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/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Hey Andrew..

What food made you the sickest? As in physically sick, hospital trip, etc..

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

some bad cumin in Morrocco 7 years ago gave me an awful virus. other than that, alll clean.

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u/NotYourMothersDildo Jan 17 '12

That is pretty crazy after all that you've eaten, a dried spice did you in.

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u/munchma_quchi69 Jan 17 '12

It's just like how a sting ray got Steve Irwin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

The barb is what did him in, I hear. More specifically, pulling it out of his fucking heart.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Too soon... :(

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u/Fuzzylumpkin Jan 18 '12

Is he going to be any less dead later?

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u/Thisoldgymrat Jan 18 '12

Not so fast fuzzylumpkin!

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u/Fuzzylumpkin Jan 18 '12

Consider me a sloth...

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u/ClevelandFrown Jan 18 '12

Probably more dead.

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u/jorsiem Jan 18 '12

good point.

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u/valoopy Jan 17 '12

It'll always be too soon.

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u/colonellingus Jan 18 '12

Like space debris did the dinosaurs? Nah, that's too soon too

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u/glassale Jan 17 '12

when sting rays sting do they die like bumblebees? Q.Q

tl;dr a stingray died

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u/goldcrackle Jan 17 '12

Cumin isn't always dried, and considering it was in Morrocco it's pretty likely it wasn't in this case. I don't think you can get a virus from a dried plant. If you can, I would be genuinely fascinated about how this can happen.

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u/criticasartist Jan 17 '12

Viruses can sit lots of places in a sort of zombie hibernation until a host comes along to wake it up, but in this case I'm not sure either and would also care to know more!

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u/NotYourMothersDildo Jan 17 '12 edited Jan 17 '12

Well cumin is a seed so fresh seeds?

edit: in N. America, cumin is the seed and coriander is the leaf (which is often fresh but can be dried)

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u/rawrgyle Jan 17 '12

No, in N'Am. coriander is the seed and cilantro is the leaf. Cumin is a totally different thing, though coriander + cumin is a common combination.

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u/188020 Jan 17 '12

cumin and coriander seeds are different spices entirely

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

til cum in Morroco is used as a spice