Mystery Food

[FaustianBargain]

May I?

[spaghetttti]

FaustianBargain, thanks for reviving this thread. Fun game, isn't it?

Hmmmm, a tiny hint or clue perhaps?

[Pan]

That looks like okra pakoras to me. Am I right? If not, am I close?

[Patrick S]

Looks like moss-covered plant roots of some kind lying atop a cross-section of a tree.

[Milagai]

FaustianBargain, thanks for reviving this thread.  Fun game, isn't it? 

Hmmmm, a tiny hint or clue perhaps?

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i would guess if not okra, then mirchi (hot pepper) pakoras, or

maybe some kind of baingan (eggplant) pakoras?

milagai

[deltadoc]

This may be politically incorrect but here goes:

1. Spaghettti: if that is really you in the picture, you're truly gorgeous.

2. When I think of brains, I think of three things:

a. Einstein

b. Return of the Living Dead

c. All the people in the UK that got Mad Cow Disease because they ate beef brains.

doc

Edited March 16, 2005 by deltadoc (log)

[percyn]

Looks like some sort of chili or eggplant.

This reminds me of a foodie version of a psychiatrist holding up random flashcards and asking the patient to interpret what s/he sees.

[chefzadi]

Looks like some sort of chili or eggplant.

This reminds me of a foodie version of a psychiatrist holding up random flashcards and asking the patient to interpret what s/he sees.

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I think the proper Freudian answer is that they are all vaginas or penises.

[spaghetttti]

Looks like some sort of chili or eggplant.

This reminds me of a foodie version of a psychiatrist holding up random flashcards and asking the patient to interpret what s/he sees.

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I thought of chili also!

[Tough Cookie]

That looks like okra pakoras to me. Am I right? If not, am I close?

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I second the guess - fried okra?

This is a great thread - so many dishes to try!

[FaustianBargain]

24+ hours later..

Fried okra, it is. Simply fried, a sprinkle of salt and nothing else.

Now that I am looking at it, it doesnt look mysterious at all. I am stumped when I saw it first. The taste gives no clue about it being okra.

[Episure]

So what's the green stuff?

[Hector]

What's this then? (sorry for the small pic)

[gingerly]

sunbathers that didn't read the ozone count for the day?

oh dear

[petite tête de chou]

Strips of dried fish?

[spaghetttti]

My first thought as well, or perhaps something porcine? Isn't that a lovely umbrella shading the mystery food?

[Laksa]

What's this then? (sorry for the small pic)

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Okay, gonna take a wild guess here.... it's a blue and white umbrella. I hear umbrellas are a good source of iron.

Okay, another wild guess... rotten icelandic shark meat?

[Laksa]

My first thought as well, or perhaps something porcine?  Isn't that a lovely umbrella shading the mystery food? 

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Arrrrhhhhhhhhh, Yetty... you killed my joke! (You must've beaten me to posting by seconds!)

[spaghetttti]

Alamak! Too funny! It's a good thing you can't hear me howling over here!

Putrid shark? Aaaack

[Laksa]

Putrid shark? Aaaack

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Apparently, they're very much a delicacy in Iceland. The Icelandic people eat some unusual things, like sheep's head jelly and ram's testicles.

[FaustianBargain]

So what's the green stuff?

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fried okra. i have no idea how they retained the green colour.

when i first tasted it, i thought it was bitter gourd chips. wrongo.

[Hector]

What's this then? (sorry for the small pic)

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Okay, gonna take a wild guess here.... it's a blue and white umbrella. I hear umbrellas are a good source of iron.

Okay, another wild guess... rotten icelandic shark meat?

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Correctomundo!!!

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner..

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It's Icelandic "Ishaj" but it's not rotten, it's fermented

Edited March 19, 2005 by Hector (log)

[Laksa]

Okay, let me post one....

I hope this one isn't too easy. It may not look like it, but this is food:

[chefzadi]

cassava?

palm?

[Pan]

Is that ombak (heart of palm)?