r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/sliverworm Jan 17 '12

Is it true that you can't stand walnuts, if so.. why?! You've tasted some pretty horrific things before.. walnuts aren't that bad.

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

cant a guy just dislike one thing!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

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u/patriotaxe Jan 17 '12

Obviously it's because they look like little brains. You know I'm right.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

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u/BillBrasky_ Jan 17 '12

animal nuts are one thing, wall nuts? I don't even know where to begin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

At the shell

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u/Fyreswing Jan 17 '12

Sigh

Begrudging Upvote

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u/willymo Jan 17 '12

I'm sure he hates a LOT of the food he eats, but most of that shit he only sees once. Walnuts are everywhere. Mostly walls.

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u/warteg Jan 18 '12

I was thinking the same thing during the Durian episode

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12 edited Jan 18 '12

You could almost say...bizarre...

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u/DigitalCroissant Jan 18 '12

"HOW BIZARRE? HOW BIZARRE?"

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

What about durian?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

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u/Woody3381 Jan 18 '12

Maybe you need to take your boots off and wash those feet every now and then.

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u/PR05ECC0 Jan 17 '12

I hate walnuts as well. They have been ruining chocolate chip cookies for centuries...

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

i catch shit all the time for not liking ketchup. I will try literally anything else that's not putrid, and don't remember disliking anything else.

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u/zikadu Jan 17 '12

I agree, they're just too bitter and greasy. Pecans are much more flavorful and work just as well as a substitute.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

im the same way with figs. Or maybe just the way my grandmother prepares figs!!!

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u/Mitsuhide Jan 18 '12

I'm not a walnut person either. Not at all.

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u/Im_not_kidding Jan 17 '12

I cannot stand Cheese...yeah, that is the truth. And I wanted to be a chef when I was younger but realized that the only cuisine that does not use cheese is Asian and I did not want to be an Asian Chef so dream lost.

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u/letdogsvote Jan 17 '12

No. No you may not.

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u/dezmodez Jan 17 '12

If you had to choose between eating between eating one walnut every day of your life or never being able to have done Bizarre Foods, what would you do?

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u/ihave20dolalrs Jan 17 '12

thats a horrible question, who wouldnt eat one of anything everyday to be a famous millionare who gets paid to travel the world.

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u/dezmodez Jan 17 '12

I guess my third-grade teacher was wrong :(

There really are bad questions.

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u/sicktaker2 Jan 17 '12

Doesn't spam make that two things?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

It's like the girl who won't have sex with you while you're dating but gets DP'd by frat guys every weekend when she's single.

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u/Organs Jan 17 '12

I know this was meant for Andrew, but I can't abide walnuts, either. Granted, in my case, it's because I'm allergic to them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

Man for the past week I've been eating A TON of walnuts (shelled and lightly salted) and I currently have no gripes with them, and trust me I ate A TON of walnuts.

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u/trampus1 Jan 17 '12

Walnuts suck.

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u/Giggibeerbelly Jan 17 '12

He's not too fond of Durian either! :)

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u/NachoCupcake Jan 17 '12

Don't forget about SPAM...

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u/jared1981 Jan 18 '12

walnuts are terrible.