a whole bag of them but I ended up only eating one and offering the rest to my colleagues and schoolmates.
The nuts tasted a little "forresty". They were okay, but they have nothing on walnuts! The honeyroasted almonds were really good. :) The pretzel was fine and salty.
Description of the smoke tea. English translation: TEA TASTE RIKE SMOKE!
When I was buying my tea from a special section in the grocery store, I asked the clerk to give me the most special tea they had. She chose black smoke tea which smelled like tar and smoke. Like other flavoured teas I have tasted, the flavour was very subtle and I couldn't really taste much difference in it compared to regular tea.
Snacking part I
- Pecan nut danish pastry *****
- Beef Jerky: Cajun Hot ***
- Red Hots: Cinnamon flavoured candy *****
Yummy! The danish pastry (viineri) was delicious. I downed it with some SMOKEYTEA. Beef Jerky: Cajun Hot was alright. It's dried up meat with a chili flavour. Quite dry (duh) and a little yucky when you think of how long the meat has been in the back.
To satisfy my sweet tooth I've been eating Red Hots. They are da BOMB! Very good cinnamon flavoured candy that have this sweet and hot taste.
Lunch
- Coconut chicken soup ****
- Tofu and veggies ***
- noodlestuff with veggies ***
I went to a thai place to eat some tofu. I've tasted it, but never eaten a full meal before. I wanted to get Tofu with Red Curry, but the place I went to was only serving a lunch buffet. I managed to find a couple of dishes in the buffet as substitutes anyways: Tofu mixed with some kind of a sauce and various vegetables, and some noodle mix full of different nudls, some veggies and who the fuck knows!
Salty coconut chicken soup
Anyways, the soup was good. It was salty and coconutty, had some mushrooms in it. I never eat mushrooms so that was a cool bonus! Mushrooms taste like nothing? Ok, got it.
Thai extravaganza
Tofu and the noodle stuff tasted alright. I was still feeling the silkworm pupa in my stomach so I didn't have much of an appetite. Tofu with a lot of vegetables and sauce is good, because it kind of disappears in the mix of flavours.
Snacking part II
- Canada Dry Ginger Ale *****
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ***
RED HOTS and Reese's peanut butter cups.
Ah yes, the infamous ginger ale makes a comeback into my mouth from the previous food challenge. BOOYAA! I tried buying something different, so I took a "dry" ginger ale, but it tasted pretty much the same as my first one a week ago.. delicious!
Reese's peanut butter cups are what they sound like, peanut butter in a cup. A little too sweet for my taste.
Dinner
- Teriyaki Duck Breast ***
- Quinao **
- Coconut Water *
- Marley's Mellow Mood Berry **
Duck, Quinao and coconut water. Good, worse, worst
Preparing the duck wasn't the easiest task. You slice up one side of the duck, put it in a cold pan and heat it up, cook both sides and then place it in the oven for 15 minutes. That being said I think I overcooked it a little.. Still, it tasted pretty good, like a mixture of chicken and steak. In good hands I can imagine it being better than chicken.
Quinoa from Equador is used as a garnish. It's like couscous, only it tastes bitter and like GUANOO.
"Marley's Mellow Mood – Natural Relaxation" lol, this drink is so ridiculous on it's own that I don't even have to come up with a joke.
Coconut water was horrible. I took two sips and then I was done.. I tried switching to Marley's Mellow Mood Berry (which is a carbohydrated berry drink with "herb" extracts lol) but it wasn't any better.
Supper
- Pitahaya fruit **
- Kiwano fruit **
- Jasmine Pearl Green Tea *****
They sure look delicious on the outside, but it's what the insides taste like that counts! Pitahaya on the left, kiwano on the right.
I bought both fruits judging them by their exotic looks and boy, was I in for a disappointment. I ate some kiwano first. The insides had a jello-like texture and it didn't look appealing. The taste was kind of like a mellow cucumber. The pitahaya also looked cool, but turned out to taste like a lameass kiwiradish fusion. How disappointing..
The surprise of the day! I was horrified at the price, but my 20 gram test only cost me
around 2,5 euros.
What didn't disappoint me was the green tea. I'm not a fan of green tea, and I usually drink my tea with milk & sugar, but this tea was relaxing and silky smooth. I was positively surprised at the taste and how I actually enjoyed green tea for the first time in my life!
All in all this was quite an exhausting experiment. I'm a picky eater and I didn't feel content at any point today, because I couldn't really enjoy any of the foods. On the plus side, shopping for all the items was exciting and I still have some RED HOTS and Jasmine tea left to enjoy while I lose my nerves with this fucking jigsaw puzzle!
