So…. TIME has done a list of, ahem, “25 Authentic Asian Experiences,” including, of course, eating roasted marmot in Mongolia.
Korea, as always, comes out on the short end of stick, with just one entry… visiting the DMZ. This reportedly annoys Korean officials, but, really, they should look at the bright side — at least Korea’s entry included no reference to donut-shaped masturbation pillows.
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Hard to respect a list about “authentic Asia” that leads off with going to a baseball game. “Wow, the McDonald’s here has pork burgers! How exotic!”
Mongolians like to gut and eat marmots? Don’t piss your wife off Robert.
I’m not too sure if #3 is wise…
“Taiwanese custard apples”
I don’t know if English is a limited language, or if people that create these names for food are the limited ones or trying to be in some kind of “comfort zone” by associating “different” things to something they know. Why not adopt the real name of the fruit? Or create something new? But saying “custard apple” is beyond lame…
Reminds me a US guy that we were having beer with in Germany, and when I ordered “WeissBier”, he asked what was that. I explained it was beer made out of wheat, to what he replied “Oh, I see, ‘cloudy beer’ “…
Maximus – they’ve been called ‘custard apples’ since time immemorial. It’s just the English name for them.
Funnily enough, ‘Weissbier’ actually translates as ‘white beer’, not wheat beer (which is Weizenbier). Not too far off ‘cloudy’.
It could be worse I suppose, they could have made some smarmy bit on eating cats and dogs.
I must have missed the memo stating the DMZ is now synonymous with “wildlife haven” and “nature preserve”.
#1: At least it should have been the outdoor Jingu Stadium, where the Swallows play (hey, watch it), which is a far better venue to watch the national pastime than the claustrophic Tokyo Dome. And rooting for Yomiuri is like rooting for the Yankees.
Hey, how do the Internets know to put a weight-loss ad under “Sponsors?”
What else are they known as? I’ve never heard of any other name for them…
“I must have missed the memo stating the DMZ is now synonymous with “wildlife haven” and “nature preserve”.”
Ironically, animals bigger than a medium-sized dog have a slim chance of surviving if they adventure in the DMZ thanks to all the landmines.
Btw… what does Marmot taste like anyways? Rob?
It looks hard to eat on principle alone. I mean, it looks like a freaking giant rat!
“Hard to respect a list about “authentic Asia” that leads off with going to a baseball game.”
Too true. They didn’t even get the stadium right. Everyone knows the true home of Japanese baseball is Koshien.
I had roasted marmot this summer. The article’s right, it is gamey, and our Mongolian friends insisted we drink some vodka with it to kill the germs and bacteria. Still, it was way better than the fermented horse milk and some of the sheep innards they fed us.
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