This "Bizarre Foods"problem is quite well known. The "Video Creator" was Andrew Zimmernwho hosted the "Bizarre Foods" series for the Travel Channel.
The "famous" or more likely,Infamous "food critic" Andrew Zimmern made a name for himself bybelittling other cultures. After serious complaints the Travel Channelfinally discontinued this infamous Zimmern series. It is quite possible that he knewnot what he was doing, but it had been brought to his attention several timesthat this "Bizarre" branding of foods from other cultures was totallyunacceptable. If you ask a vegetarian, anybody whoeats meat from dead bodies is beyond bizarre. How about hot dogs? How aboutblood sausage? How about chitlins? How about mountain oysters? The list goes onand on. Why is Goan food branded as "Bizarre". If somebody wants to endorse andpropagate Andrew Zimmern's campaign to disparage other cultures it isfine, but it has to be pointed out that there is no place for that in oursociety. Zimmern "seems" to be a"nice " guy and the show itself was probably, maybe mediocre at best.But the belittling of other cultures was totally unacceptable. It is possiblethat based on his life experiences he figured everything was Bizarre? "Owing to severe drug and alcohol addiction, Zimmernwas homeless for about one year. During thisperiod, he survived by stealing purses from cafes and selling the contents In1992, Zimmern moved to Minnesota, where hechecked into the Hazelden Treatment Center fordrug and alcohol addiction treatment."-wiki Regards, E. On Monday, March 1, 2021, 3:15:49 PM EST, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: The tag of bizarre was given by the Video Creator, a very famous food critic and commentator, not by me. Perhaps he wants attention with his series of “Bizarre Foods”. This is just one of that series. Having said that, to an outsider certain Goan foods are certainly bizarre. I don’t know about you, but in a time ago, I certainly ate cooked pork from pigs that fed on human waste. When I was new to the Arabian Gulf I thought it bizarre when Zi was offered camel meat. When I actually ate it, it was better than beef. I even dined on a Gator steak on a cruise. You will have your own similar experiences. Can you blame a non Goan, non Indian calling Goan food bizarre? It’s all in one’s mind. Roland.Toronto. On Mar 1, 2021, at 2:55 PM, E DeSousa <ejd...@att.net> wrote: Is there any legitimate reason to tag Goan Foods as "Bizarre"?Why propagate this disparaging of Goan Culture? FYI Bizarre definition:"The words fantastic and grotesque are common synonyms of bizarre. While all three words mean "conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality," bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city" ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: [Goanet] Bizarre Goa Foods Message-ID: <4398a6db-e9cb-4ccc-b35f-4ff6cf445...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For Foodies. https://youtu.be/fnwbSoQDB1Q Roland. Toronto.
