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It's been a long time since we've had an installment of the Ucky Food Chronicles.
If you've read or watched Pollyanna, you probably remember thinking What the...? whenever Mrs. Snow mentions calf's foot jelly.
Well, I've found a
recipe, and it's not quite so foul-sounding as I was braced for. Basically, it's the next best thing to Jell-o. (News flash: even when it's packaged up all neat and pretty, gelatin still comes from boiling the collagen out of critters.)
Not sure whether I'll be able to find a real live batch of calf's foot jelly to try for myself, but let the record state that I'm game. Or maybe if I can figure out what the ratio of calves' feet to Knox gelatin packets is, I can stir up a vat myself. Either way, I'll keep you posted...
...and coming from someone who only yesterday devoured a plate of kibbeh nayeh (that's fancy Lebanese-talk for raw lamb, folks) that's saying something.
Let me back up a little.
I've just cracked open a care package from my charmingly looney pal Casey, whom you may recognize from the comments department. It's full of ultra fun stuff: sticky white rice sushi wraps, TWO bags of Haribo Happy-Cola candy (I'm thinking of hiring a rottweiler to protect them) and an intriguing book called The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club, which is likely to be a screaming hoot if it carries a Casey-endorsement.
Now for the slightly scary part:
Yeah, octopus. I eat squid and headcheese, so what's the big deal, right? I dunno, but I can tell you right now I'm going to have to work up to this one. I'm even a little edgy about opening the box. Casey dear, a pep-talk may be in order....
Don't you actually mean Andrew Zimmern? Are you referring to the "Bizarre Foods" guy or someone else?
*facepalm*
Oof. Yeah, that's exactly who I meant. (Fixed)
OK. I just wanted to make sure I was thinking of the right person.