Food Taboo

Was watching this program "Taboo" on Arts Central earlier on and i mus say i'm completely grossed out by the real facts and events that are happening in the world now...

It started with an italian man's relentless search for cheese for his house party. Ain't no ordinary cheese of course.. it's WORM CHEESE...!!! *feeling faint* In the process of making cheese from goat's milk, e cheese would crack.. n if it so happens a housefly gets into the crack and lay eggs in them, e maggots would feed on the rich protein that's surrounding them. As they eat and excrete within the cheese, it becomes slimy n creamy. Tat according to some italians, is rare delicacy...

So this bunch of italians were scoping up clumps n clumps of maggots infested cheese and pairs them with crackers and bread. While they have fun with their exotic cheese, i was gagging right in front of the TV.. oh look wat culture can do to us...

Before i can even recover, the second segment was about guinea pigs. In US, more than 2.7 million of guinea pigs were house pets. Seen as a loving pet, lovely companion, even part of the family.. this rodent, in Peru, is being roasted to perfection and served on the table of every special ocassion. ARGH!!! The entire process of housing them, killing them, skinning and roasting them... i dont have to go on abt my digust...