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Corny but tasty
Weird food: Mince pie flavoured popcorn I HAVE a Christmas confession. I hate mince pies. The stodgy pastry and spiced, gloopy mixture sends shivers down my spine. A bit unfortunate really as it is...
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Rudolph on toast
DASHER, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen and… sorry Santa but Rudolph won’t be leading your sleigh this year. He’s been pulverized, mixed with spices and garlic to create a...
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One lump or two?
Weird food: Bubble tea FIZZING flasks of luminous green liquid, a blackboard covered with scientific squiggles and two men in white coats hunched over a bubbling pot… Welcome to Bubbleology! This...
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Jelly Salad
Weird food: Jelly salad FISH and chips, bangers and mash, jelly and er salad. It’s an unlikely combination but Jello Salad (salad or veg encased in fruit flavoured jellies) is a popular dish in Utah...
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Rotten shark anyone?
Weird food: Hakarl (putrified shark) THE PEOPLE of Iceland have a lot to be proud of: Bjork (apart from that dodgy swan outfit she wore), eye-crampingly awesome volcanos, gushing geysers and the...
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Guillemot and whale
THE CLOSEST I’d come to a Guillemot was listening to the Avant-Gard Indie rock band with the same name, so when I saw it on the menu at Prir Frakkar , a tiny restaurant in Reykjavik, Iceland, it piqued...
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Mini blog: Tasty Pasty? A homemade Pie Floater
Weird food: Pie floater RUPERT Murdoch might balk at the thought of pies, following a certain the shaving foam pie incident in parliament last July, but he has more in common with them than you might...
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Pigeon: Anything but fowl
Weird food: Pigeon I’M WALKING through Trafalgar Square as flocks of pigeons swoop onto unsuspecting tourists, flapping their green-grey tinged wings as though they’re auditioning for a remake of...
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Mini blog: Insect snacks – the new pub grubs
Weird food: Curry flavoured crickets and barbecue meal worms Pint of lager? Check. G&T? Check. Bags of Doritos? Check. Insect snacks? OK, so crunchy baked crickets (acheta domestica) in a thai...
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Marmite chocolate
Weird food: Marmite chocolate What food has a statue dedicated to it, is smeared on bald men’s heads to promote hair growth and has been banned in Denmark? The answer of course is Marmite. Created from...
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