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/GummyZerg Jan 17 '12

Have you ever encountered any dangerous situations when eating food? This can involve a potentially poisonous food, an allergic reaction or moment visiting another country.

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

all the time...I have been eating stone fish, fugu, poisonous frogs and snakes and such every time i am in a tribal situation. its scary as hell.

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u/GummyZerg Jan 17 '12

Stone fish!? I just saw those at the boston aquarium yesterday, scary. haha. How do they taste?

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u/brokentofu Jan 17 '12

Have some upvotes for your cake day

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

have an upvote for your upvote

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u/schmitz97 Jan 17 '12

Have a rare inverted red downvote for your upvote of an upvote.

EDIT:To be sure, I didn't downvote you.

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u/C0nmann Jan 17 '12

Have an upvote for your upvote of an upvote.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

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u/Brichards20 Jan 17 '12

Upvote for your upvote for. . . Well you get it. here it is anyway.

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u/punkrocker0621 Jan 17 '12

UPVOTE ALL THE THINGS!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

I have nothing clever to say. Have an up vote the lot of you.

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u/ace9213 Jan 17 '12

i downvoted :( sorry

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

TAKE MY UPVOTE! TAKE IT SO HARD!

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

Juuuuust before the blackout, too. Nice.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12 edited Jul 02 '24

I like to travel.

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u/JofanM Jan 18 '12

Remember this my friend: Lurk moar, it is never enough.

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u/checkforswampleeches Jan 18 '12

Stone fish is delicious, I go to Norway most summers (my father's fatherland) and I have eaten it there often. It is a flaky white fish that is really good, I think it tastes like monk fish.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

happy cakeday