Food that makes you go "bwugh."

Some of the strangest food that I have ever seen eaten has been at the share holders meetings that my dad's bank has had.  All the "Big Cheeses" at the bank are from China, and every time that they have their meetings, it is always Chinese food.  Now, don't get me wrong here, I love American Chinese food...mmm, Orange Chicken... But, some of the stuff is just a little too odd for me.

Two of the strangest dishes that were served at one of these dinners was Jellyfish, and Shrimp on Sugarcane.  I personally loved the shrimp on the sugarcane, very sweet, and good.  My mother informed me that I should try the Jellyfish so that I would not disrespect my fathers bosses.  So, after being pushed by my mother and my father just looking at his, I popped a pice of this slimy stuff in, chewed, and swallowed.  Right then I saw one of the men on the board of directors for the bank (one of the Chinese men) start to laugh at me.  I looked at him with a puzzled look, that is when he told me, "I'm from China and I have not even tried that and never plan to."  Then he continued to laugh...

I believe that as our cultures here continue to merge and we become closer and closer that some of these "odd" dishes that are served in our places of origins will continue to become obsolete or kept as "specialty" dishes.  I also for seeing that food will continue to become "Americanized," by this I mean that they will be toned down so that other can enjoy some of these "odd" dishes.  And, as always, McDonalds will continue to take over the foreign market and other cultures will learn to love the heart-attack-in-a-sack Big Mac.