Trying Something New

Since youth, I've been a big foodie; every goodie I've tried, even sushi. At 18, I traveled abroad, first to France; Thank heavens I didn't try frog! I got to try crepes (sweet filled envelop shapes) and liquor-filled chocolate that I ate on a train headed for Spain; but I could not get tipsy on it! I tried many foods in Madrid, but the strangest thing I ever did was go to a bar to try fried "calamar." Had no idea it was squid! In the place where we lived they would serve us a strange fishy soup that had gobbledy-gook which looked not much better than poop. My horror I couldn't disguise while eating around those ugly fish eyes. A soup in Seville not quite as bad was surely the coldest I ever had. Its name is gazpacho, but I think that machos would rather eat nachos! Paella I had on the coast to the east; for most it’s a marvelous feast. But picking out things I just didn’t like, I ended up mainly with rice. One melon-like drink has a cool taste. In Spain people order horchata. Horchata from Mexico though they uses rice. It’s not even worth a piñata. Also from Mexico I had some pork so filled with fat, I thought I’d choke. And their mole, Holy Moly! I’d much rather eat a cannoli. In Israel, served a mammal, I was told (once crammed-full), it was camel! There’s one last super rare thing I’ve tried in my life (and I don’t fib this). I say it with pride. I’ve recently tried chips made from flour of crickets! Oct. 25, 2018 for Nina Parmenter's Trying Something New Contest (the cricket chips are quite tasty! I gave them to a bunch of kids simply telling them that they were similar to doritos and the kids liked them!)