Crap kitchen
Subtitle: boiled gannet, calf-brain custard and other 'acquired tastes'
By: Geoff Tibballs
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781472136817
Subjects: Food habits; Cooking; History
Description: COOKERY / FOOD & DRINK ETC. The worst cookbook ever, packed with truly bizarre and utterly disgusting recipes from all over the world/ Ever since humankind produced its first foodie, the culinary world has dished up some staggering confections which could best be described as 'acquired tastes': dishes such as Virgin Boy Eggs (eggs soaked in the urine of prepubescent boys); live octopus, which clutches at the diner's tongue and throat as it is swallowed; and Beard Beer, made from the yeast found in facial hair. In northern Greenland, the Inuit are fond of cramming as many as 500 dead auks (small sea birds) into an old seal skin which they place under a large rock until the birds have fermented into what has rightly been described as a 'sticky, pungent, toxic, cheesy gloop'. Kiviak, as it is called, is eaten by biting off the birds' heads and sucking out the juices.
Table of contents: title: Appetizers; title: Main courses. Poultry (of sorts) ; Meat ; Fish; title: Desserts; title: Cheese and crackers; title: Drinks.