Last Conversational Dish? Maybe...

The Blowfish (aka Fugu) A dish worth dying for?

Parts of the blowfish are poisonous. Eat the wrong part & you could be dead within hours. I recommend going to a restaurant with a certified fugu chef.

Fugu could be eaten raw or cooked. My experience was eating fried blowfish in Taiwan. I think I remember it tasting like fried fish. To be honest, I was too busy being happy that I was still alive to remember what it tasted like.

Ready to try some? You might consider preparing your last will and testament first.

Conversational Chocolates

Here's one for the chocolate fans...

Chocolate covered ants

For those of you interested in home-made foods, I've included a recipe for making your own. Here is the original link for this recipe from Recipe Source: http://www.recipesource.com/munchies/snacks/chocolate-covered-ants1.html

Recipe Title: CHOCOLATE COVERED ANTS

Categories: Snacks, Desserts

Yield: 6 servings

1742 lg Ants, (if they are sm., use 2,044)

3 c Melted chocolate

• Catch ants at a picnic site and keep them in a glass jar to which you have added a teaspoon of sugar to keep them happy. (Unhappy ants are liable to go sour before processing.)


• At home, pick up each ant with tweezers and remove entrails with a small, very sharp knife edge. This will take about 400 hours. If you are in a hurry, eliminate this step; you'll never know the difference.


• Dip each ant into melted chocolate and place to drain on waxed paper.
• If any of them are still able to crawl off the paper, let them go -- be a good sport!!