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Friday, April 08, 2005
Chewing on Bird Fetuses Is So Pinoy
So I was watching Survivor last night and they have the traditional nasty food challenge. The local delicacy? Boiled duck fetus - baloot.
Big deal.
That confirms Palau is somewhere near or in the Philippines, as my sister contended. But this was such an anticlimactic choice - I eat baloot, I like how it tastes, and it's no big deal to me to munch on one. The challenge ups the number of baloots eaten incrementally - but so what? Go to a Filipino party and offer up the same number of baloot and there'll be a line waiting to get their hands on some.
I was reminded of how Shii Ann had no problem eating parts of a chicken, I think, that grossed out members of her tribe. It's one of the benefits of being ethnic, I guess. When it comes to nastiness, it's all relative. One can imagine other countries where nasty food challenges involve corn dogs or chicken fried steak or something...
On a related note, it's been weird watching this season of Survivor as the Ulong tribe is reduced to one member. At least it's the smartest player of the tribe, though that's not necessarily saying much. They have not won a single tribal immunity challenge and while Barb finds it boring, I find it morbidly fascinating. There's a lesson here, but I don't know what it is.
Big deal.
That confirms Palau is somewhere near or in the Philippines, as my sister contended. But this was such an anticlimactic choice - I eat baloot, I like how it tastes, and it's no big deal to me to munch on one. The challenge ups the number of baloots eaten incrementally - but so what? Go to a Filipino party and offer up the same number of baloot and there'll be a line waiting to get their hands on some.
I was reminded of how Shii Ann had no problem eating parts of a chicken, I think, that grossed out members of her tribe. It's one of the benefits of being ethnic, I guess. When it comes to nastiness, it's all relative. One can imagine other countries where nasty food challenges involve corn dogs or chicken fried steak or something...
On a related note, it's been weird watching this season of Survivor as the Ulong tribe is reduced to one member. At least it's the smartest player of the tribe, though that's not necessarily saying much. They have not won a single tribal immunity challenge and while Barb finds it boring, I find it morbidly fascinating. There's a lesson here, but I don't know what it is.
