# Bizarre Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795 "2008-03-10T02:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/1 "2008-03-10T02:45:50Z")
I’m watching the Bulls/Pistons game on ESPN, and during a commercial break I see an ad showing a man paying a hot-dog vender. Pretty inoccuous stuff. Except, upon closer examination, it’s not a hot-dog he’s buying; it’s a rodent on a stick. The man takes one and begins eating. Then he chomps off the _head!_ I think it’s the most disturbing commercial I’ve ever seen. Has anyone else caught it? Is anyone else as utterly disgusted? I’m sure it’s _legal_ for them to show it, but is it something that should be shown without any kind of warning? ETA: [this is the best thing I could find on youtube. Clicker beware!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6EdoTvY5w) ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/2 "2008-03-10T04:51:56Z")
I watched most of last season’s episodes and yea, some of the stuff just squicks you out. But on the other hand, that’s normal fare in the places they send him to. It’s just another in the long list of jobs I don’t want. BTW there are several different spots promoting the upcoming season. A few of them center around him eating lunch in the employee break room and the other employees beating a hasty retreat 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/3 "2008-03-10T05:14:28Z")
[Bizarre Foods Lunch Room ad](http://youtube.com/watch?v=G4pZjDjJjqo&feature=related) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/4 "2008-03-10T05:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=mshar253] I’m watching the Bulls/Pistons game on ESPN, and during a commercial break I see an ad showing a man paying a hot-dog vender. Pretty inoccuous stuff. Except, upon closer examination, it’s not a hot-dog he’s buying; it’s a rodent on a stick. The man takes one and begins eating. Then he chomps off the _head!_ I think it’s the most disturbing commercial I’ve ever seen. Has anyone else caught it? Is anyone else as utterly disgusted? I’m sure it’s _legal_ for them to show it, but is it something that should be shown without any kind of warning? ETA: [this is the best thing I could find on youtube. Clicker beware!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6EdoTvY5w) [/QUOTE] Haven’t watched the video all the way through, but somehow I anticipate the following dialogue: “Rats! Onna Stick! Two dollars each an’ that’s cuttin’ me own throat!” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/5 "2008-03-10T07:08:12Z")
I believe he took a big meaty bite of a squirid’s sinus. That’s a squirrel, in layman’s terms (Family Sciuridae).Squirrel is a very common American game meat, quite easy to obtain. The commercial was a bit misleading, as that squirrel was not grilled, as would be expected from a Hot Dog Vendor, but rather it was a deep fried squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/6 "2008-03-10T07:29:32Z")
And you have the cheek to call us for eating mushy peas ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/7 "2008-03-10T11:06:29Z")
He’s also eating[geoduck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raCUc5A6FHU) in the lunchroom scene, which is one of the funnier commercials. The link goes to someone I’d much rather watch eating… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_No_Saint)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/8 "2008-03-10T12:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] Haven’t watched the video all the way through, but somehow I anticipate the following dialogue: “Rats! Onna Stick! Two dollars each an’ that’s cuttin’ me own throat!” [/QUOTE] Well played, sir. But I think even Andrew Zimmern has his limits. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/9 "2008-03-10T13:25:36Z")
[QUOTE=I’m No Saint] Well played, sir. But I think even Andrew Zimmern has his limits. [/QUOTE] I don’t know, I watched him eat the stir-fried bats the other day, delicatel holding them by their little skeleton wings and nibbling on their bodies. CMOT’s sausage might be a step up. With ketchup, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/10 "2008-03-11T03:11:31Z")
Only got to watch part of tonight’s Beijing episode, but the part I saw included a visit to an establishment that served nothing but dishes composed of various animal penises :eek: How about a lovely bowl of snake penis soup :eek: :eek: Followed by a stir fry dish of deer penis Followed by a dish with yak penis, which sounded to be the favorite of the evening. Makes the squirrel on a stick sound pretty tastee ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/11 "2008-03-11T03:35:15Z")
I watched tonight’s episode, too, and I was surprised. It was probably the least revolting episode I’ve ever seen. And yeah, that includes the restaurant that serves nothing but penis. I’ll never forget the snake gizzard he ate/drank in a glass of alcohol. I damned near threw up when it burst, and he swallowed it down anyway. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-foods/440795/12 "2008-03-11T13:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] I watched tonight’s episode, too, and I was surprised. It was probably the least revolting episode I’ve ever seen. And yeah, that includes the restaurant that serves nothing but penis. I’ll never forget the snake gizzard he ate/drank in a glass of alcohol. I damned near threw up when it burst, and he swallowed it down anyway. [/QUOTE] Almost glad to say that I missed the snake gizzard..