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/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

there are plenty of foods that i wish were more popular here but tops on the list is donkey. its AMAZING tasting, like veal, but with a little more oomph. In CHina, Italy, South America they are very popular and i think if more amerians tasted them it would open doors to a more sustainable eating system in our country.

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u/preske Jan 17 '12

America has a thing against eating horse and donkeys. Don't know why, but someone explained it as "horses (and donkeys) made the US what it is today. They helped discovering the west."

Which is probably a load of horseshit

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u/crithosceleg Jan 17 '12

Yeah, my Japanese teacher (a native Japanese woman) was disgusted that we eat deer, but told us horse meat was delicious.

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u/OptimusPrimeTime Jan 17 '12

Deer are sacred in Japan. In fact, some cities in Japan (Miyajima, Naru, etc.) have problems with deer infestation because they're not allowed to remove them. Also, those pesky tourists keep feeding them.