# The Core Set of Global Cuisine **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** food-cooking **Created:** [January 26, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426 "2025-01-26T11:05:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 47
### Author: ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines) #### Post date: [January 28, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426/47 "2025-01-28T19:17:57Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > After all, we are responsible for the global trend of over-boiled corn starch, the home-grown cuisine of fire-roasted whole field mice, dried termites, chicken feet, flying ants and more. -looks uncomfortable- I believe the proper thread for this is riiiiight next door! > [@Worst things that Andrew Zimmern (or you) tried to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-things-that-andrew-zimmern-or-you-tried-to-eat/1013391): > > Andrew, of Bizarre Foods fame, tried a heck of a lot of things I wouldn’t even want to be in the same room with. He ate most of them, including the very ripe cheese with maggots. But I have fond memories of when he tried iguana - in Mexico, maybe? The recipe? Hold the whole iguana over flames until the skin is burnt off. Boil. Eat. “That’s just awful” [Mostly for the comparison and the lolz, I’d at least try a few of those, and shouldn’t slam anyone’s national/cultural food choices, because they’re interconnected with culture and so often desperate need. But figured a gentle poking fun (which I feel there was in the quoted section as well!) was fair game.] --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426)._