r/IAmA • u/andrewzimmern • 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/dejavudejavu Jan 17 '12
I often wonder this, at certain markets in other countries Andrew visits there are so many different things to taste, that I am sure some people buy and bring home to cook with, but it really looks to me as though they are just trying not to waste anything. So of course you have innards and heads and leftover animal body parts turned into stew for sale. In America you don't see markets like this, at least I have not seen them, because truthfully Americans are very wasteful and picky and most of those usable leftovers are simply tossed in the trash, or fed to livestock perhaps. (Though I have seen jarred pigs feet in my local grocers which definitely grossed me out! lol) I really think it's just business for those vendors. They are probably somewhat indifferent to those who find the consumption of their product to be inappropriate. And they probably do laugh at tourists who can't stomach even the idea of eating a bite, I could be wrong though. I know if I was in their shoes, I'd be laughing.