171 http://media.bonnint.net/dado/oss-trav/0/2/255.jpg ToastedRav.com: Don't Puke! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:18:32 -0700 ToastedRav Staff mike@toastedrav.com <![CDATA[Don't Puke: Oven-Baked Tarantula]]> 8611 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:57:44 -0600 [attachment:3171] 

 It's been a while since we brought you an episode of Don't Puke; partially because it's getting harder and harder to outgross our previous efforts. That said, this latest episode should surely rival anything we've attempted to consume so far.

 

Knowing we had yet to dip into the Arachnid pool, Don't Puke's food acquisition team sent to Cambodia for an oven-baked Tarantula. Though they're a delicacy in a few remote corners of the globe, America has yet to embrace Tarantulas as a consumable...we prefer to make horror movies with ours. Our experimental nature is your entertainment, however, so enjoy watching us down this guy and check out past episodes here.

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<![CDATA[Don't Puke: Reindeer Pate]]> 5972 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:51:04 -0700

This time around, we thought a post-holiday theme would be appropriate...and reindeer pate seemed to fit the bill. For the less refined segment of our audience, reindeer pate is a pasty concoction of reindeer liver, reindeer fat, flour, and assorted spices. The crew at edible.com describes it as an "arctic delicacy best served on buttered toast." We're purists, though, so just hand over a hunk of fatty reindeer organs and we'll go to town, cholesterol be darned.

 

 

Knowing traditional goose pate is a delicacy among the elite, we shoestring budget folks were downright excited to indulge in a winter treat we couldn't afford any other day of the week. Our excitement soon turned to nausea, however. Click [tab:trav_video] to watch the taste test.

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<![CDATA[Don't Puke: Corn Smut, Bacteria-Laced Corn Kernels]]> 5224 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:38 -0700 Yep, that's right...we're down to eating corn kernels filled with bacteria. It's a product known as corn smut, though it has many nicknames (maize mushroom, corn truffle, huitlacoche, to name a few.) Here's the gist, the product is actually made from diseased corn kernels infected with a fungus that causes the corn to swell with tumors filled with blackish-blue puss (click [tab:gallery] for a few appetizing images.) Once infected, the God-awful looking corn is harvested, then served to those with a strong enough death wish to spread it on their burritos.

It's actually a delicacy in Mexico...In the states, not so much. We couldn't think of a better item for this episode of Don't Puke, so click [tab:trav_video] to watch our attempt to choke this stuff down without dying. We don't get paid enough to do this. Check out past Don't Puke episodes here, here, and here.

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<![CDATA[Don't Puke: Pork Brains With Milk Gravy]]> 3484 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:26:35 -0600 This is by far the most disgusting Don’t Puke episode to date (see the others here and here.) Why a product like Pork Brains With Milk Gravy even exists is beyond us, but when we saw the lone can sitting on a grocery store shelf during a recent trip to south Florida, we had to import it to St. Louis. The experts at the Cheerios cholesterol awareness event warned us not to eat it, but what do they know? Actually, we probably should’ve listened. Click [tab:trav_video] to watch.

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<![CDATA[Don't Puke: Whole Chicken In A Can]]> 2687 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:18:00 -0600  

Here's a video review of what's perhaps the most intriguing food product we've ever seen...a whole chicken in a can! Words can't do this one justice, so just check out [tab:trav_video]

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<![CDATA[Don't Puke: Cheeseburger In A Can]]> 2069 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:02:00 -0600 This is our video review of a cheeseburger in a can. That's right...there's a company in Germany that makes cheeseburgers and cans them (bun and all) for our enjoyment! We cooked up and chowed down on one of these bad boys and here's the video to prove it. Just click the video tab above.

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