The Strangest thing I’ve ever Eaten

by Nora

Everyone around the world eats strange things, but to them, there's nothing wrong with eating that. In America, the foods we eat are completely normal to us, but people who live on different continents probably think we're crazy. But it's the same for people in America too. When we see people eating dogs in Korea, we think it's terrible and disgusting, but to them it's delicious.

    One of the strangest things I've ever eaten was camel meat. I was in Morocco and we were eating at my dad's sister's house. It was close to our departure and his sisters wanted to cook something special. Everyone sat down at the table and I asked my mom what we were eating, but she didn't answer me. The main dish (which was the camel meat) looked exactly like beef burger patties, so I assumed it was beef. When I tasted it, it tasted somewhat like beef, but slightly different. I decided to stop eating it and say I was full just because no one would tell me what it actually was and I was getting a little nervous. (I never eat anything without knowing what it is.) Everyone kept pushing me to eat it, so I ate little by little very slowly. I didn't feel too pressured because it didn't feel like they were hiding something from me or I wasn't in on a secret they knew. So over all it went pretty well.

    When my parents actually told me what it was, we were already home in Olancha. My mom and I were discussing the trip when we went over all the crazy foods that were there. Like: snails, sheep head, sheep eye balls (which I dared my dad to eat), and many others. All of a sudden she said camel meat. I was like, "Camel meat?! When did we eat that?" Then she said it was the day when we ate the stuff that looked like beef. I was so disgusted I just scrunched up my face and started repeating, "Eeeeeeeew!" over and over again.    

    I decided from then on that I always HAVE to know what I'm eating or else I'm not eating it.