Bizarre Foods UPDATE

When I was flipping through the tv channels the other day (in between a school assignment) I watched a really strange episode of Bizarre Foods, that was both nasty and interesting at the same time.  It blows my mind how people eat all these super different things and how some things are even edible! 

Andrew Zimmern was in Asia (Thailand amongst a couple other places) and while he was being shows around with his guide, they went to a market where he was talking about bird nests (from the swallow).  Supposedly they are dehydrated and Asians make soup out of them and they are really expensive.  One kind comes in a red package and the other kind is in a gold or white package, and the thing that made me crazy was that the ones NOT in the red package were about $1000 US dollars a box because they were considered so good for you! 

The grossest thing about this is that the nests are not cleaned.  Supposedly the bird's saliva is the nutritious part of this meal/snack.  Anyway- of course Andrew has to buy a box and have them prepared for him to try.  He does not get the one that is almost 1000 US dollars, but the red box.  He says it is not that bad, but the texture of it when he sucks it out of the spoon looks absolutely disgusting (almost like mucous). 

Anyway- I just thought I definitely needed to share this information about this episode.  I am sure that it will show again on the Travel Channel and everyone should watch it because it's both disgusting and unbelievable.  I am still thinking about it and it happened a couple days ago! 

Anyway- remember what Andrew says: If it looks good... EAT IT!